leon sylvers steinberger bass?

[iconic]

....I had this playing the van today and thought, this sure sounds like a proper early Steinberger playing in this....were they around in late 70's very early 80's

[Kiwi]

Yes, the production began in 1979 so its possible he would have had one of the first, an L2.

[Pete Academy]

I don't think it's a Steinberger. Sounds like a Jazz to me.

[Doddy]

[quote name='iconic' post='715156' date='Jan 16 2010, 08:13 PM']....I had this playing the van today and thought, this sure sounds like a proper early Steinberger playing in this....were they around in late 70's very early 80's

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They were around since 1980 officially,although the prototypes were out in '79-the first 3 went to Tony Levin,John Entwistle
and Andy West.
As his track was released in '79 I'm guessing that it's probably not a Steinberger. More likely it was something with EMG's,which were the
pickup of choice for Steinberger (although a few had Dimarzio's).

[Pete Academy]

I think production began in 1980.

[Pete Academy]

Sylvers' playing on the Shalamar tracks is sublime in both tone, note choice and feel.

[iconic]

thanks for the help guys