Does the speaker box behind Jerry have a black inset, large road handle? Does the box in the auction? Have you ever lifted a box of four 12 JBLs? It is very heavy, and casters on the bottom of the box would make it to wobbly, especially is something were to be stacked on top of it. Could the box have been made to look like the one in the picture by a fan some time ago (wood looks pretty aged)? The brackets holding the speakers in are placed non-symmetrical - being a speaker freak, I would not put pressure on a speaker's frame in a non-symmetrical pattern, as it would tend to warp the frame over time. Would a professional have been so stoned as to not drill the bracket holes in a symmetrical pattern, like the box behind Jerry looks like?
Who can really say if this box is authentic or not? A roadie who hauled it around, or the person who made the box, or a person who used the box on stage could. Without reliable evidence, I would not mess with this at all. With considerable verifiable evidence, I doubt I would bid much of anything, as something is only worth what someone is willing to pay . . . I would love to have a Lesh bass, but a trashed-out Jerry box (Not!) would not get me going that much. To each their own is a good thing.
Note: 500 posts, and I still can't spell worth a @&%&#$!!! No wonder I got B's all through my university stint, and never got accepted to MIT. Well, lack of IQ is more probable. But like the winner of the above listed auction, let me have my illusion, too . . . .
(Message edited by poor_nigel on October 18, 2006)
