No affiliation... $51K asking price (http://www.ebay.com/itm/MONK-MONTGOMERYS-Vintage-1966-Fender-Jazz-Bass-All-Original-Beyond-RARE-/251203230195?pt=Guitar&hash=item3a7ce119f3).
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/MONK-MONTGOMERYS-Vintage-1966-Fender-Jazz-Bass-All-Original-Beyond-RARE-/00/s/NjIwWDE2MDA=/$(KGrHqV,!jkFChzYTSonBQ1LkdhrNw~~60_57.JPG)
If the mojo went with it, I think I could come up with the money ;D
Rick
there is nothing to suggest that bass was really monk's. unless old records count. :rolleyes: plus the seller has zero feedback. ???
last time i heard mojo was non transferable, rick. ;D
Quote from: nofi on December 22, 2012, 06:50:12 AM
last time i heard mojo was non transferable, rick. ;D
Yeah , yeah, I know.....but if they come up with a way, I think I could spring for it. We're talking Monk mojo here ;D.
Rick
Even if the bass was really his, it's not his history-making 51 Precision. That one might bring $51K. This one, not a chance.
Seller does have zero feedback, but there is a MWW Management in California that represents musicians. One of their clients is Gwen Stefani. Still, the description and picture aren't selling the bass, they're selling the history, and without much proof. To be honest, I wouldn't pay any more for a famous bass than what any other comparable instrument is worth. You're buying a bass, not an idea.
Quote from: gweimer on December 22, 2012, 09:58:01 AM
Seller does have zero feedback, but there is a MWW Management in California that represents musicians. One of their clients is Gwen Stefani. Still, the description and picture aren't selling the bass, they're selling the history, and without much proof. To be honest, I wouldn't pay any more for a famous bass than what any other comparable instrument is worth. You're buying a bass, not an idea.
Without the mojo it's just another bass. Kinda like buying a half used tube of Elvis' Brylcreem :-\
Rick
Nice looking instrument... one of my (bucket list) ambitions is to own a '59 (my vintage) instrument, either an EB2 or a J, but this is neither...
I'll admit it - I had to look him up.
Nice looking bass.
Quote from: gweimer on December 22, 2012, 09:58:01 AM
To be honest, I wouldn't pay any more for a famous bass than what any other comparable instrument is worth. You're buying a bass, not an idea.
To me, most celebrity owned Fender basses are worth no more or no less than the beat-to-shit '75 P-bass with flattened frets I got off Craigslist for $600.
Not that I'd ever, ever have the money for it, but one celebrity bass I'd love to have is the non reverse Fenderbird which Leon Wilkeson got from John Entwistle (if I remember the history correctly). Another, though it no longer exists is the Inverness Green NR Thunderbird Glenn Cornick used when he was still with Jethro Tull. And that's about it!
Quote from: HERBIE on December 22, 2012, 11:22:33 AM
Nice looking instrument... one of my (bucket list) ambitions is to own a '59 (my vintage) instrument, either an EB2 or a J, but this is neither...
I don't think there ever were '59 Jazz basses, you'll have to settle for a P.
Quote from: the mojo hobo on December 24, 2012, 09:22:16 AM
I don't think there ever were '59 Jazz basses, you'll have to settle for a P.
True, except for fake prototypes on eBay. Hey, we could make him one from a Squier. With genuine inkjet decals like they had in '59.
I have no desire for any basses of my vintage (1950), but my new non-reverse Thunderbird was serial number stamped the day after my birthday :mrgreen:
Nice...
Might accept a P (I should be so lucky), but Gibson will have to remain top of the tree...
My birth year falls after Paul Tutmarc and before Leo. Guess I'll have to settle for a celebrity guitar.
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.
Relisted, no reserve. Curious what it will sell for.
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 $95,000... :o
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/The-Historic-American-Sound-Studio-1959-Fender-Precision-Bass-Elvis-/00/s/MTA3NFgxNjAw/$T2eC16V,!)EE9s2ugjKiBQ7LfL6WNQ~~60_57.JPG)
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.
Rick
These basses would fit well at the Experience Music Project museum (http://www.empmuseum.org/) 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!
Jeez, I wouldn't go a penny over 94k for that! Guess I'm out. :P
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.
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.
i had the same '66 with lollipop tuners many centuries ago. i think i paid around 250 for it... :-[
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.
Rick
The Monk bass was relisted and sold for $16,600.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251212051108?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
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:
Even if it is legit, somebody's paying an absurdly high figure for a bass that was not a famous Fender.