Rick Price's Wizzard Christmas bass

[arthurhenry]

Can anyone identify the bass used in the video for Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"? It looks very much like a Fender Jazz, but with angled Fender "Tug bars" in place of the pickups. Odd.

[AndyTravis]

Bastardised Jazz bass

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 2, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[EssentialTension]

That bass was being used in later stages of The Move and early ELO as well as Wizzard.

 

[EssentialTension]

 

[EssentialTension]

If I remember correctly, it has two Jazz pickups refitted at an angle to cover E-A strings separately from D-G strings; so likely bi-amped thus explaining the extra control knobs.

[arthurhenry]

1 hour ago, EssentialTension said:

If I remember correctly, it has two Jazz pickups refitted at an angle to cover E-A strings separately from D-G strings; so likely bi-amped thus explaining the extra control knobs.

That makes sense, I did wonder if that was it. Thanks for all replies.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I've always assumed this is the bass played on Looking On. An immense tone for an immense album.

 

[NikNik]

When I was a really young guy......there was a band in Scotland in the '70s called Ignatz. I remember reading International Musician (gear porn) one month and reading an article whereby the bass player had four JB coils placed under each string on his Jazz. I cannot remember the circuitry invloved but it was a true stereo bass, in that in a multiple amp set-up, the strings panned across from SL to SR. I wish I could find that article.