[media stories: 2001: english]
ARNIs lefthand basses – meeting...
Bent Sæther
(Motorpsycho)
(Motorpsycho)
Photo feature on Bent's equipment
taken from the German website
ARNIS LEFTHAND BASSES, 2001.
English. Found at the leftybass site
and published in here with the kind permission of Volkmar Arnecke, the site owner.
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On their European tour 2001 Motorpsycho from Norway played a show at the Forum /
Bielefeld (Germany). Motorpsycho is a very successful band. That's the reason why
the tickets were sold out early for this evening. Before the show started, we met
Bent Sæther, a very pleasant musician, who has a close relationship to his
equipment. The real beauty of this own is his "Psychobird". It's a custom made 8-
string bass, made by the luthier Frank Stavem / Norway. But I think all parts are
very important for Bent. Particular the old Ampeg SVT amp. For effects, Bent only
uses a Electro Harmonix Muff-Fuzz floor unit. There are a lot of other interesting things on Motorpsycho's stage. Snah (guitar) uses a greate vintage equipment too. Old and rare guitars built by Hagstrom and Jerry Jones, amps build by Vox AC 30, Orange and Fender. text: Volkmar Arnecke | photos: |
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| Motorpsycho European Tour September / October 2001 Oktober 12th 2001 / Forum / Bielefeld |
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A very interesting talk right from the beginning! Bent Sæther talked about basses and amps... |
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I was very interested in getting details about Bent's 8-string bass... |
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| ...here are the facts on his 8-string "psychobird" luthier: Frank Stavem / Norway body: Thinderbird style (mahogany) neck: MusicMan Stingray style (alder) w/ stabilized peghead active electronics (Bartolini) pickups build by Frank Stavem strings: Newtone / UK |
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"These pickups ... made by Frank Stavem / Norway."  |
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...super-long-scale neck (please notice the Motorpsycho-logo)  |
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 Before Bent Sæther signed the bass, we talked about the other signatures on it ... |
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1980 Rickenbacker 4001  |
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MusicMan Sting Ray 30  |
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 Bent's first bass: a Fender Precision – built in 1982.Its original neck was broken during a show in 1991 and replaced by a Jazz Bass-style neck. On this tour, Snah uses this bass for some songs. |
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 A rare Jerry Jones 12-string guitar (Danelectro style) Bent's bass setup on this tour... |
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 Also a rare 6-string Jerry Jones (tuned in baritone "B") |
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 • MusicMan Stingray MM 30 (green) • [ tuned in "D" ] • MusicMan Stingray MM30 (black) • Rickenbacker 4001 (blue) • (and 3 guitars) |
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 Vintage Power!!! Ampeg SVT Amp / 2 x Ampeg SVT 810 (and 2 Hiwatt 100 in reserve) |
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 Old Ampeg SVT from the early 70s (with Ruby tubes) (previous possessor: the bass player of Fury In The Slaughterhouse) |
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Snah's amp set-up – Vintage all over!!! Vox, Orange, Fender, Moog |
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 Motorpsycho on stage |
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Volkmar Arnecke
