The Stooges

[grimniggzy]

Here's a cool shot of some Sunn Bass Gear from around 1970 that I found on a Stooges site. Pretty neat.

[stanner]

cool pix-that must have been massively loud-in those  days of puny p.a.s

[D.M.N.]

I like the single mic on that one cab. Question is, if they're mic'ing that rig, how big of a PA setup do they have?

[ROCKETBRO2]

I REMEMBER GUYS USING JBL FOLDED HORN CABINETS WITH A 15" AND A HORN, AND THEY WOULD USE 2 OR 4 PER SIDE AT OUTDOOR GIGS.

[grimniggzy]

Funny shot Iggy's getting down to the ground.

[EdBass]

I'm pretty sure that's a Mosrite, probably a Ventures model. The "German carve" on the body is a giveaway. Far from inexpensive, in the 60's they were almost twice as much as Fenders. Vintage Mosrites are pretty rare, basses more so than guitars. I've got a sunburst that I've had for decades, the last Mosrite bass I saw for sale was a white one for $2400 about a year ago.
Short scale, extremely fast thin neck.

They were generally associated with country and gospel music and then were popular with the California surf sound.
Cobain played a vintage Mosrite regularly, but overall I'd say that it doesn't exactly fit "The Stooges" style.

[grimniggzy]

well then I stand corrected.

[biltmore]

Yup, that's a Mosrite! I loooooooooove those things.

[grimniggzy]

The fact that those cabs may be hand-me-downs from the MC5 when they switched to all Marshalls just popped into my head.

[HRobert]

I REMEMBER GUYS USING JBL FOLDED HORN CABINETS WITH A 15" AND A HORN, AND THEY WOULD USE 2 OR 4 PER SIDE AT OUTDOOR GIGS.

And don't forget those huge EV Voice of the Theater speakers with the horn loaded 15's and that multi-cellular horn.  Those kicked butt in the day.