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    Posted: August 27 2007 at 03:06
In this Magma video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vBh6MAQQTwk&mode=related&search=) Jean-Pierre Lambert is using a transparent-bodied bass that I rather like.  However, due to the camera angles, I can't make out the name of the company who makes it.  Can anybody identify this instrument for me? 

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Points: 1324 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 03:19
Dearmond used to make transparent instruments but it could just as easily be a custom built one.
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Points: 37129 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 03:56
I didn't get a good view, but was wondering if it might be a Dan Armstrong lucite bass (an American guitar).



http://www.premierguitar.com/education/200602_educationcenter_guitartreasure.asp

Edited by Logan - August 27 2007 at 03:57
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Points: 8844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 04:01
That's almost definitely it.  Thanks, Logan!

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Points: 37129 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 04:18
No probs.  The Ampet Dan Armstrong Lucite Bass is a real classic.  Love to have one, a '69 (but not to play), a new guitar (new version) would sound better (assuming I wasn't the one playing it).
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Points: 8844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 04:22
Yet another expensive instrument to add to my wishlist, I suppose.  I guess I'll put it between Chapman Stick and Rickenbacker 4003, thus a bit below MellotronErmm

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Points: 37129 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 04:35
Can probably get another clear body guitar fairly cheap on e-bay (they're great cause you can see better when you're playing bass with your teeth).  I'd have to limit myself to the cellophane variety (money being almost as tight as the Glad Man in Cling-Wrap at the moment).  I'd love a Chapman stick, but I can barely afford chapstick these days.  I do have an Orville Redenbocker [sic] though, but that's only good for pop and Korn music..
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2007 at 11:04
Isn't there also one? Big%20smile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw-EkAjlww4
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A couple of years ago a couple of other guitar makers were making lucite guitars. One was BC Rich and I can't remember the others off hand. So if a Dan Armstrong is out of your price range, look around. Maybe put "lucite" into a search engine.
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Points: 1594 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2007 at 10:40
I used to have an acrylic (perspex or lucite, depending where you come from) strat copy. It weighed a ton! Seriously, it was the heaviest guitar I have ever played. If you're thinking of getting one, be careful, you might injure your back!
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2007 at 11:38
Not even slightly prog, but I remember seeing a cool video of Fu Manchu with a transparent guitar.
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Points: 4460 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2007 at 20:13
Mahavishnu Orchestra (1973), Rick Laird on transparent bass (from about 1:30):
 
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haha funny band 
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Clear is cool, but give me this:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Points: 4460 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 11 2007 at 18:10
Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Clear is cool, but give me this:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bootsy!!!!!!!
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2007 at 20:36
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I didn't get a good view, but was wondering if it might be a Dan Armstrong lucite bass (an American guitar).



http://www.premierguitar.com/education/200602_educationcenter_guitartreasure.asp


was the first one I would have thought of...
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Points: 156 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2007 at 07:24

^ sweet

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