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.
