Flea's Musicmans

[Mantaray]

Is there anybody that has kept an accurate record of Flea's musicman basses? One thing I noted is that he prefers rosewood fingerboards than maple. How many and which models does he own. I have noted that he has for sure:

1 '76 Stingray covered in stickers(pretty much like the Modulus punkbass he's using)
1 Black StingRay5
1 Bordeaux EB StingRay black pickguard
1 more Bordeaux EB StingRay but without(!!) fret dots. Is there anybody who might tell us more on this(the missing fret dots)?
1 Black StingRay 3EQ Black pickguard
etc......

 

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

Do you know where I can find a pic of the "covered in stickers Stingray" ??
I only "saw" it in a videoclip of a RHCP song.

 

[Mantaray]

Well, I've seen quite a few photos with this bass but unfortunately they're not in my possesion. Try to find photos from their first album. Man,this bass is just stickers and strings!!

 

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

Can't find any
only of his acoustic bass covered with stickers (i guess) from the cover of "Bassplayer" magazine...

 

[SGMan88]

I want to see the pics to fleas guitar. I bet its sweet!!!

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

This site has a picture of flea talking to river phoenix, holding the black mm...

http://www.river-phoenix.org/tv/flea-master-session/

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

and another of the black...

http://st.vse.cz/~XBANG01/artists.htm

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

is this the sticker mm?

http://guitars.ru/bass/flea.html

 

[xcental34x]

No. Thats his Modulus Punkbass

 

[SGMan88]

Even if it isn't the rite one it still looks awesome!!!

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

ah, apologies. Never a fan, just looked up "flea bass" on google's image page.

 

[fire]

Is there anybody that has kept an accurate record of Flea's musicman basses? One thing I noted is that he prefers rosewood fingerboards than maple. How many and which models does he own. I have noted that he has for sure:

1 '76 Stingray covered in stickers(pretty much like the Modulus punkbass he's using)
1 Black StingRay5
1 Bordeaux EB StingRay black pickguard
1 more Bordeaux EB StingRay but without(!!) fret dots. Is there anybody who might tell us more on this(the missing fret dots)?
1 Black StingRay 3EQ Black pickguard
etc......

i think the musicman that's covered with stickers is actually a cutlass, the one with the graphite neck. i can recall watching a couple of VERY old chili pepper videos in which he plays it, and it looked like the neck was black all over, just like the graphite. i could be wrong.

I'm pretty sure the one without fret dots is a fretless bass.

He used a white stingray with a rosewood board for some of the BSSM tour.

 

[dlloyd]

Is there anybody that has kept an accurate record of Flea's musicman basses? One thing I noted is that he prefers rosewood fingerboards than maple. How many and which models does he own. I have noted that he has for sure:

1 '76 Stingray covered in stickers(pretty much like the Modulus punkbass he's using)
1 Black StingRay5
1 Bordeaux EB StingRay black pickguard
1 more Bordeaux EB StingRay but without(!!) fret dots. Is there anybody who might tell us more on this(the missing fret dots)?
1 Black StingRay 3EQ Black pickguard
etc......

http://www.transcending.nu/gallery/chili-peppers/b110

http://www.transcending.nu/gallery/chili-peppers/tibet5

http://www.transcending.nu/gallery/flea-balzary/f15

 

[dlloyd]

Re: Re: Flea's Musicmans

http://www.transcending.nu/gallery/chili-peppers/b110

http://www.transcending.nu/gallery/chili-peppers/tibet5

http://www.transcending.nu/gallery/flea-balzary/f15

http://www.transcending.nu/magazines/bassist_1999.html

 

[bovinehost]

So this Flea person, he's a bassist? And his name is "Flea".

Hmmm.

Seriously, I'd someday like to buy one bass magazine that doesn't have a single mention of him in it.

I'm probably dreaming, but you gotta have dreams.

 

[dlloyd]

So this Flea person, he's a bassist? And his name is "Flea".

Hmmm.

Seriously, I'd someday like to buy one bass magazine that doesn't have a single mention of him in it.

I'm probably dreaming, but you gotta have dreams.

I came across a RHCP fan site BBS pretty much by accident...

Somebody here was asking about Flea's stingrays a couple of weeks ago without much luck, so I asked there and, there you go...

(not strictly a fan myself)

 

[JB1]

Sorry Bove, but he IS ranked as one of the best in the world. Not in your eyes / ears maybe, but there you go.

Aston Familyman Barrett (Bob & The Wailers) was (along with Sting) my original inspiration for playing bass. Flea's one of the reasons I still do. I looked for my EBMMSR4 (Rosewood/Black/Black PG) because of Flea, then bought it cos it sounded better than any bass I'd heard. I LOVE that bass.....

 

[Jazzbassman23]

Jack's old; don't mind him. Though I did notice him on TB the other day. Jeez, next thing you know, he'll be playing a Warwick.

 

[Bassplyr]

Flea is a great bass player. I wish I had a fraction fo the talent he has.

 

[bovinehost]

Jeez, next thing you know, he'll be playing a Warwick.

And wearing spandex? No, sorry, if you see me playing a Warwick, please, I beg of you, KILL ME because aliens have taken over my body and I'm no longer really me.