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title: Basses
description: Sarth Calhoun’s basses: his first instrument, a 1974 Fender Jazz Bass and a Warwick six-string among them. Bass in Number19, Lucibel Crater and on I Before E.
url: https://www.sarth.net/devices/basses/
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credit: Sarth Calhoun, bass: Number19 (*Suspension*, 2001, bass and Yamaha EX5), Lucibel Crater (2005 to 2008, keys, bass and loops), and Lou Reed’s “Peggy Sue” (2011, a Moog Little Phatty). A 1974 Fender Jazz Bass and a Warwick six-string, among others.
author: Sarth Calhoun
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# Basses

My first instrument. A 1974 Fender Jazz Bass, a Warwick six-string, and others.

Bass is my first instrument. In my teens I stopped buying comic books to save up for my first bass guitar. I have a 1974 [Fender Jazz Bass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Jazz_Bass) and a [Warwick](https://www.warwick.de/) six-string bass, and other basses.

[Number19](/conspiracies/number19/): bass and keys. [Lucibel Crater](/conspiracies/lucibel-crater/): keys, bass, loops. [“I Before E”](/transmissions/i-before-e/) is the slap-bass track, an homage to Robert Trujillo. On Lou Reed’s [“Peggy Sue”](/transmissions/peggy-sue/) the bass is a Moog Little Phatty, which is on the [Moog](/devices/moog/) page.

> Yes, I have a 1974 Fender Jazz Bass and a Warwick six-string bass. These are both really amazing. I’ve got other basses as well.
> 
> Sarth Calhoun, September 26, 2026

The credit: Sarth Calhoun, bass: Number19 (*Suspension*, 2001, bass and Yamaha EX5), Lucibel Crater (2005 to 2008, keys, bass and loops), and Lou Reed’s “Peggy Sue” (2011, a Moog Little Phatty). A 1974 Fender Jazz Bass and a Warwick six-string, among others.

## On the record

[*Suspension*](/transmissions/suspension/), 2001, bass and a [Yamaha EX5](/devices/yamaha-ex5/). [*Miracles*](/transmissions/miracles/), 2007, and [*The Family Album*](/transmissions/the-family-album/), 2008, with Lucibel Crater. The note I wrote about learning bass, Rob Wasserman, John Paul Jones and Robert Trujillo is on the [I Before E](/transmissions/i-before-e/) page.

The first paragraph is from the Devices page and from what I said on September 26, 2026. Credits are the ones on the record pages.