Ramones memorabilia auction

[Dave W]

Johnny Ramone's guitar is up for auction

IMHO it's the only really significant item. It's already at $250K tonight in pre-live bidding. Live bidding is on the 25th.

[uwe]

A piece of rock'n'roll history if there ever was one. No one played punk guitar like Johnny. He was like an orchestra with all those harmonics from his bar chords.

With the exception of The Stranglers and The Jam (both not really true punk bands), The Bruddahs were the only punk outfit I really took a liking to. I liked Joey's voice too.

[Dave W]

Closed at $302,500.

[uwe]

May the new owner downstroke and bar chord endlessly with it! Poor thing would probably explode if you played an upstroke funk lick. 

[Alanko]

Or some nice octave jazz passage a la Wes Montgomery.

I've seen detailed photos of one of Dee Dee Ramone's P Basses. It had a replacement red pickguard held down with flathead screws and a bead of silicon caulk (I would say sealant put I get enough shite on here for saying 'wiring loom') running around the pickguard. The finish was blasted off the highest fretboard area, but from endless downstrokes rather than any notes being played up there.

Epic, but the whole 'point' was that the Ramones were sort of thrifty and utilitarian. Their first album is Phil Spector girl group-type songs with all the decoration shotblasted away. Bidding their used gear up to the hilt seems a little crazy.

[uwe]

"Their first album is Phil Spector girl group-type songs with all the decoration shotblasted away."

What an artful, yet apt description, Alan!

[Dave W]

When I checked the other day, the auction site said "closed at $302,500." But I saw an article this morning that said it sold for over $900K. So I checked the auction site again: Sold for $937,500.

[uwe]

Perhaps the bruddahs should have concentrated on selling T-shirts and instruments rather than records? The latter was never their strong point.