Bass guitars 2004

[ELLIS]

Does anyone know exactly what basses Chris uses on this year's tour? And what songs he uses them on? I understand he has a new blue Mouridian bass just like his green one.

[CageyPea]

Well ELLIS I paid especial attention to this matter when I saw them at Madison Sq. Garden this past Thursday! But to keep this forum spoiler-free (and assuming you haven't seen them yet), I'll just list the basses he apparently brought along with him. Personally, I don't fully understand why he changed so often, beyond what was necessary -- i.e., he played other ones on tunes where the Rick was originally played, or would've done just fine, but . . . hey, he's the man, so he can do whatever he sees fit!

If you want to know the songs on which these were used (as far as I can recall), PM me.

1. The Rick' (of course!)
2. Mouradian (green)
3. Ranney (white)
4. Ranney 8-string
5. Carvin 6-string
6. Fender or Lakland (?), silver
7. Martin acoustic
8. Tobias contrabass (dark red four-string tuned BEAD)
9. unknown blue one w/white pickguard. Don't know if it's by Mouradian, but it isn't exactly like his green one. It *may* be his Photon piccolo-bass, which he mentioned he had in some interview (possibly from Notes from the Edge).

[swib]

I believe the white and blue one was a fender jazz job.

I was paying close attention myself saturday night although I was on Steves side of the stage. The both of them had quite the arsenal for this tour.

[Hairyhaw]

Does he not have his white Electra Tempus Fugit bass with him?

[michelforest]

Does he not have his white Electra Tempus Fugit bass with him?

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The Electra was not used at MSG because Squire only needs it for "Every Little Thing".

[CageyPea]

After some research, some corrections to my list above!

-- The silver one is indeed a Lakland . . . as seen on Chris's own equipment/otherguitars page
-- Whoops; right -- for "Ranney (white)" I meant Westone Electra!
-- The unknown blue one is indeed a Mouradian. I found a picture of the same model on some dude's site: http://www.zyworld.com/patbadger/GEAR1.htm

michelforest -- I'm pretty sure he did play the Westone Electra, else I wouldn't have listed it (however misnomered) as being seen! I think he played it on the first encore tune*. But again the concert was a week and a half ago, and though the impression remains, the exact particulars are fading!

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[swib]

I just got an awesome pic from the michigan show , he is in the back of Jon singing with this beautiful light wooden bass, sort of like the color of entwistles.

If anyone out there knows what I am talking about, I would love to know the make and model of this creature.

[CageyPea]

swib -- can you link the pic you're describing? (assuming it's online)

[CageyPea]

(swib sent me the pic by e-mail)

Aha, swib -- that's his Carvin "LB-76" (http://www.carvin.com/products/guitar.php?ItemNumber=LB76). (I have one myself, though only in basic black!) I think the exact model he has is their "Anniversary" edition, with fancy woods (quilted maple) etc.

He played this guitar on one tune when I saw them recently, but I think his use of it may go back to the Ladder or OYE era . . . his pic has appeared in their catalog for several years now.

[swib]

Thank you very much. I loved the lineup of his guitars on this tour

Since I cannot afford one of his ricks, I will try one of these.

[swib]

Get this, the guy I sold my rick to was at the signing in Cambridge. He came right up to me and poked me on the shoulder, just as I was talking about my story. He now has 2 of chris's signature basses, and wouldn't sell mine back to me.

Damn it all!

The price on the anniversary one is $1150.00 good price.

[CageyPea]

He owns two of the limited edition CS signature Rickies?? Now, that just strikes me as being plain wrong . . . rather selfish.

Of course, who am I to blah blah blah, and I admit my avarice (I passed up chances to own one, however its high price tag . . . I still have in mind the image of one in a music store near Wash. D.C. from 10 years ago or so), but still.

Ah well. I wish Tobias would replicate for sale his long-scale "contrabass" . . . now that's a unique one!

[swib]

Good thing you weren't there to see me beg and plead for it back, oh no he said one is getting cased as a collecters item, the other one he plays in his band, who the hell plays a chris squire rickenbacker in a country band?????

I want my baby back!!!! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Brewer]

Chris also played a Sadowsky bass on at least one song:

http://67.171.156.90/images/squire_sadowsky.jpg

Walter Becker with Steely Dan plays Sadowsky guitars as well. They are high quality and quite "spendy", as we like to say here in Oregon!

http://www.sadowsky.com

[swib]

tell me this man did not look really good on this tour?

[Brewer]

He looked fit and trim, and most importantly, happy.

[CageyPea]

Can't tell you that, swib, 'cause he did indeed look good -- every bit the lanky, energetic rock'n'roller! He was having a ball whaling away on the kettledrums, later in the show, too.

A CS Ricky in a country band??!! Now that's just plain cruel . . .

Brewer, I'm pretty sure that's a Lakland bass he's playing there. See the list on this page (http://chrissquire.com/cs_equipotherguitars.html) on Chris's own site, and note the alt-tag of the pic that shows him playing that same bass . . .

Hard to tell the Fender-descendants apart, though I agree, Sadowskys are quite niiiiice (there's a used one at a store up the street here that keeps beckoning)!