I was in a corny mood today: What would have happened if Les Claypool would have gotten the job @ Metallica in '86?  
Watch and shiver... Youtube link  

 
 
Featuring my '90 Elan and '06 Fretless  


 


 
(There's always a good excuse to spam these pics)  :-)

Dang, Flip! Those are two gorgeous basses!

NIce work Flip!  I can't play repetitive triplets like that and stay anywhere near on beat.

:-D

Cool!

I imagine he'd have hung himself in a few years, as Lars Ulrich wouldn't have the slightest bit of funk or soul in his drumming, even if he had regular injections of fried chicken grease from a greasy spoon in Arkansas.  The ESP knockoffs of the Thompsons would have been interesting though . . . .
 
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And, oh yeah, NICE Elans, Flip.  
 
Myself, I've always admired that 'biga-da-bigida'
triplet pattern that Les kinda made his own.  Good on ya for spending tha much time in the woodshed !
 
J o e y

here you guys go, Les on his metallica audition

I've said once, but I'll repeat myself anytime I see that Bass:  
 
Flip, you've got one of the finest, that fretless is awesome!

Thanx all!
 
The fretless is only two holes away from getting Signature electronics, should make it even more awesome! :-) (now I must learn to play it in a proper manner)
 
Here's a nice one, from the master himself: Les Claypool playing a part of Master of puppets: