The Dalai Lama's double bass

[fatback]

Now there's good company...

[url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/66225/art-sales-tales-of-a-sheikh%E2%80%99s-tastemaker.html"]http://www.telegraph...tastemaker.html[/url]

"Among the many exotic string instruments (Hoare plays the guitar) is the 13th Dalai Lama’s double bass in its original, elaborately decorated case, which he bought at an auction in Essex."

Edited March 31, 2015 by fatback

[odysseus]

Do you reckon the Dalai Lama was more of a Trace Elliot or Ampeg man? Shame Barefaced weren't around then. They would have knocked up a couple of righteous cabs for him.

[fatback]

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Do you reckon the Dalai Lama was more of a Trace Elliot or Ampeg man? Shame Barefaced weren't around then. They would have knocked up a couple of righteous cabs for him.
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Goes with the virtue of humility though doesn't it? We bassists are a modest lot.

PS wonder what the DL was doing buying basses at auctions Essex. Or is it that sub-editors ain't what they used to be?

Edited March 31, 2015 by fatback

[Bilbo]

I played one of these once. It had a graphite nut and sounded AWESOME as a result.

[alyctes]

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I don't know what that is, but I want one...

Edited April 2, 2015 by alyctes