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Post by Stein on Sept 10, 2016 19:04:32 GMT 2
Could anyone please give me some info about this bass that John Levén used on the The Final Countdown Tour in 1986? What's the name of the bass, what's the brand, etc...   |
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Post by headbangsterv on Sept 10, 2016 19:22:39 GMT 2
I go check in the stuff I can find.
Plenty of pics with the blue bass but I cant see the logo...because there is none on it.
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Post by Ernie Ball on Sept 10, 2016 21:18:09 GMT 2
It's a "brandless" Fender copy. Or the brand has been abraded/polished from the neck, which is also possible. It's also not a original Fender color. That's all I can make of it Stein  |
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Post by headbangsterv on Sept 10, 2016 21:22:20 GMT 2
Thats what I was thinking too. Looks a lot like a Fender Precision but with a deeper/darker blue color then what Fender uses. Or someone can try asking him personally  |
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Post by Ernie Ball on Sept 10, 2016 21:30:07 GMT 2
Indeed. I think only Leven will be able to answer this question Maybe he bought it for 100$, maybe he built it himself. Could be anything. But it's not a original Fender, that's for sure. |
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Post by vielip on Sept 13, 2016 21:05:42 GMT 2
It does have a lot of comparisons to the one Steve Harris from Iron Maiden used in the 80's if I'm right. Same colour and also the mirror plate (or how do you call it? I'm no guitar wizzard obviously  ) |
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Post by michaeljessen on Feb 23, 2017 20:18:39 GMT 2
I was browsing info about John Leven's sandberg basses and came across this thread: www.pratabas.se/viewtopic.php?t=4415A guy in there mentions that the blue bass was a "mighty mite precision bass" I cannot confirm or deny this info, have never heard of the brand before. |
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Post by xxxx on Feb 24, 2017 5:03:39 GMT 2
Did it have a mirror pickguard also or is it black? Hard to tell in some photos... The body certainly looks very sparkle blue ish like the Steve Harris bass he was using around the same time, only with a rosewood fretboard.
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Post by michaeljessen on Oct 3, 2024 21:33:41 GMT 2
It’s been a few years since you asked Stein, but I got the answer.
The bass was put together from a lot of different pieces that Leven had collected. It was then put together by Arne Arvidsson, the guy that also built 2 white Stratocasters for Norums solo tour.
So there’s no brand on it. It’s now private owned by a guy in Stockholm who knows John Leven and has promised to not sell it to anyone except back to John if he want’s to let it go someday.
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Post by Stein on Oct 3, 2024 21:52:56 GMT 2
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