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Dave W

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The Gibson Bass THAT INVENTED ROCK N ROLL !!??
« on: August 31, 2021, 05:54:35 AM »
Last I heard, the '56  EB once owned and played by Olsie Robinson was owned by Bob Daisley. But it turns up in a Julien's auction of Little Richard memorabilia late last year. It sold for $16K And as of June 25th of this year, it turned up here.


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Re: The Gibson Bass THAT INVENTED ROCK N ROLL !!??
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2021, 03:56:27 AM »
  Bob's been selling things latley. That's a very cool bass with a great history. If I  had 16k lying around I would have bought it. I  forget how much I like Little Richard,  I think I'll go make a spotify playlist. ;)
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Re: The Gibson Bass THAT INVENTED ROCK N ROLL !!??
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2021, 06:52:08 AM »
I wonder what they want for it now? It's going to take a very well off Little Richard fan to shell out that much for an EB. Too bad it's not in the U.S. I feel like that's a national treasure.
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Re: The Gibson Bass THAT INVENTED ROCK N ROLL !!??
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2021, 04:24:16 PM »
I wonder what they want for it now? It's going to take a very well off Little Richard fan to shell out that much for an EB. Too bad it's not in the U.S. I feel like that's a national treasure.

No price listed but you can contact him (he's in Paris)
https://www.mattsguitar.shop/en/guitares-stock/gibson-eb1-1956-little-richard-and-the-upsetters