#Dan Armstrong Plexiglass Acrylic bass

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"THE ONLY REASONABLE BASS THEY HAD WAS THE DAN ARMSTRONG."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on live shots of Terence "Geezer" Butler of the mighty BLACK SABBATH, playing a Dan Armstrong Plexiglass Acrylic bass guitar while performing live at Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham, UK, c. 1972, during the band's "Vol. 4" era.

GUITAR WORLD: "On "Black Sabbath Vol. 4" [1972], you’re pictured playing a Dan Armstrong plexiglass bass."

GEEZER: "I only used the plexiglass bass because we were on tour in America, somewhere between Detroit and Toronto, someone had opened the case of my Fender bass and smashed it to pieces. You could see the hammer marks.

It was a Sunday, and shops weren’t open, so we got in touch with the promoter, who had a friend who ran a music shop. He opened it up for us, but it was mostly cheap stuff . The only reasonable bass they had was the Dan Armstrong. That’s what I used on "Vol. 4," which probably has the worst bass sound of any Sabbath record.

On the next tour, that bass was stolen. That’s when I started having custom Jaydee and John Birch basses."

-- GUITAR WORLD, "Geezer Butler on BLACK SABBATH's early days, the making of 13 and which album has the worst bass sound," by Rob Blasko, published 8 January 2020

Sources: www.guitarworld.com/features/geezer-butler-on-black-sabbaths-early-days-the-making-of-13-and-which-album-has-the-worst-bass-sound & Vinyl Records.

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THE SITH LORDS OF '70s HARD ROCK -- DEMENTED, DOWNER, DARK SOUNDS RISING.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on bassist/lyricist Terence "Geezer" Butler of the mighty BLACK SABBATH, performing live during the band's "Vol. 4" era, and playing his now maligned Dan Armstrong plexiglass acrylic bass guitar, from the pages of "Ciao 2001" Italian-based music magazine, c. 1972.

Source: http://velho-coyote.blogspot.com/2019/06.