Kevin Parker
Australian singer and producer
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Kevin Parker's Bass Guitars
This bass was used to record Innerspeaker (2010). Kevin and Dominic Simper can be seen playing an early 1960's Fender Jazz Bass in the "Tame Impala - Innerspeaker Memories" at 13:30 (Dom) and 14:32 (Kevin). This bass has been used by Dominic Simper (2007 - 2009) and Cam Avery (2013 - present) live on stage.
kevin can be seen with a daphne blue p bass with a tortoise pickguard and a foam mute
Kevin has been known to use a 1965 Hofner violin bass since Lonerism. you can tell its a 1965/66 model due to the the larger pickup rings and the larger control panel, with binding and a raised plastic logo.
source for the year: https://www.hofner.com/violin_bass_history
Although Cam Avery uses it on the live shows, the bass is Kevin´s.
Kevin Parker is seen using a Höfner 500/1 Bass in a user-uploaded photo on Vice. The bass appears to be a model from between 1965 and early 1967, as it features pickup mounts distinct from 1964 models and lacks the blade pickups introduced later in 1967.
At 1:28 you can see the way the pickups are mounted its an hct but he actually owns a vintage one too
Kevin bought this bass in Japan (2009) along with his 1967 Rickenbacker 335 Jetglo. LINK: https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/guitarists/tame-impala-psych-wunderkind-kevin-parker . People seem to be confused as to what year but it can be boiled down to a 62' or 63' because the 64' 500/1 basses started using neck binding and the 65'+ basses have a wider pickup surround ring. Also it is a darker sunburst from a 62 model. Nick Albrook used it for live sessions/concerts and seen on the Expectaion and Elephant music video. This bass in particular was used up until 2013 since the bass fell over on stage before their Coachella 2013 week one performance. Dinasour Jr.'s Lou Barlow personally lended Nick his Rickenabcker 4003 bass for the performance. The bass was later replaced by a later year Hofner. *In this video at 1:14 Nick Albrook is seen playing this bass in 2012. Jay Watson describes what happened at Coachella in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVA9Q9guJc&t=44s
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