Krist Novoselic signature Gibson RD Bass.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:07 pm

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electri ... -Bass.aspx

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:18 pm

Able to hold down a firm bottom end that glues a song together while simultaneously shining as a center-stage musician in his own right, Novoselic helped to establish a standard for the sound, feel, and style of playing the root notes with a pick of the past two decades.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:49 pm

I can hang

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:01 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:
Able to hold down a firm bottom end that glues a song together while simultaneously shining as a center-stage musician in his own right, Novoselic helped to establish a standard for the sound, feel, and style of playing the root notes with a pick of the past two decades.

nothing wrong with that statement, my latest listenings of nevermind made me appreciate the bass & drums a lot more than I remembered. Fuck most of the riffs I remember are on the bass and not on the guitar if I'm honest. So if fender are flogging an old corpse why can't krist cash in for a bit of a pension

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:16 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:
Able to hold down a firm bottom end that glues a song together while simultaneously shining as a center-stage musician in his own right, Novoselic helped to establish a standard for the sound, feel, and style of playing the root notes with a pick for the past two decades.

fxt.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:22 pm

i prefer your highlight if i'm honest hotrod

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:23 am

i botched it, though. i thought stone was trying to say his style was a result of playing root notes with a pick for the last two decades, but he's obviously saying it's a "standard for the sound, feel and style" "of the last two decades."

so, fuck me. i need to word harder.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:19 am

everyone knows krist played the melody lines in all the songs

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:25 am

lorez wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:
Able to hold down a firm bottom end that glues a song together while simultaneously shining as a center-stage musician in his own right, Novoselic helped to establish a standard for the sound, feel, and style of playing the root notes with a pick of the past two decades.
nothing wrong with that statement, my latest listenings of nevermind made me appreciate the bass & drums a lot more than I remembered. Fuck most of the riffs I remember are on the bass and not on the guitar if I'm honest. So if fender are flogging an old corpse why can't krist cash in for a bit of a pension

Yep, Nirvana was all about the rhythm section, musically. It's easy to miss it due to Kurt's star power, but if you just listen, it's all in the bass and drums; the songs would suck if they were based around the guitar.

I absolutely love this choice, both the Sig artist and basing it on the RD. This thing is the sex, and the stacked J pickups should sound incredible. Would love to get my hands on one.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:39 am

Now this is a Gibson bass I'm definitely interested in! I actually started looking these basses up after watching the Nirvana live show that aired last weekend.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:16 am

He doesn't always play the root note! He plays the V for two bars in Lithium! It's actually the most interesting thing about that song.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:23 am

Not very Nirvana ... Besides , didn't he play an old Ibanez ?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:53 am

I mainly think of him with a Ripper bass TBH

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:57 am

Thunderbird springs to mind first.

But obviously he went through a few basses in his career.
As Kurt went through guitars.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:57 pm

this nearly makes up for the Firebird X, nearly.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:06 pm

Dave wrote:I mainly think of him with a Ripper bass TBH

Me too. Imagine throwing this beast up in the air and having it smack you on the head, yeouch!

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:39 pm

This may be the first Sig instrument I would actually buy. Always wanted an RD bass, although the price certainly won't make it easy.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:04 pm

Damn, gurl...

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:22 pm

Poor Kirst, glad he got an endorsement, hate to see him have to get a "reaL' job

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:28 pm

He played lots of different Gibson bases, and an Ibanez Eagle bass as well.

However, he played the RD Artist the most, it was his go to bass on the Nevermind. I saw him playing with Flipper in Dublin a few years back, he was playing an RD Artist then. He mixed it up a bit more on the In Utero tour. I understnad he used the Ripper to record Nevermind and In Utero.