This bass is named “Elvis” because of its classic tone and flashy gold-star theme. It’s an Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 5HH with a custom-made @alperiouspickguard. It’s different than most of my other fretted basses in that I keep it loaded with Dunlop Flatwounds so that I can get that fundimental thump that you can only get when using flatwound strings. Stingray basses lend themselves to flatwounds very well — thunderous tone and the string tension is just right. I use this bass for playing Latin, funk, disco, as well as lot of current stuff and original music. I love that Flatwounds have come back into the spotlight in pop and alternative music recently.
![The body of Danny Knapp's "Bootsy" bass - Danny Knapp, Bass guitarist The body of Danny Knapp's "Bootsy" bass](https://melonheadmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/c12c69d6a23f969b120b22c8ec7ae278_119140428_10164135119550574_2153032803245535937_o.jpg)