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Title: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: bassilisk on November 30, 2017, 11:13:17 AM
https://www.guernseys.com/v2/guitars_musical_treasures.html

Some treasures, some very interesting items like live performances on reels of tape, as well as masters.

A lot of stuff - bring your shekels. :o :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Rob on November 30, 2017, 11:33:23 AM
I don't know about those.
I have some confidence that they are verified but look closely at Jimi's 63 strat. . . it is strung right handed.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Alanko on November 30, 2017, 12:29:52 PM
I read the title and thought this was about 'Stars Guitars' who made all that chunky brass hardware in the '70s. I was expecting to see lost of gently tarnishing bridges and tailpieces.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Dave W on November 30, 2017, 04:12:41 PM
I wouldn't mind having one of Johnny Winter's Erlewine Lazers, but at an expected $90-100K, that would leave me about $100K short of what I need to buy that Blackmore ES-335.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Rob on November 30, 2017, 04:27:52 PM
I wouldn't mind having one of Johnny Winter's Erlewine Lazers, but at an expected $90-100K, that would leave me about $100K short of what I need to buy that Blackmore ES-335.  :mrgreen:
Time to make up your mind Dave
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Highlander on November 30, 2017, 04:38:48 PM
Might be short a shekel or million...
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: doombass on December 01, 2017, 04:08:53 AM
I wouldn't mind having one of Johnny Winter's Erlewine Lazers, but at an expected $90-100K, that would leave me about $100K short of what I need to buy that Blackmore ES-335.  :mrgreen:

Nah, I think you ought to be able to scratch out an extra 5% for one of the Lazers while you're at it.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: gearHed289 on December 01, 2017, 08:00:58 AM
I read the title and thought this was about 'Stars Guitars' who made all that chunky brass hardware in the '70s. I was expecting to see lost of gently tarnishing bridges and tailpieces.  :mrgreen:

Same here!
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Granny Gremlin on December 01, 2017, 08:20:31 AM
I wouldn't mind having one of Johnny Winter's Erlewine Lazers, but at an expected $90-100K, that would leave me about $100K short of what I need to buy that Blackmore ES-335.  :mrgreen:

Really?  Not the 12 string NoRev Firebird? 
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Pilgrim on December 01, 2017, 09:50:01 AM
I'd love to have Springsteen's bass, but I left my money in my other snood.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: the mojo hobo on December 01, 2017, 01:14:57 PM
Also: "A buyer’s premium will be added to the purchase of all lots in the sale, and is payable by the purchaser as part of the total purchase price.  The buyer’s premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including $250,000, 20% of the hammer price in excess of $250,000 up to and including $3,000,000, and 12.5% on the portion of the hammer price in excess of $3,000,000.
Guernsey’s also receives a commission directly from the Consignor."
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Dave W on December 01, 2017, 09:24:22 PM
Really?  Not the 12 string NoRev Firebird?

It's my fantasy, not yours.  :mrgreen:

Also: "A buyer’s premium will be added to the purchase of all lots in the sale, and is payable by the purchaser as part of the total purchase price.  The buyer’s premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including $250,000, 20% of the hammer price in excess of $250,000 up to and including $3,000,000, and 12.5% on the portion of the hammer price in excess of $3,000,000.
Guernsey’s also receives a commission directly from the Consignor."

Well, that does it, I'm out.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Granny Gremlin on December 02, 2017, 09:15:08 AM
Mani (Stone Roses/Primal scream) is going to have a shop on reverb.  Prices will be stupid but there's some cool shit including 2 Mesa 400+ heads , a Ric 4005, EB3...

Can't be worse than J Mascis' store, where he had broken low end rack tom shells for $500 + another $300 in shipping.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Alanko on December 02, 2017, 12:28:25 PM
Mani (Stone Roses/Primal scream) is going to have a shop on reverb.  Prices will be stupid but there's some cool shit including 2 Mesa 400+ heads , a Ric 4005, EB3...

I spotted that! I would prefer his gear if he hadn't scrawled his signature on the instruments! That signature needs wiped off the pickguard of the 4005!

Luckily he kept the Sharpie away from the Mosrite, which is a gorgeous bass. The EB-3 apparently has artwork on the back, and it looks sanded. The neck pickup also looks a bit big and a bit too square?

Mani has some cool vinyl-wrapped Jack Casady basses, but I'm not seeing any mention of these in the sale. I wonder how much a stock gold JC will go for, with the Sharpie scrawl included.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Dave W on December 02, 2017, 01:43:44 PM
I wouldn't have known who Mani is if Chris P. hadn't talked about him here. Regardless, some people will pay big money for signed or unsigned instruments from people they admire. I have no problem with that.

Remember the Johnny Winter auction? His cowboy hat sold for $14,000 and his beard hair for $1,400.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Alanko on December 02, 2017, 04:36:08 PM
That beard had a creepy shamanic thing going on with it. I wouldn't want it in the house!

I like the Stone Roses, and there will be old Generation X-ers out there who grew up listening to I Am The Resurrection and who wants one of Mani's basses as a result.

I does slightly wrangle for me that these artists can basically hock their old knackered gear for big money. If Mani was really going for it he would sell the Jackson Pollock'd 4005 he played back in the day, or maybe one of his 3001 basses. The stuff he's selling isn't his iconic gear, just stuff he's finished with, so I hope the pricing reflects on this.

J. Mascis is maybe one worse. His whole deal was that he found old unloved Jazzmasters in pawnshops and bought them for buttons. His whole signal chain was a collection of old, worn-out and bodged together. Instead of 'passing it on' he's simply flogging his random old junk for big money. It seems a tad opportunistic.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Highlander on December 02, 2017, 04:53:55 PM
Mani Tee...?
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Granny Gremlin on December 03, 2017, 08:00:24 AM
I wouldn't have known who Mani is if Chris P. hadn't talked about him here. Regardless, some people will pay big money for signed or unsigned instruments from people they admire. I have no problem with that.

Remember the Johnny Winter auction? His cowboy hat sold for $14,000 and his beard hair for $1,400.

Me neither; fair is fair.  But the J Mascis one was just a ridiculous cash grab. He had a few cool things and then 5 more pages full of garbage priced 10 times it's worth if working (but it was broken; or just really low end)  AND not even a signature  (which I don't care for but if you put up a cracked tom shell with no hardware for a couple hundred then at least sign the mofo).  I forgot to go back and check if any of it actually sold, but I didn't want to know if there were people that stupid out there who make that much more money than me because it would just make me angry.
Title: Re: Massive Stars Guitars Auction Saturday
Post by: Dave W on December 03, 2017, 11:42:50 AM
Me neither; fair is fair.  But the J Mascis one was just a ridiculous cash grab. He had a few cool things and then 5 more pages full of garbage priced 10 times it's worth if working (but it was broken; or just really low end)  AND not even a signature  (which I don't care for but if you put up a cracked tom shell with no hardware for a couple hundred then at least sign the mofo).  I forgot to go back and check if any of it actually sold, but I didn't want to know if there were people that stupid out there who make that much more money than me because it would just make me angry.

I didn't look at his Reverb store, but it doesn't surprise me. I had looked at a few others when they appeared in the Reverb newsletter and never saw anything iconic. Just artists trying to get rid of their unwanted gear at a premium. NTTAWWT.