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fumecestdubelge a dit
Si je capte bien ..Flea utilise les basses qui vont mieux sur les morceaux en studio, mais en concert il n'utiliserait que les modulus pour des raisons contractuelles?
sinon j'ai vu ça;

Bass gear
Most of the various basses Flea has used with the Red Hot Chili Peppers include:

Alembic Epic: Flea used an Alembic Epic bass comprising a flame maple topped mahogany body and ebony fingerboard to record almost all of the One Hot Minute album, with the exception of the songs "Aeroplane" and "Pea". This guitar can be glimpsed in the second video for the single "My Friends", which shows the band recording the album in The Sound Factory studios.
Dani California Video: Flea starts with a double bass in the rockabilly band, before playing a Hofner 500/1 in the British Invasion segment. In the next psychedelic rock segment he uses a sunburst Fender Precision, which precedes the funk homage in which he performs with a transparent Ampeg Dan Armstrong bass. In the glam rock and subsequent punk vignettes, Flea wields red and sunburst Fender Jazz Basses respectively, before performing with a heavily stylised black bass in the goth band, which he expresses his dislike for in the video's "making of" documentary. The final two non-regular bass guitars that Flea performs with in the video are a Gibson Flying V in the hair metal band and a Gibson Thunderbird used when he is the bassist in the grunge band.
Fender Jazz Bass: Although he mainly used his signature Modulus Flea Bass to record By The Way, Flea also used Jazz Basses to record certain songs such as "Body Of Water". He used solely Jazz Basses on Stadium Arcadium, with his main bass being the only known example of a 1961 Shell Pink Jazz. This is the rarest of the custom colours, though it has turned off-white over time due to the yellowed lacquer coating over the underlying pink paint, and the instrument now sports a D. Boon sticker, courtesy of Flea. This bass appeared in the "Californication" and "Dani California" videos, and was used on the earlier promotional tour legs for Stadium Arcadium. Flea has used several other Jazz Basses in videos, such as an orange model in parts of the "Can't Stop" video, and a Jaco Pastorius signature sunburst model in the "Tell Me Baby" video.
Fender Precision Bass: Used as a live back-up on the Freaky Styley tour and in the early promotional legs for Stadium Arcadium, when Flea primarily used his Shell Pink Jazz Bass.
Modulus Flea Bass: There are several notable examples of Flea's use of his signature Flea Bass from Modulus, beginning with a blue flake model featuring a rectangular sticker below the bridge saying; "a flea still drinks the blood of those who wouldn't harm a flea". Flea used this bass to record Californication and subsequently it was his main bass on the Californication tour. He has also used a silver flake model seen in the "Can't Stop" video to play drop-D tuned songs such as "If You Have To Ask", "By The Way" and "Charlie" on all tours since Californication. Perhaps most notable is a custom model nicknamed the "Punk Bass", which is painted like the Dutch national flag and covered in graphics featuring Flea's favourite punk bands, which was his main instrument on the By The Way world tour. As his 1961 Jazz could not cut through the mix on the larger Stadium Arcadium tour shows, Flea re-employed the Flea Bass with a new sunburst model featuring a black pickguard.
MusicMan Cutlass I: Flea first used a Cutlass I on tour for The Red Hot Chili Peppers. This bass was originally black, as can be seen around its edges, which were partially untouched from the green and yellow fluorescent paint applied by Flea to the lower and upper halves of the body respectively. Some yellow paint was also applied to the headstock, and the body was covered in pink tape patterns similar to Flea's first StingRay. This bass is visible in this state in Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, where he and Flea are shown live in 1984, before this bass was gradually covered in more and more stickers by its owner. After being used to record and tour Freaky Styley, the bass is visible in said album's single videos "Jungle Man" and "Catholic School Girls Rule", with many stickers all over the body. Kiedis' book also shows a picture of the band backstage in 1985, with the bass evident in this later state.
MusicMan Sterling: Briefly visible in the original My Friends video.
MusicMan StingRay: Flea's first bass with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was a pre-Ernie Ball string-through-body black StingRay used to record The Red Hot Chili Peppers. This had both sides of the body and the headstock painted green and was covered with pink tape in criss-cross patterns. It should not be confused with Flea's similarly decorated Cutlass I, as this StingRay had a rosewood fretboard and wooden neck - apparent in the video for "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" - as opposed to the graphite neck of its cousin, the Cutlass I. Flea later brought two black Stingrays into use during The Uplift Mofo Party Plan/Mother's Milk period. One had a maple fretboard and a sticker saying 'crunch' on the upper body horn, which can only be glimpsed in the "Fight Like a Brave" video, yet is later very conspicuous in the "Show Me Your Soul" video and the Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven recording. The other black StingRay had a rosewood fingerboard and was used live extensively throughout 1990 to 1996. This was the bass with which Flea recorded "Aeroplane" on One Hot Minute, and subsequently performed with in that song's video. Flea's only use of a five-string bass on a recording with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was a black StingRay5 used on Blood Sugar Sex Magik to record "Funky Monks" and "Righteous And The Wicked". This is the bass which Flea plays in the "Under the Bridge" video.
Sigma: Acoustic used to record the song "Pea" on One Hot Minute.
Spector NS: To record The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Flea used a black NS with chrome hardware, dot inlays, J-J pickups and stickers of two figures on the instrument's body horns, which he plays his solo with in the "Fight Like a Brave" video. This first NS was used to tour The Uplift Mofo Party Plan in 1987-1988. Flea used a new black NS2 with gold hardware, block inlays and a P-J pickup configuration on all of Mother's Milk, and subsequently wielded it in the music video for the "Knock Me Down" single from that album. This was used in live shows throughout 1989-1991, in alternation with the StingRay.
Taylor: Acoustic used to record the song "Road Trippin'" on Californication.
Wal Custom Mark II: Flea used this blue bass guitar to record most of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, with the exception of the songs "Funky Monks" and "Righteous And The Wicked". It is seen in the Funky Monks film showing the band recording the aforementioned album, though like the Alembic Epic for the One Hot Minute tour, Flea never used this bass live, preferring the StingRay for such duties. He still owns this bass, though the front of the body is now covered with many different stickers exhibiting the faces of various artists and musicians that Flea admires.


Sinon pour faire plus simple...;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Balzary ARF