You what??????

[Steve Browning]

https://www.guitarbroker.com/product/1979-musicman-stingray-fretless-bass/

10/10 for effort!!

[Teebs]

Bargain!

I'll take two!

[fleabag]

Zoot alors  !!

They want payment for shipping as well.  I declined after that, greedy oiks

[Skinnyman]

Interesting wording along with the picture of Eric - “so good that even Eric Clapton owned several”. 

They’re not - in a very legal sense - actually saying that EC owned this one. But there is a clear implication that he might just have and the one in the picture might actually be this one (or probably not). 

Are old basses now becoming what so many vintage cars have become? Overpriced old tat? 😁

 

[Steve Browning]

I bet Pino's dead miffed he let his go for such a paltry sum.

[TheGreek]

Anybody thinking of asking their partners to get them this for their birthday???

[AndyTravis]

1 hour ago, Steve Browning said:

I bet Pino's dead miffed he let his go for such a paltry sum.

He never sold it? @kevin_lindsay knows the man himself and I’m pretty certain he still has it.

[kevin_lindsay]

Pino sold his backup Stingray Fretless (through The Gallery in Camden, London). He still has his original fretless 'Ray. 

Here's what his original looks like now(pic taken by his wife Maz late last year) 

 

Edited March 13, 2020 by kevin_lindsay

[AndyTravis]

1 minute ago, kevin_lindsay said:

Pino sold his backup Stingray Fretless (through The Gallery in Camden, London). He still has his original fretless 'Ray. 

Is that the “Rocco” one?

[kevin_lindsay]

The original Stingray Fretless is the one signed by Rocco Prestia. 

[AndyTravis]

1 minute ago, kevin_lindsay said:

The original Stingray Fretless is the one signed by Rocco Prestia. 

I knew you’d know mate 😉

[ambient]

Someone needs to show the guy where his full stop key is. Have to say, the fact that Eric Clapton once owned a Stingray doesn’t really make me want to own one.

[GuyR]

On 13/03/2020 at 19:28, AndyTravis said:

I knew you’d know mate 😉

He's right. I bought the backup Stingray via the gallery, about 2013,  also a 79 and in very good condition.

I resold it via the gallery last year. It was still on their website when I last looked recently. According to Martin Petersen, when Pino was there recently, he tried my 62 Fretless jazz bass, currently for sale. I doubt he would have asked for a letter of provenance like I did.

Edited March 29, 2020 by GuyR

[Tubster]

5 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

He never sold it? @kevin_lindsay knows the man himself and I’m pretty certain he still has it.

 

[Tubster]

Bought several things from Craig Brody when I lived in Fort Lauderdale, my office was next to his old shop so I got to know the staff very well. He always had a stack of interesting stuff plus an extensive collection of Ricks and a great museum. He also has a biz selling high end cars - Ferrari, Lamborghini bla bla. He does have a tendency to price towards the top end of the market !! He is well known in the vintage instrument world and has been around for years. I very much doubt that his stated price is any more than creating a talking point - he has a Dean on his site for the same money. 

[Grahambythesea]

All the prices seem somewhat optimistic.

[yorks5stringer]

On 13/03/2020 at 19:22, AndyTravis said:

Is that the “Rocco” one?

'KYDA Rocco' translated is Keep Your Dream Alive. Rocco.

I know this as I have a set of Ironworks Strings in a tin sent to me by Rocco with the same signature/message!

ironically I was sent a set of 5's but there now only seems to be 4 in the tin, missing the 128's

Edited March 31, 2020 by yorks5stringer