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Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:00 am
by Burntweenie
That's right - FZ's 1966 360/12 FG is up for auction (along with the sundry other guitars, recording/audio equipment and the sundry contents of his house, the latter being snapped up by Lady Gaga).
I never had FZ down as a Ric man, but you live and learn.
Guide of $3-5k USD. Sounds like a bargain - for those on the correct side of the pond
Page 226 of the brochure for those who may be interested.
http://www.juliensauctions.com/images/a ... -zappa.pdf
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:55 pm
by Dom
Thanks for posting this. Zappa is my favorite composer period. There should be college classes on Zappa and his works. It's really hard to see the performance strat coming up for auction, that should be Dweezil's. Met him last December & he's a nice guy BTW. That strat is why I have a piezo, tone sculpting and out of phase pickups in my 370. Dweezil & I chatted briefly about putting a sustainer in it.
Hell yes I want that 360...and the Roy Estrada Hofner bass. if only I hadn't just spent 10K on house repairs...none of which went to my studio
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:51 am
by Burntweenie
Totally agree, there should be far more 'high-brow' recognition of his work. All kinds of 2nd and 3rd rate modern composers get more exposure on BBC Radio 3 here in the UK. Ensemble Moderne played some of his stuff at a Prom back in '97, but apart from that, the most he gets is a name check. Grr!
As for the ZFT nonsense going on, it is very sad. It seems Moon and Dweezil have been royally stiffed - esp. DZ having FZ's guitars taken from him. The Yellow Strat is on my custom build list, after I get around to doing a Syd Barrett mirrored Esquire!
And if I lived in the US I would literally sell a kidney to buy that 360/12!
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:05 am
by dogload
Yep, I'd also be all over that Hofner bass. I love that thing!
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:44 am
by Burntweenie
The 360/12 went for $16k USD. His '80s custom-built not-Str*t (the butterscotch one) went for $70k.
Big numbers.
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:49 pm
by jdogric12
Marketing is a wonderful thing! I've seen people talking online about this auction a lot for a couple of months.
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:29 pm
by collin
jdogric12 wrote:Marketing is a wonderful thing! I've seen people talking online about this auction a lot for a couple of months.
You should have put your Bowie Rick up on the block when he kicked the bucket earlier this year.
Re: Frank Zappa's 360/12 up for auction
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:05 am
by Kiddwad57
dogload wrote:Yep, I'd also be all over that Hofner bass. I love that thing!
Here's a good interview:
http://idiotbastard.com/Interviews/RoyEstrada.htm
Always liked Frank's earlier stuff and Roy Estrada's playing in the Mothers but...
http://www.nme.com/news/music/frank-zappa-5-1278886
Guess it's another instance of being about the art, not the artist.