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The '57 closed at $13,100.00! He linked me the pics and it truely was in near mint condition.

Dane, she is a beauty. Next time maybe. ss

Well, John....he actually sold it less than your number %$#@@#$*!!!!

I was at his house and tried the other VG Ric that I wanted to buy, but he met with Tom Petersen (Cheap Trick) and sold it for $5K. Once again - a day late...

I handled that bass when Craig was at the Philly show, I thought that it'd be a hard sell for what he wanted...apparently not.

The '58 that Larry sold a while back on ebay for $4500 sounds like a deal now, lol...

Well, Craig got a nice bass. I wonder what's in store for it now if he's not doing the museum thing.....

He's gonna sell it down the line.

His Japanese contacts are probably already forming a Q....

Too bad Craig closed his store. I used to enjoy stopping in and checking the "museum" when I was in South Fla. on business. I bought a couple of little things from him over the years. Full retail price, of course!

Well, since I didn't win this bass I decided to spend as much of that money as I can. I have purchased a Sting Fender Precision bass. A 75 Fender Jazz, and a Hofner Deluxe. I still don't feel any better though.

Spend some of it on coming to the Confluence! Then we can help you spend some more of it.

You will feel MUCH better than!!!

Well, if you really DID buy a Sting, then it is a winner for sure. I sure do like Single Coil Precision Basses.
A '54 and a '51 RI P
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The whole fleet
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Thanks Jeffrey. I mentioned earlier that the confluence was too soon for me. I am going to be in Kentucky and Ohio in July. I should have planned better. When I tell people that I am visiting those states they can't figure out why until I mention the Louisville Sluger Museum and the Pro-Football and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. I am looking forward to being back there. I'll be with you in spirit. I could send you a blank check. I can trust you... right?

David, I'm not sure what "DID" means. Unless you are asking whether it is an actual 50's model. In which case, it is not. I purchased the reissue. I also purchased the 59 Precision from the Custom shop. However, that was purchased a few weeks before this 57 bass was posted on ebay, so I didn't count it. I am also waiting on a 4003 Montezuma Brown from Mike Parks, but that was also purchased before. I do get crazy like this once in a while. It has been a few years.

By the way, very nice collection Dave. Thanks for the addresses to the photos.

My 51 re-issue became my main gigging bass shortly after I bought it over three years ago.I have a wide range of Leo's basses but that re-issue is still the one that goes out the door.

but I rarely play it at home

All P basses are single coil basses, except for the new P deluxes which have one humbucker along with the two opposing single coil traditional P bass pickups. They don't hum because they are wound backwards from each other or something like that. I understand the principle but other people can explain it better than me.

the modern p-bass has 2 single coil pickups one is reverse wired and with reverse magnets wired in series ... this cancels hum and gives them a fat growl ... the jazz bass has 2 single coil pickups and the neck pickup is reverse wired and has reverse magnets ... but the jazz bass is wired parallel which gives it a different sound ... to get growl out of a jazz bass you need to back off the voulme of one of the pickups ...