Your $115,000 Bass!!

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:23 am

doctorwho wrote:
mgauction wrote:... Can anyone think of any bass that has sold for $100,000?
Did any of John Entwistle's basses sell for over $100k?

No. Frankenstein sold for about $50,000. Stu Cook has had his 1966 Rickenbacker 4001 up for sale for some time now with no takers. I can't think of anything else over $50K. What this current seller is placing so much value on is the first year production of a burns bass guitar. There appears to be a very small interets in these and no supporting forums, but I guess he's hell-bent.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:42 pm

mgauction wrote:...... Frankenstein sold for about $50,000. Stu Cook has had his 1966 Rickenbacker 4001 up for sale for some time now with no takers. I can't think of anything else over $50K. What this current seller is placing so much value on is the first year production of a burns bass guitar. There appears to be a very small interets in these and no supporting forums, but I guess he's hell-bent.

I really like Stu's bass, but it's hard to justify the price despite the provenance. I'd like to have it simply on basis of it being a '66.....

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:43 pm

He has all the original parts

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:16 pm

Wow, a square heel on a '66 bass.....

That is very interesting.....even though it looks a bit funky, I bet it sounds cool with that p/up configuration.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:59 pm

I'm sure is does, John. I assume Stu did that back then as it was a very 60's thing to make changes, plus he switched over to a Fender shortly after.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:00 pm

IIRC, this Burns bass was claimed to be the one that was "used" during Revolver. It looks like someone lifted the pix from somewhere else.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:24 pm

teeder wrote:IIRC, this Burns bass was claimed to be the one that was "used" during Revolver. It looks like someone lifted the pix from somewhere else.

Good work, Kevin! How could anyone have had any such inkling with such a dense description! That's why they are lazy criminals!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:17 pm

Is it just me, or does it look like the bass was intentionally "reliced"? The front looks flawless, and the back has a pattern that looks like sanding off the edges?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:53 pm

That '66 Deluxe is SO nice.

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