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Denise Rich Hosts Inaugural Gabrielle's Gala
Battersea Power station, London - 7th June 2012
© Dave M. Benett with thanks to Moy

:wow

^ That's Terry Taylor.

Philip wrote on Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:31pm:

^ That's Terry Taylor.

LOL yes, Andy is bald

The guitar player is Robin Nolan. He is from Holland.

He looks ready to roll.

the juf wrote on Jun 8^th, 2012 at 7:28am:

The guitar player is Robin Nolan. He is from Holland.

Thanks!!

Question for the musicians. What bass-guitar is Bill playing here.
It's obviously not the headless Steinberger he's playing for years now.
We all know that because of his small hands he wasn't able or willing to use
the Fender Jazz or Precision basses Keith wanted him to play.
At least he went for a Fender Mustang-Bass back in the days.
Guess I have overlooked this one.

It's his signature bass, which is roughly based on his old modified Dallas Tuxedo bass.

http://www.basscentre.com/british-bass-master-series/bbmwyman.html

[quote="talanca"]On his book "Rolling with the Stones" Wyman says he made his first fretless bass from an English solidbody bass "Dallas Tuxedo" which he bought second-hand in early 1961 for 8 GBP. He used to refers to it as "the home-made bass" because tho' he didn't build the guitar he modded the shape of the body, took the frets out, and refinished it (all this before he joined the Stones). The original idea was to refret the bass as part of the mods, but since he liked the sound of it with no frets the refret was never done. He used it during the first year with the Stones before buying his Framus Star Bass on September 2,1963. I repeat: all this according to Bill himself.
The Japanese bass theory was mentioned on the book "How The Fender Bass Changed The World", by Jim Roberts but according to what Wyman says it's pure folklore or speculation.
Wyman's real Dallas Tuxedo bass is currently on display at Sticky Fingers (Bill's restaurant) in London.

This is a Dallas Tuxedo as it probably was Bill's when he originally got it:

This is the real Wyman's bass after the mods:

This last pic shows Wyman using the bass for recording "Simpathy For The Devil" and the instrument appears with a second refinish now swapping colors of body and guard for the exact opposite.

Cheers, M.[/quote]

Philip, thanks for the info and the pics.. Beeing a guitarist myself I wasn't aware of his Sig. Bass.
Must say that I - lookkwise - prefer this one over the modern Steinbergers.
Anyway, Bill surely knows what to use on stage.

Cool! Thanks for the pics and bass guitar info ~ Bill looks good!

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