Kim Deal

Originally her sister Kelley's bass, Kim borrowed it when she joined The Pixies and used it as her main bass on Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. It was replaced (possibly returned to Kelley) by a Fender '62 Reissue Bass.

From Musician Magazine - December 1990: Kim Deal plays a Fender Precision Bass and a Music Man Stingray. Also Wikipedia lists it as a notable bass of her. This photo features Kim Deal with a red Music Man Stingray https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/31/a6/6a/31a66a1b111c33c17170d5b2eeeadf1b.jpg

Kim Deal is pictured with her Fender Precision Bass in a user-uploaded photo, highlighting her connection to this instrument.

The provided source links to a copy (the original page is gone) of a BassPlayer.com interview by Bill Leigh from November 2004 featuring Kim Deal.

What's your main bass today? "My main bass is a Fender Precision, and I plug it into an Ampeg SVT. I also have an Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay; I try to swap onstage but there's just no time between songs. The Precision is coral-colored, a classic custom color. It's a '62 reissue."

Kims favorite bass. Acquired it around the 2000s for the Breeders album "Title TK". Never played it after the Pixies reunion though to be closer to the recordings.

In this Article, Kim Deal can be seen in a photo using an Aria Pro II Cardinal Series. She Used it on Come On Pilgrim (Pixies Album) and Surfer Rosa (Pixies Album).

Kim Deal played a Steinberger XM-2 Headless Bass during a Pixies performance at Brixton Academy on June 26, 1991, as seen in a YouTube video by cobyblack. She frequently used this bass on the Pixies album "Trompe Le Monde."

Aria Pro II Cardinal Series

Deal has always favoured solid bodied basses. She initially played an Aria Pro II Cardinal Series in the Pixies, which actually belonged to her sister and Breeders bandmate Kelley. This guitar can be heard throughout the Pixies’ first two albums, Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa, and then again in The Kelley Deal 6000, Kelley’s mid-nineties solo project.

“It was the weirdest sounding bass,” said Deal to Bass Player magazine in 2004. “At first I was always like, ‘I’m playing a dumb bass, it’s not a Fender so it’s not cool.’ But then we played with My Bloody Valentine, and that’s band’s bass player had an Aria Pro too.”

We see kim using a Fender Player Plus Meteora Bass guitar, in silverburst color in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybX7T9_pR9s