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This is a pretty bold, and i would imagine irreversable, mod for all the Les Claypool wannabe's out there...

It's been dissed and discussed in another thread...

Jon Camp, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Paul McCartney and I all think it rules even though I never modify or refinish any of my instruments because I intend to use them as my retirement plan.

And why is this any worse that a 4 to 5 conversion?

4001_kenobie wrote:This is a pretty bold, and i would imagine irreversable, mod for all the Les Claypool wannabe's out there...

Claypool Shmlaypool!

John Gallagher of Raven has been using whammy basses since the early 80s.

A bass whammy...cool!

different strokes for different folks. Their are some people out there who think playing a Bass through a guitar amp is wrong too. Chris Squire is of course not one of them....

If the guy wants to whammy on his ric then let him whammy on his ric.

Darthbass wrote:different strokes for different folks. Their are some people out there who think playing a Bass through a guitar amp is wrong too. Chris Squire is of course not one of them....

If the guy wants to whammy on his ric then let him whammy on his ric.

You mean playing my bass through my guitar amp is OK? Alright! I can't afford a bass amp anyways!

Mitch Easter used to record bass parts played through a Fender MV Twin.

Carol Kaye recorded all those great songs through a Fender super reverb . I Likes the Whaammmmyyy bar !!!!!

phlemmy wrote:
John Gallagher of Raven has been using whammy basses since the early 80s.

And the same hairstyle, too?

Whatever floats your boat I guess, but come on, at least put one on that is the same color as the rest of the hardware.

There seem to be several schools of thought on this sort of thing (assembling a FranRickenBassenThumper, or any Frankenstein guitar or bass...). The two most prevalent seem to be:

The Aesthetes: They want it to look as if it grew up that way, as a factory product, and to whom appearance is paramount, or at the very least on an equal footing with function. These can be delicious, and at times are deliciously evil to try to coax a tune from, often due to the owner/creator's tendency to "hover" over the hapless lendee.

The Ace Hardware Guys: Nuts, bolts, staples, spray can paint, whatever works. BUT it must come from scrounging or (at best) Ace Hardware's selection. These often sound awesome, occasionally function well only for the creator, and can be found adorning floats in clown parades. But the sound!