Bill Blacks P bass up for auction!

[wesfinn]

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[EssentialTension]

Not a bad price for its heritage.

Here's McCartney playing Bill Black's double bass:

[Clarky]

I was thinking $10,000 doesn't sound much (£6,000) for that provenance. For heavens sake, a new Alembic or Fodera can cost you way more than that.

[chris_b]

I guess that's just a start price and they'll be expecting much more.

[Doctor J]

I expect it'll go for a hell of a lot more. Given that he died in '65, that's a hell of a lot of wear for five years, unless someone else has been playing it all this time.

Edited November 10, 2010 by Doctor J

[99ster]

And the [url="http://entertainment.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7022&hdnJumpToLot=1&Lot_No=46029&x=31&y=6"]black & white photo here[/url] actually shows a stack-knob Jazz bass...

[link fixed]

Edited November 11, 2010 by 99ster

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='99ster' post='1019591' date='Nov 11 2010, 01:22 AM']And the [url="http://"%20<a%20href="http://entertainment.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7022&Lot_No=46029""%20target="_blank">http://entertainment.ha.com/common/view_it..._No=46029"</a>"]black & white photo here[/url] actually shows a stack-knob Jazz bass...[/quote]
Bad link.

[EssentialTension]

Here it is: [url="http://entertainment.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7022&hdnJumpToLot=1&Lot_No=46029&x=31&y=6"]http://entertainment.ha.com/common/view_it...mp;x=31&y=6[/url]. Scroll down.

Bill Black didn't actually play with the Bill Black Combo for the last couple of years of his life due to ill health - brain tumour, I think. So the Jazz bass could well not be his.