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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Jun 7^th, 2012 at 9:55pm Denise Rich Hosts Inaugural Gabrielle's Gala Battersea Power station, London - 7th June 2012 © Dave M. Benett with thanks to Moy
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #1 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:02pm
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #2 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:19pm Georgie Fame
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #3 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:26pm Madeline Bell and Terry Taylor
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Philip Rocks Off Regular Offline In Another Land Posts: 170 Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #4 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:31pm ^ That's Terry Taylor.
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #5 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:39pm NO Albert Lee this gig but another axeman... Who is?
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #6 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:40pm Philip wrote on Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:31pm: ^ That's Terry Taylor. LOL yes, Andy is bald
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #7 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:46pm Frank Mead
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #8 - Jun 7^th, 2012 at 10:52pm With Suzanne at the afterparty
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the juf Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 49	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #9 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 7:28am The guitar player is Robin Nolan. He is from Holland.
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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 16,083 Atlanta Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #10 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 8:58am He looks ready to roll.
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #11 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 9:45am the juf wrote on Jun 8^th, 2012 at 7:28am: The guitar player is Robin Nolan. He is from Holland. Thanks!!
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Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London
Reply #12 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 10:13am

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.

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Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London
Reply #13 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 10:20am

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]

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philgood Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 410 Cologne Area, Germany Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #14 - Jun 8^th, 2012 at 11:51am 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.
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Bitch Rocks Off Regular Offline I always get my Rocks Off! Posts: 4,904 FL - USA Gender:	Re: Bill Wyman with his RK tonight in London Reply #15 - Jun 11^th, 2012 at 1:55pm Cool! Thanks for the pics and bass guitar info ~ Bill looks good!
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