BetaFunk Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 This clip is from 1983 and the band has two bass players. Bruce Johnson & Melvin Gibbs. Can anyone identify the bass that the guy in the blue t-shirt is playing at 7.30? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZL88zT-LsM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Looks like something in the Ibanez Roadster family. RS824? RS924? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I would agree - I'm pretty sure it's a 924, Rosewood, Fretless. A really cracking bass - I've got one with a maple board. Nice clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 ... Jazz Club... nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 It's a Roadster body, but the headstock looks not quite right - could be either a custom neck, or an early prototype... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 [quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1388113349' post='2318678'] Looks like something in the Ibanez Roadster family. RS824? RS924? [/quote][quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1388130891' post='2318697'] I would agree - I'm pretty sure it's a 924, Rosewood, Fretless. [/quote][quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1388134418' post='2318716'] It's a Roadster body, but the headstock looks not quite right - could be either a custom neck, or an early prototype... [/quote] Thanks for the replies. I agree about the body being an Ibanez but also agree that that headstock doesn't look quiet right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) At 2.00 in the clip below you get a better view of the bass that the Reverend Bruce Johnson is playing. The other bass player (playing the Aria) is Melvin Gibbs. This clip was is approximately 10 years before he joined the Rollins Band. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7-6jo8mzdg[/media] P.S. It is part of the same clip as i originally posted but it seemed a bit clearer to me. Edited December 27, 2013 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I'm going to say Ibanez RS840BK with a replacement neck. It's not an Ibby headstock & it has a rosewood board with what appears to be position dots near the bottom edge - fretless Roadsters were all maple boards with no dots or lines, as far as I know. Control layout appears to be just 4 knobs & 1 toggle, suggesting it's a passive 800 series - but it is hard to see clearly. The black body would've been a standard finish on the 840 too. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1388147666' post='2318845'] I'm going to say Ibanez RS840BK with a replacement neck. It's not an Ibby headstock & it has a rosewood board with what appears to be position dots near the bottom edge - fretless Roadsters were all maple boards with no dots or lines, as far as I know. Control layout appears to be just 4 knobs & 1 toggle, suggesting it's a passive 800 series - but it is hard to see clearly. The black body would've been a standard finish on the 840 too. Jon. [/quote] Excellent. Thanks Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Great clips. The Aria was sounding pretty good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1388156790' post='2318962'] Great clips. The Aria was sounding pretty good too [/quote] Yes, i loved this band and saw them live with a couple of line-ups. In that clip who'd have thought that the guy (Melvin Gibbs) playing the Aria bass would be in the Rollins Band 10 years later. Never saw that coming at the time. I also saw Melvin Gibbs with the Power Tools Trio with Bill Frisell and Ronald Shannon Jackson. That was a bit of a thrash i can tell you! I saw him with Vernon Reid as well in the 90s. Edited December 27, 2013 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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