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Title: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: Dave W on December 11, 2014, 12:23:28 PM
Lightly used bass case (http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-CLASH-Paul-Simonons-FENDER-BASS-Road-Case-A-MUSEUM-QUALITY-PUNK-ARTIFACT-/221631541911?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339a44f297)

First time I've ever seen "museum quality" and "punk artifact" used in the same phrase.  ;D

I'd gladly snap it up in a minute but shipping is extra.  :P
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: ilan on December 12, 2014, 12:18:47 AM
It must be a good case. The guy was well-known for the care he took of his basses.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IPrjf7cfnXY/Uj1i62fow4I/AAAAAAAAAcY/jd88Sg6wXyg/s1600/DSC_2671.jpg)

(https://akwford.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/pennie_smith_the-clash.jpg)
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: rahock on December 12, 2014, 05:07:54 AM
Quote from: ilan on December 12, 2014, 12:18:47 AM
It must be a good case. The guy was well-known for the care he took of his basses.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IPrjf7cfnXY/Uj1i62fow4I/AAAAAAAAAcY/jd88Sg6wXyg/s1600/DSC_2671.jpg)

(https://akwford.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/pennie_smith_the-clash.jpg)


It's hard to tell from the picture, but do you think he was using Martin or Gibson guitar polish ???.
Rick
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: Pilgrim on December 12, 2014, 08:55:43 AM
Quote from: rahock on December 12, 2014, 05:07:54 AM

It's hard to tell from the picture, but do you think he was using Martin or Gibson guitar polish ???.
Rick

Looks more like Stihl....  (http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt223/travino2373/professional-center1.gif)
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: Highlander on December 13, 2014, 02:12:01 PM
That picture was taken by Pennie Smith; that's the lady who's pics I'm selling off and have sold previously...

Still runs a second-hand book shop in the outskirts of London... she toured with them and that's when she got that pic... a truly nice person...
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: ilan on December 14, 2014, 08:39:40 AM
Great pic that could have been greater had she had another second to focus the camera.
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: Highlander on December 14, 2014, 03:29:45 PM
Like most pictures... right place, right time, so just to catch it was enough... perfection would have been too set-piece...
A bit like RB wrecking "Fenders" designed to fall apart... I have some of those somewhere...
A piece of advice she (PS) offered me was take as many pictures as you can because you often only sell the one... This was used for one of their LP covers... I have one picture from the "set" this was from, but of a cartoonist I like called Ray Lowry... that's one I'll keep... Lowry toured with them too creating a bunch of odd-ball images for them... there was also a book, iirc...
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: the mojo hobo on December 14, 2014, 05:01:41 PM
Ebay lists the case as "SOLD". Which one of you guys snagged it?
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: Highlander on December 15, 2014, 01:21:49 PM
I bought a case last week, but not this one... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Got an extra five grand?
Post by: uwe on December 16, 2014, 04:46:34 PM
He regretted breaking it later on. It was his favorite bass. He actually wanted to break another one.