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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: goatfoot on April 09, 2004, 09:28:01 AM

Title: Jamerson's URB on ebay
Post by: goatfoot on April 09, 2004, 09:28:01 AM

Anyone here planning on bidding on this piece of history?  Guesses at final selling price?  I wonder why Jamerson Jr. is selling it?
 
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2235672611& (http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2235672611&)
 
Kevin

Title: Jamerson's URB on ebay
Post by: keavin on April 09, 2004, 09:54:39 AM

i wonder why he would want to sell such a peice of history?,somthing like that would stay in my family forever,i cant figure that one out! but also check out the price!!!!????

Title: Jamerson's URB on ebay
Post by: goatfoot on April 09, 2004, 10:13:56 AM

That's just a starting price ... although an obscenely low starting price for sure.  I'd expect it to go for $25-50 grand.  It belongs in a museum - together with the Funk Machine - wonder who has that (it was stolen in the 80s).
 
Kevin

Title: Jamerson's URB on ebay
Post by: keavin on April 09, 2004, 10:25:58 AM

what was stolen ? his fender?.

Title: Jamerson's URB on ebay
Post by: kungfusheriff on April 09, 2004, 10:55:41 AM

Yep. The Funk Machine, the beat-up, sweat-stained, bowed-neck masterpiece of a sunburst '62 P-bass along with a Kustom amp were stolen from Jamerson's storage locker sometime in the early '80s and never recovered, despite Fender's offer of a no-questions-asked trade of a '62 Reissue.
The upright now owned by Jamerson, Jr., along with historic instruments currently or formerly owned by Walter Becker and others, were up for auction elsewhere only a few weeks ago. Wonder what happened there?