There’s also a 1970 Rickenbacker Fireglo 12-string, with a switch to make it a six-string, an Ampeg AUB-1 Scroll bass, which Newsted calls “a unique sounding beast” that has seen a lot of ...

Take his 1992 Alembic Europa Custom 10-string bass guitar. There is only one of these in the world. While it did make it out on the road with Metallica, Newsted admits that he never quite got the best ...