Stadium Arcadium bass?

[Mantaray]

Wikipedia says that Flea used a Fender Jazz bass exclusively for the Stadium Arcadium album. What do you think?

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Who knows what he really used in the studio??? He's only been shown with that pink '61 Jazz but in reality it's anybody's guess.

 

[Figjam]

I tihnk he uses a few vintage fenders on the album.

 

[bovinehost]

I wonder what color his underwear is.

 

[slucas]

I wonder what color his underwear is.

I thought diapers only came in white????

 

[bovinehost]

I just wish there were more bass magazines so he could be on even more covers.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I wonder what color his underwear is.

Tube socks are generally white.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I just wish there were more bass magazines so he could be on even more covers.

LOL...they do seem to all run in patterns don't they??? Although it's about time Tom Petersson got a cover after all these years!!

 

[bovinehost]

Tom was way overdue.

Kasim Sulton needs a cover now.

And Biff.

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Kasim has never gotten the press he deserves IMO. Isn't it about time for Marcus Miller or Michael Manring again though??

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I aslo noticed that in each instance they did a double cover shot of Flea with Charlie Haden then Bootsy. Wonder if they think he can't sell enough mags on his own?

 

[Colin]

Has Danny Partridge featured on the cover yet?

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

You just had to make me pull this out didn't you Colin???

 

[Colin]

You just had to make me pull this out didn't you Colin???

Yep

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

That'll learn ya I hope!

 

[Colin]

 

[oddjob]

Danny Klein needs a cover (hasn't done much lately but he is a bad ass)

 

[oddjob]

Again, this is wrong on soooooo many levels.

 

[4metta]

He states in his interview with recent Bass Player (the one with him and Charlie Haden on the cover) it's the 61 Jazz bass with flatwounds. Amp-wise, it's mostly his Gallien-Krueger rig but also some Ampeg stuff. He's really trying different things and experimenting with his sound for really the first time.

I gotta say I am very happy he stopped using the Jazz with the flatwounds live. You just could not hear him in the mix at all. That bass is just too polite. Look what Marcus Miller had to do to his Jazz do get his sound. It's far from stock.

 

[Mr Light]

Wikipedia says that Flea used a Fender Jazz bass exclusively for the Stadium Arcadium album. What do you think?

According to the June '06 edition of Bass Player, he used a vintage 60s Fender Jazz Bass that is actually worth a pretty penny. He came about it after he posted on a forum saying that he wanted a vintage jazz bass so that he could be "as cool as John Paul Jones." Someone found one for him.