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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2012, 10:37:38 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on December 25, 2012, 08:22:50 PM
My birth year falls after Paul Tutmarc and before Leo. Guess I'll have to settle for a celebrity guitar.

Go for the celebrity harmonica.  Easier to transport.
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2013, 03:37:34 AM »
Relisted, no reserve. Curious what it will sell for.
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2013, 03:42:49 AM »
And how about this one: '59 P, slab board and gold guard. Seller lists some of the songs that were recorded with this bass, including Respect, Funky Broadway, Land of a Thousand Dances.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Historic-American-Sound-Studio-1959-Fender-Precision-Bass-Elvis-/121049570164?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c2f1ddb74

Starting at $95,000...  :o

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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2013, 05:56:27 AM »
I've got an old buddy who picked up a 59 several years ago. It looked like the day it was built. The guy he bought it from got it as a gift when he was a kid and he never played it. It was tucked under his bed for decades with it's little Fender polishing cloth that looked like it had never been used either. Absolutely no mojo but you won't find one in better shape ;D.
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2013, 01:19:45 PM »
These basses would fit well at the Experience Music Project museum in Seattle - I'm not a huge fan of the place but there is some cool stuff there - part of the guitar Hendrix destroyed at Monterey Pop for example. Not sure they would pay $95,000 for the bass though!
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2013, 01:23:04 PM »
Jeez, I wouldn't go a penny over 94k for that!  Guess I'm out.   :P
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2013, 01:32:15 PM »
just because a lot of guys played a lot of hit tunes on this bass means nothing. it should go for whatever similiar basses sell for these days.
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2013, 10:07:34 PM »
Ridiculous asking price on that Precision. If Tommy Cogbill's work was special to me and it was a bass he actually owned, I would probably pay more than average, but you can't even consider that bass celebrity owned. And no doubt there are other basses that played on more hits. Like Joe Osborn's Jazz.

The relisted Monk Montgomery bass is up to $4K. It shouldn't bring much of a premium if any, since it wasn't his better known Precision.
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2013, 07:18:03 AM »
i had the same '66 with lollipop tuners many centuries ago. i think i paid around 250 for it... :-[
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2013, 08:12:23 AM »
Quote from: nofi on January 12, 2013, 07:18:03 AM
i had the same '66 with lollipop tuners many centuries ago. i think i paid around 250 for it... :-[


Yeah, yeah, and then came the ice age ;D ;) I remember those days well.
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2013, 10:30:28 PM »
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #26 on: January 21, 2013, 06:47:56 AM »
that auction sounds like bs. she offers no proof it was monk's bass. she just prints a bunch of general, non specific info and mentions that she plays with his son. not enough proof for me but ebay will out. she also lists the serial number which means nothing buy itself. :sad:
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Re: Celebrity basses: Monk Montgomery's '66 J on eBay
« Reply #27 on: January 21, 2013, 01:38:23 PM »
Even if it is legit, somebody's paying an absurdly high figure for a bass that was not a famous Fender.
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