Selling the bass used in The Thunder Group videos

[musashi]

The bass played in this video (and used on the Ride The Lightning album) is for sale.
 
It has a PRE-Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray maple neck in fantastic shape and frets in good condition with original Shaller Tuners plus a hipshot drop D tuner. The body is mahogany.  The pickups are EMG active pickups in a P/J configuration. It also has a Zeta bridge with piezo pickup. The electronics are 18 volts with full shielding in the cavity and are similar to an Alembic Series II setup, with the sweepable Q filters, cut boost knobs and 5 pin DIN plug out, though a 1/4 jack is also there and provides 100% capability, so you don't have to have the external power supply (though saves on the batteries if you have one). I never had the power supply but people sell them on ebay from time-to-time. You can switch numerous combinations of sounds between the piezo and magnetic pickups. It's the ultimate tone machine. The range of sounds is truly amazing. Hard shell Case included.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4F-YvL6R48&feature=related
 


 
 

[wookie]

I saw the video this guy is a great bass player. how much is the asking price and how do you know it was usued on Ride The Lightning? I thought that was Ric and aria and a spoiler? thanks for any information in advance

[musashi]

Sending private email to you wookie.

[musashi]

Here's a link that gets more directly to the bass:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMlPq3a3PDI

[tmoney61092]

haha wookie, i was thinking the exact same thing :-p
 
~Taylor

[musashi]

Now I get it.  You guys are referring to Metallica.  Sorry for the confusion, this bass is NOT connected to Cliff Burton in any way of which I'm aware.

[wookie]

I meant no disrespect at all! I guess there is a thunder group album called ride the lightning as well as metallica's . Mark is a great bass player and I'll say it here in front of everybody he's better than me. FYI I started playing bass because of Jason Newsted but over time I noticed that metallica wasn't very musical to me, but I have always been in love with the Alembics that Jason played. I'm not a fan of metallica anymore and haven't been for a long time but it'd be kinda cool to shake his hand and say, thanks someday. back to this bass... it's super cool and Mark has got Jason and Cliff beat.

[wookie]

I meant no disrespect at all! I guess there is a thunder group album called ride the lightning as well as metallica's . Mark is a great bass player and I'll say it here in front of everybody he's better than me. FYI I started playing bass because of Jason Newsted but over time I noticed that metallica wasn't very musical to me, but I have always been in love with the Alembics that Jason played. I'm not a fan of metallica anymore and haven't been for a long time but it'd be kinda cool to shake his hand and say, thanks someday. back to this bass... it's super cool and Mark has got Jason and Cliff beat.

[David Houck]

It was kind of a funny question; how do you know your bass was used on your album.

[tmoney61092]

Just curious, where'd you get the electronics at and what company are they made by?
 
~Taylor

[musashi]

The bass came to me this way.  I do not know the origins of the electronics.  But I have owned three Series instruments over the years, and this has the sound, only believe it or not, with perhaps a bit more flexibility because of the piezo in the bridge...

[musashi]

Bump

[musashi]

 
 
(Message edited by musashi on December 03, 2010)

[musashi]

Bump
 
Here's another sonic example of the bass:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BepiwabzHDU

[musashi]

Another short example:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWolwifjJsY