Prince's bass lives on? Yep
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- čas přidán 19. 11. 2021
- Back in 2017 I paid a visit to Simon Farmer at Gus Guitars to check out the very last bass that Prince ever ordered before he tragically passed away. Well, a couple of days ago Simon reached out to say that he’d received a custom order to make another one of these awesome basses!
Here’s what happened when I got my hands on this phenomenal 5-string (based on Gus Guitars’ G3 Four Active model) before it made its way to its new owner in Hong Kong.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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As a luthier myself I can honestly say that this man is an artist in every sense of the word. Creative genius. It's hard enough just keeping the craft alive when there are so few skilled luthiers, then he goes and creates this beautiful, complex and utterly astonishing work of art that I can't even wrap my head around how the hell he managed to pull it off.
I love watching Scott on a Saturday morning while eating my scrambled eggs. What a time to be alive for bass players
I used to think these basses were so cool until someone pointed out how absurdly phallic the left horn looks and now I can’t unsee it
Lol - I've played a Warwick Fortress 1 for a couple of decades - that is the biggest phallus bass of them all! Check it out!
and speaking of gentlemen sausages, hoy can you plug the jack in if you play seated with the bass on left leg?
its a twin dildo bass
@@timdunn2344 Warwick corvette
A dick bass is awesome. Makes the ladies look twice
If only Prince would've been able to play it. So much more funkiness would have been created from it. 💜
Beautiful instrument.
The LEDs are purely aesthetic, but it's undeniable how awesome they look, especially when paired with the touch-to-sound feature. With that price tag, it's definitely not for the average player.
Absolutely spectacular work of art. It's like looking at a Lamborghini
Maybe a Lamborghini that has been in a terrible, terrible car accident. Personally not a fan of the design but what went into making it is incredible.
Different strokes for different folks as they say.
Simon is both a genius and a genuinely lovely person. Great review Scott. B
Greetings from Puerto Rico my brother. Thanks U Sir for this AMAZING video. Keep'em Coming 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I just watched the original video yesterday, what a perfect timing
Beautiful!
That would look killer on stage, this bass is clearly meant to bring a great stage presence
Awesome, love all your teaching and expertise, hi from Puerto Rico
Wow! That Bass really...Brightened my day. ;)
Absolutely love this bass. Maybe one will be in your next Giveaway contest Scott!
Great tones
I would have loved to see him play it I'd imagine Prince would have had one in purple & gold like his other iconic guitars eventually
That’s not just a Bass, in Scott’s hands, it a work of Art.
I may have just nearly shorted out my laptop from drooling over this beauty. That bridge pickup was so Jaco and the lights are crazy. Great job, Gus, and thanks, Scott, for this review.
Yeah, I thought the same - the Jaco sound...
Great design!
Fantastic bass, I don’t know if Prince himself ever played a 5 string bass? He was a great duel guitarist/bass player though
Yeah Prince is on record saying “Larry Graham only needed 4 strings” lol
Prince plays everything though
@@Jack-pp2ng He used a 4 string. I was his recording Engineer at Paisley park some years back.
@@Jack-pp2ng yes and I think just because Prince didn’t play (to my knowledge) 5 and 6 string bass doesn’t mean he couldn’t if he wanted to. Mike Oldfield always plays multiple instruments but you can’t compare them as the musical styles are so different
Prince ordered the purple 4-string bass according to the builder as shown in the video.
That is a wicked BASS!!!
Man .. insane !!!!
Cool!
Scott bends the neck. Buyer nearly has a heart attack
Lol 😂... oops 😬
@@devinebass 😂🙈
@@devinebass hey, Scott. Watching the first scenes of Dirty Harry and thought movie scores might make a good subject for best bass work. Check out the pool top scene if you’re bored. Love your channel, BTW.
That bass IS... completely... BONKERS!!! 🤟🎸😎
Funky very funky
Nice
If you can afford it, it's like anything else!
The weirdest thing about the bass to me, is 25 frets, usually basses have 20, 21, 22, or 24. (Occasionally you’ll find 19 like fender shortscales, or 26 on 6 strings, and even a fretless with the range of a 30 fret) for being such a round, even number (even though 25 is odd), it feels so weird seeing 25 frets on a bass like that. Since it wasn’t on the bass prince ordered, I have to assume it was a feature custom ordered by the client, regardless, I hope they’re enjoying playing that bass as I am just looking at it!
That is the prettiest bass ive ever seen
Futuristic
How. Lucky. Are you?! I’d only want to touch it with cotton gloves! Gorgeous!
Damn so some lucky dude in Hong Kong actually owns it?!? Lucky!!!
Those two bananas on each end is way to much for my liking
Before reading the comments I commented that they look like bananas too. The purple Prince bass has the same thing.
That is bonkers 🤣🤣🕺
I had to put my smoke down to check that bass out Scott holy Shiite
I want a Gus! Simon - please tell me how!
Save your time effort and money.
Get a Ritter Bass.
Thank me later
Not bad. I was expecting a 10k price tag.
Coolest bass ever
10 grand? Wow his prices have gone up! It seems like only yesterday (more like 20 years ago) that prices were in the $2500-$3500 range. I almost bought one back then, but had a kid instead.
Hello from Vietnam
double golden pintel bass! XD
WHOA !!!
NO GLOVE ON THE PRINCE BASS !!!!!
If Apple released a Bass guitar ❤️
It's not Apple, because if it was, it would be wireless.
Just a question: for players that like to play seated with the bass between legs like guitar players does, how can they plug the jack in?
basses are designed to have the jack either going in at the front of the body (old fender style) or at the side near the bottom of the instrument, away from the cutaway where the knee would go. This particular bass has a jack there but almost at the rear of the instrument.
Bloody piece of art !
I thought the og was in a museum? I swear I saw it in some museum in Washington D.C., U.S. Or did he have multiple copies made?
Cedarwood ! Lets rebuild This as a 6strings Fretless. With fodera pickups. Il Call my friend and show it when its ready.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️
i need that lol
space age goodness
Prince hated 5-strings, or so I thought. Lol
Yeah he didn't like them. He always said but Larry graham only needed 4 strings
The one built for Prince was a 4 String.
They waited until he had left the planet
Probably because of the size of his hands. But obviously not when other people played them . Andrew Gouche and his last bass player Mono Neon are both 5 string players.
@@latonyahemingway3752 I seen an interview with Andrew Gouche where he said Prince made fun of him all the time for playing a 5 string.
Awesome bass! But for 10g's, I'd rather get 2 R8s.
what's with the glove?
Rereleased video?
What's the best bass for slapping?
I was surprised you mentioned how good this bass sounds with the slap technique, but you only showed that on a selected pick up, not for every configuration. Just saying ... noone else does that for reviews. That's why I'd like to know if you have a personal opinion which bass is really the go-to for a funky slap-bass song.
just get a Fender Jazz Bass, flea used them. here is a link of someone playing one:
czcams.com/video/i9rCVYjRVFY/video.html
@@schaubiii552 Nice one, bro!
depends what slap sound you like, the most commons are the j bass type (2 pickups bridge/ neck) or the stingray (bridge humbucker), but there´s also some other great alternatives (some cheaper some more expensive), imo i love the warwick/ spector/ mtd "clanky" sound, it doesn´t work with all types of music but is a sound that suits me and other people aswell (i´m a warwick guy btw with jazz style pickups), my personal recomendation is to see videos of different basses being slaped and see which one you like the most ;)
There is no "better bass" for anything. The perfect bass does not exist. There is only the right instrument for you and your music and that comes from experience. You may really like a certain bass players but you may find that you don't really like the feeling or tone of their instrument once you try it. I know this is not the answer you wanted, but it is the most honest answer you will get.
I found it a bit strange that there is no "slap pick up" ... y'know, a pick up made appositely to render as best for the slap sound.
The purple one looked amazing but this one looks like a Chinese made bass.
The Flying D bass
How much the price of this guitar?!
Not using purple lights on a Prince bass is a royal shame in my eyes! 😉
Hey Scott, you should talk abt Andy Rourke sometime
He’s the ex bassist of TheSmiths, a very underrated musician
Yeah - agree. He´s a really good musician.
@@djlungo wow, a man of culture🧐
Look out Ritter
0:40 LOL all the frets buzz like crazy. That's unplayable.
That is most beautiful non living object I’ve ever seen in my 30 years of living on this earth
I dunno why people call it prince's bass, he commissioned it but never played it and the luthier has had it ever since
Funny that, for such a fancy a bass, it simply sounds exactly like Fender bass. Almost indistinguishable, but with a full pallet of P and J sounds. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
8000 quid??? I'd rather get a custom made Wal for that kind of money. And I think I'd still have some loose change left. But then again, I'd have to wait ca. 4 years for one.
Dream
the pic in the beginning is one of his guitars, its not a bass.
I just got a new bass, which is good because otherwise I'd be trying to justify this purchase... 😂 Seriously, my new bass is a killer piece of lumber, but that thing is other-worldly
4:50
Interesting cool bass!..yet way too overpriced and the sound doesn't impress me much 😉
Agreed.
The sound leaves A LOT!
to be desired to say the least.
My 2 cents is.
If you have that money to Spare
Seriously Get a Ritter Bass!
No One and I mean NO ONE.
Can compete with a custom Ritter Bass.
Yes I said NO ONE.
Yeah thought the same
Same.
Unfortunately agreed. Lackluster sound. B doesn’t sound great. Thin overall sound. Too much string noise. Probably sounded best with just bridge pickup. But it’s really cool engineering.
i agree
it's has a unique aesthetic, and has some neat engineering elements, but to me it doesn't sound that good, even with Scott's impeccable playing. Not being negative, just honest. Wish it sounded better!
Sounds a bit like one of my basses with very old strings
Very beautiful bass, but still my 200 bucks bass tone works better for me 😅 I guess some of us aren't suitable for nobility tittles
I think the original guitar and bass fit princes image, and it also looked allot nicer in purple, He should have retired the design when Prince left us. and switched it up somehow on his new basses and guitars. but maybe he wants to capitalize on some people willing to pay the bucks to have a bass like Prince.
Why should the luthier retire his own design just because the famous user had passed away?
Looks cool, but It's either set up terribly, or it just sounds really bad.
I'd Say Both
It seems a little like the instrumental equivalent of Elton John's sunglasses. If you aren't Prince or Bootsy Collins, you need a lot of charisma and mojo to hold that thing on stage and not look like a rich dork.
8K why? its nice but not that nice.
So I'm wondering how you get permission to play his bass, would you ask his family since he is deceased?
This one was made for someone else, and if I were prince, I would love do know that when I died that ppl kept my instruments and spirit going.
I don’t like those silver bananas on the guitar.
Did not give a good demo of 'sound to light'. Those lights on the bass react to music.
Love the gold and purple looks gothic but why is it so 🍆 shaped though 🤣
I think I've got a crush on that bass now... almost erotic to play, no doubt
10k$ for the bass that looks amazing but just DOESN'T sound right? No thanks, I'm in love with the girls made of flesh and basses made of wood
#GroupieLove! 😍😍😘
Not wood, no good...
Wwwwoooooooooooowwww
I found de B string kind muddy, no definition... for that price, its more like a Rolex...
B string sound dead to me.
Prince wouldnt play no 5 string bass
How about just "Simon sent the bass, here it is..." without the tired, played out "unboxing" trifle?
Magnets. How do they work?
Sorry Scott I’m not impressed at all 😲 I still like my 5 string Fender Jazz over any other bass in the whole world 🌎😎😎👍🏼👍🏼
I can't get past the aluminium tubing looking like penises. Maybe something that would have suited prince but it doesn't work for me.
Not my cup of tea ...
Borrow money!!
Meh, wasn’t a huge fan of this one, a little much imo
Wow I didn't know someone wearing gloves could piss me off so much. For the love of god take off that nasty glove!!!!! It's so ridiculous
The glove is there because he suffers from a medical (neurological I believe) problem and the glove makes it easier for him to control his fingers and play the bass.
Why can't you just say "he tragically died"? What's with the fascination these days of trying to avoid the "die" word? "Passed away" - > "died", "passed" - > "died", "passing" - > "died"/"death" (depending on context). Just use 'real' terms instead of some woolly nonsense that's designed for people who believe there's an afterlife.
As got the bass (back on topic), very nice!
The bass actually sounds terrible to me. No character, the harmonics are dull, the treble is non existent...sorry Scott.
Expensive and well made as it is...doesn't cut it. The lights are cool though!