Matt Freeman's Bass Bunker

[NancyJohnson]

Been watching Matt Freeman's You Tube Channel; don't profess to being much of a Rancid afficianado but, the content is interesting enough, despite it being Fender-heavy.

 

There's one video up about his pair of Rickenbacker 400* basses.  I liked my 4003 when I had it, tonally it was full-on Rickenbacker out of the box, but Matt's black one was an interesting custom job.  Replaced bridge, all the old plate/pickups removed and a Seymour Duncan pickup in the bridge, wired volume and tone.

 

It did get me thinking.  It wouldn't be too difficult to just take everything off and just wire in some quick connectors under the plate to facilitate an easy revertion-to-stock rather than breaking out the soldering iron every time you felt like swapping.

 

It did make me question whether I should get another Rickenbacker.  Hmmm.

 

[Lozz196]

I often watch this, Matt seems like a pretty decent guy and the content of these vids is pretty easy to follow rather than being too technical. Likewise I’m not really into Rancid that much, good band but I prefer Lars Frederiksens other bands, Old Firm Casuals and The Last Resort.

[spongebob]

Always watch Matt’s videos. Again, I’m not a fan of his music, but he comes across as a genuine and nice guy, which makes he videos very enjoyable. 

[goonerjoe]

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

I often watch this, Matt seems like a pretty decent guy and the content of these vids is pretty easy to follow rather than being too technical. Likewise I’m not really into Rancid that much, good band but I prefer Lars Frederiksens other bands, Old Firm Casuals and The Last Resort.

I saw you support OFC in Kentish Town some years back, Lozz.

 

I remember telling my other half "you know my white bass, I bought it off that guy". She didn't care.

 

Matt Freeman does seem like a really cool guy and definitely my favourite bass player.

[Lozz196]

26 minutes ago, goonerjoe said:

I saw you support OFC in Kentish Town some years back, Lozz.

 

I remember telling my other half "you know my white bass, I bought it off that guy". She didn't care.

 

Matt Freeman does seem like a really cool guy and definitely my favourite bass player.

That was a great gig Joe, awesome crowd all up for watching all the bands, really good atmosphere at that one. 
 

And there we have with your other half the non-bass players attitude to bass, non-existent 🤣

Edited March 13 by Lozz196

[uncle psychosis]

Discovered his channel recently, and Now I'm reeling from the revelation that "...and out come the wolves" wasn't a P bass - it was a Fender Longhorn Jazz 😮

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

36 minutes ago, uncle psychosis said:

Discovered his channel recently, and Now I'm reeling from the revelation that "...and out come the wolves" wasn't a P bass - it was a Fender Longhorn Jazz 😮

 

 

 

Isn't this indicative of how obsessed we are as players/fans with tonality beliefs (and the basses used thereof) and this just turns about-face and just slaps us in the jaw?

[bakerster135]

On 29/04/2025 at 10:08, uncle psychosis said:

Discovered his channel recently, and Now I'm reeling from the revelation that "...and out come the wolves" wasn't a P bass - it was a Fender Longhorn Jazz 😮

 

 

 

I'd always thought it was the Precision, though, having seen a few live vids of Maxwell Murder, Time Bomb, etc. where he was using the black 78 Jazz, I subsequently suspected he'd actually used that...So this is a total surprise!