Bass VI folk...

Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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Re: Bass VI folk...

Post by thewizardofaz » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:42 pm

I seem to recall somethiing right about the time George died.
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Re: Bass VI folk...

Post by sookwinder » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:01 pm

delaney bramlet sold it in the past 3 or 4 maybe 5 years. he had routed it for a hambucker in the mid 70s and restored it back before he put it up for auction
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Re: Bass VI folk...

Post by StevenO » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:11 am

sookwinder wrote: delaney bramlet sold it in the past 3 or 4 maybe 5 years. he had routed it for a hambucker in the mid 70s and restored it back before he put it up for auction
I thought so. That guy modded a famous guitar? If he likes offsets, he's not allowed here.

Maybe I'll go find Hendrix's guitar and put a floyd rose on it.

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Re: Bass VI folk...

Post by glimmertwin » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:36 pm

...I believe the story goes, Bramblett had toyed with selling it for a while but Harrison didn't really want him to.  Finally he went through with an auction shortly after Harrison passed at the behest of Harrison's family...the guitar was put up for sale and a small group of investors led by Ed Begley Jr. purchased the guitar and returned it to Harrison's widow which is where it now resides.

...I can't for the life of me remember where I read that, but I know I picked that up somewhere because I came out of it going, "Ed Beagley is a rightous dude"...
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