warwickhunt Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Certainly looks like a humble Peavey to me but it is endorsed by Flea & Damien Hirst... https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/bonhams/catalogue-id-bonham10133/lot-cfc2a627-1d2a-4e97-913f-ac3e013f23e8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 That's one of Flea's own brand 'Fleabasses' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, 40hz said: That's one of Flea's own brand 'Fleabasses' Is it 'made in the same factory' as Peavey basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvickey Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Do the knob settings come fixed in place with official Flea duct-tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Its a cool finish and if I was dropping that kind of cash on a bass I would rather it be this than the Fender Custom Shop Phil Lynott version which was retailing at about £11k, though to be fair I would probably want both for the sake of variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 *Cheaper Ritters are available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Maybe I'm misremembering, but weren't those flea basses generally regarded as overpriced and disappointing when they first came out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 32 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: Maybe I'm misremembering, but weren't those flea basses generally regarded as overpriced and disappointing when they first came out? ...and that was at a couple of hundred pounds! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 36 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: Maybe I'm misremembering, but weren't those flea basses generally regarded as overpriced and disappointing when they first came out? Yes, and Flea pretty much ended the venture after about 18 months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Were the Damien Hurst finished ones not built by flea’s bass tech? I think the prototypes were luthier made jobs, and had LP musicman style pickups and Aguilar pre’s. The mass produced ones were made (I think) in the same factory as AXL/Johnson branded basses...and weren’t great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 This is the one I’m thinking of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 The one in the Bonham's auction has a surface mount output, cheap pup (not LanePoor) and 2 controls rather than 3... it looks like a mass produced jobbie to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 minute ago, warwickhunt said: The one in the Bonham's auction has a surface mount output, cheap pup (not LanePoor) and 2 controls rather than 3... it looks like a mass produced jobbie to me. So it’s down to the Damian Hurst paint swirl...think they were originally done as a series to auction off for The Silverlake Music School Flea set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 I'm not knocking the sentiment of the original idea but it certainly moves these basses away from being expensive instruments to cheap works of DH art! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 He had an original 60’s jazz with dead butterflies encased in the lacquer done by DH too. madness. Oh to be rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Wouldn’t pay that even it was a Modulus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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