Another Loft Story

[uke]

Another one from a famous loft this time!
Very few photos.
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Grab-Yourself-Bargain-/250931087583?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a6ca888df"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Grab-Yourself-Bargain-/250931087583?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a6ca888df[/url]

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote]I've tried to show the bass the best I can in the picture.[/quote]

Ha. Poor effort.

[Ou7shined]

The misemployment of "brought" for "bought" right at the start of the description pretty much made me tune out straight away.
He's been into the neck pocket, shouldn't the neck have a stamp in the heel too?

[lemmywinks]

[i]"who claimed he recovered it from the loft of John Entwistle's old home, better know as the Ox. Can't verify that"[/i]

Why bloody mention it then? It really gets my goat when a provenance is hinted at with no effort or intention to verify it. As if namedropping a famous deceased player and alluding to a tenuous link between them and the instrument in the listing somehow adds value to it.

[Musky]

I thought this rang a bell. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/58115-john-entwhistles-jazz-bass

Got to be the same one surely.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1321228756' post='1436838']
I thought this rang a bell. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/58115-john-entwhistles-jazz-bass"]http://basschat.co.u...stles-jazz-bass[/url]

Got to be the same one surely.
[/quote]
Blimey. Well remembered mate.
Yep same serial... although I guess a whole bunch of fake decals all have the same number on.
Hey maybe we should start a database of hooky serials on here - could save a lot of hassle in the long run.

[tauzero]

[quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1321227951' post='1436830'] [i]"who claimed he recovered it from the loft of John Entwistle's old home, better know as the Ox. Can't verify that"[/i] Why bloody mention it then? It really gets my goat when a provenance is hinted at with no effort or intention to verify it. As if namedropping a famous deceased player and alluding to a tenuous link between them and the instrument in the listing somehow adds value to it. [/quote]
I'm not convinced that John Entwistle's home was known as the Ox. It's a very strange name for a house.

[EBS_freak]

It must be good. It's got a BadAss on it.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1321268734' post='1437030']
It must be good. It's got a BadAss on it.
[/quote]

Because of the added sustain thats how it was found, it was still ringing out from the last time John went in the loft and caught the A string putting back a box of christmas decorations.

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1321275846' post='1437149']
Because of the added sustain thats how it was found, it was still ringing out from the last time John went in the loft and caught the A string putting back a box of christmas decorations.
[/quote]

[MB1]

MB1.
What was this old timer covered in bird crap doing in John Entwistles loft?

[mep]

From what I've seen and heard of John Entwistle he had all his basses out in various rooms, not stuck up in the loft. What a load of old tripe!

Also, what a crap set of photo's. No full shots of the bass at all.

Edited November 14, 2011 by mep

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1321307290' post='1437708']
From what I've seen and heard of John Entwistle he had all his basses out in various rooms, not stuck up in the loft. What a load of old tripe!

Also, what a crap set of photo's. No full shots of the bass at all.
[/quote]
There's a scroll function next to the ones you can see.

Though even the logo looks fake - not much sign of the gold around the Fender which IIRC was quite wide in that era.

[SidVicious1978]

i know it might be fake but with a nice nitro paint job it could be an awesome looking/playing bass

[allighatt0r]

Has anybody reported this travesty?

[leschirons]

Well, it can, and does happen. I found this in John Entwistle's loft.

Anybody interested at £4,000?

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1321347165' post='1437948']
Well, it can, and does happen. I found this in John Entwistle's loft.

Anybody interested at £4,000?
[/quote]