The Waterboys – Flipside Of The American Dream
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2025 single Flipside Of The American Dream.
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Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Waterboys – Flipside Of The American Dream (2025). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
David Hood
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Bass Guitars used by David Hood on Flipside Of The American Dream
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Used on The Waterboys' "I Can't See Elvis", as mentioned in this August 12, 2015 Bass Player interview about Hood's work on Modern Blues.
What basses did you use on the album?
I was playing a Lakland Joe Osborn model with flatwound strings. It’s like a real good vintage Fender Jazz Bass, the one with stacked knobs. I think I used that bass on everything except for one song, “I Can See Elvis.” They needed a thumpier sound on that one. I used a ’57 Fender Precision, a workhorse and a great bass that looks like crap. That bass has flatwound strings, and I put some foam rubber in front of the bridge.
It is also mentioned in this May 17, 2013 Bass Player interview.
From 1976 to 1988, he played an Alembic; he also occasionally plays a Kubicki Factor and a 1957 Fender Precision. (Hood’s Jazz Bass was stolen during the Traffic era.) He uses flatwound strings on the Lakland Osborn and the Precision, and roundwounds on the rest.
On the "Bass FAQ" page of Hood's official website, he states that the '57 Precision "[h]as a great neck and a classic P-bass sound."
