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Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa [1972] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

My favorite Sting bassline... The Police - When The World Is Running Down [1980] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

Funkadelic - Mommy, What's A Funkadelic? [1970] | BASS Track | Notation + TABS

One of my favorite riffs. Funkadelic - Mommy, What's A Funkadelic? [1970] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

You're welcome! Howlin' Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning [1956] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People [1968] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Police Helicopter [1984] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Baby Appeal [1984] | BASS Cover | Notation + TABS

Anyone watched the series?

Play that funky music white boy!

Thanks! More to come!

and "Funky Monks" Correct!

I kinda respect his choice due to smoothness of two Alembic's humbuckers. However, you cannot duplicate a StingRay slap tone. I like Wal sound on Blood Sugar Sex Magik. But the slap tone in "Naked In The Rain"? He should also use a StingRay!

Actually, RHCP's first major influence was Defunkt. The bassist Kim Clarke played all natural StingRay.

The answer is in the video I made

Even though I've had an all natural 2000 StingRay since 2005, it wasn't until 2 years ago that I found the Excalibur. It's a 1995 StingRay that had trans-red finish. I started my adventure with bass thanks to the song "Aeroplane" (or rather the music video, which in my opinion is the best StingRay advertisement in history). Actually, when I bought this bass, I wasn't interested in red color, so from the very beginning the plan was to repaint it black. The luthier did a great job and replaced the frets at the same time. For some time I thought that it would be nice to have an all-original black one. However, I couldn't find it in great condition for years. Of course, the bruises resulting from normal use are something I'm ready for when buying an old instrument. All the ones I came across were pretty beat up. I guess people really wanted to be Flea and they were jumping around the stage with these basses and throwing them left and right. It may be easier to find a Pre-EB in better condition Now it looks and plays like butter!

Well, you haven't seen the video

His post is more than 10 years old. Sterling Ball also believed that there was no market for signature instruments. Although I believe that he could have proposed to Flea that they would not give up the StingRay name in the rest of the models, but all black would be Flea's signature. I think it would make sense at the time.

A quote from Sterling Ball found on an official Ernie Ball forum: "Flea was using the basses and really didnt have any direct connection with us. I invited him to slo to play in a The Mike Krukow Charity Golf Tournament ( former Cal Poly Alumni and Major League pitcher now broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants...has an orange axis) and he accepted. He showed up late barefoot and without a shirt golf clubs or balls. we got on pretty good. From there we supplied him with alot of basses and I hated ihis bass smashing phase. He left over money. He wanted a Flea signature Stingray and I said that wouldnt be right by Leo, Tony, Louis and all of the other stingray players. He said that his drummer was going to make a 100k from snare drum royalties and he wanted to make a cut on stingrays. I thought I had him calmed down but then I got wind of the Modulous deal and the last conversation was his atorney trying to tell me what I had to do and I said the only thing I really get to do is hang up on you....last contact. I wish that Flea and us could have split under better circumstances. I was right though The funny story about Flea is that I asked him to do an ad for Slinky Bass strings that had just come out. he had the strings claimed to like them and I had a wacky shot of him and it said "Flea's Gone Slinky" The ad came out and Flea said GHS called and was bummed and he didnt know he was doing a string ad....."

If you love Flea or Music Man basses I did a little montage. FLEA and MUSIC MAN - 1983-1996