fatback Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) [quote name='odysseus' timestamp='1427835537' post='2734938'] 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. [/quote] 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I played one of these once. It had a graphite nut and sounded AWESOME as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) [quote name='fatback' timestamp='1427835066' post='2734926'] [/quote] I don't know what that is, but I want one... Edited April 2, 2015 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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