Specifically he was looking to get the neck thinned down a bit. In the 2002 Les again sent the Rainbow Bass back to Carl’s shop, this time asking for a couple of modifications to be made. Les made the “Jerry was a Racecar Driver” video with the bass in this condition, and then later sent it back to Carl to have the entire bass rebuilt. At first the balance was off, so Carl cut off the horn. Les received the bass just in time to tour following recording of “Sailing the Seas Of Cheese”.īe sure to check out the photos of the bass with a shortened upper horn. It original had a single EMG-45DC but now has a single EMG-J pickup with the early angled coil. The center of the fingerboard is Indian ebony, with 1/8-inch-wide strips of padauk, cocobolo and ebony on either side. The basic part of the neck is made of quartersawn hardrock maple. They’re stretched over a one-piece, hand-made wooden bridge and anchored by Schaller tuning machines. The strings are threaded through the back of the rear extension – near where the strap pin is. It is nicknamed the “Rainbow Bass” because it has strips of walnut, curly maple, padauk, purple heart, ebony and cocobolo. The fourth, and most infamous Carl Thompson bass Les owns, is a 6 string fretless multi wood bass.
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