Does anyone know Lee Osborne ?

[redstriper]

I bought a 1963 fender jazz bass customised by Lee Osborne in 1980.
I would like to contact him, so if anyone knows him please let him know.
He used to play in a Manchester band called Terry Gore and his Showmen back in the 70s and he lived in Bolton at the time.

I know it's a long shot, but...................

[Bay Splayer]

[quote name='redstriper' post='475678' date='Apr 30 2009, 02:50 AM']I bought a 1963 fender jazz bass customised by Lee Osborne in 1980.
I would like to contact him, so if anyone knows him please let him know.
He used to play in a Manchester band called Terry Gore and his Showmen back in the 70s and he lived in [b][color="#000000"]Bolton[/color][/b] at the time.[/quote]

does your bass maker do [b][color="#000000"]neck-thru [/color][/b]too

[redstriper]

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='476180' date='Apr 30 2009, 04:59 PM']does your bass maker do [b][color="#000000"]neck-thru [/color][/b]too

[/quote]

I think he did make neck thrus.

I didn't know him very well and I bought his old bass when he built himself a new one.
He toured a lot in Rhodesia (as it was then) and South Africa.

I still have the bass and I'd like to know more about it.

Do you know him?

[redstriper]

Still trying to trace Lee Osborne - has anyone heard of him ?

[Buzz]

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='476180' date='Apr 30 2009, 04:59 PM']does your bass maker do [b][color="#000000"]neck-thru [/color][/b]too

[/quote]

Here's your coat sir, the door is to the left

[lowdown]

[quote name='redstriper' post='476201' date='Apr 30 2009, 05:19 PM']I think he did make neck thrus.[/quote]

Whoosh!...

Garry

[redstriper]

[quote name='lowdown' post='504095' date='Jun 2 2009, 06:52 PM']Whoosh!...

Garry[/quote]

What fun - you should have your own show

[trevarrick]

[quote name='redstriper' post='475678' date='Apr 30 2009, 02:50 AM']I bought a 1963 fender jazz bass customised by Lee Osborne in 1980.
I would like to contact him, so if anyone knows him please let him know.
He used to play in a Manchester band called Terry Gore and his Showmen back in the 70s and he lived in Bolton at the time.

I know it's a long shot, but...................[/quote]

I used to have a music shop in Bolton at the time and I did customise the electronics in one of his guitars, but I've no idea if it was the one to which you refer. I fitted some active circuitry to modify the tone. I couldn't tell yoou the precise nature of the modification but it probably involved filters. I've not seen Lee for many years but there's a small chance I might see him at the funeral this morning of a friend who played in Canon, the band Lee was in at the time.
Email me if you wish. I just found your mention of Lee by pure chance in a search on his name in Google.

Edited September 17, 2009 by trevarrick

[explayer]

[quote name='redstriper' post='475678' date='Apr 30 2009, 02:50 AM']I bought a 1963 fender jazz bass customised by Lee Osborne in 1980.
I would like to contact him, so if anyone knows him please let him know.
He used to play in a Manchester band called Terry Gore and his Showmen back in the 70s and he lived in Bolton at the time.

I know it's a long shot, but...................[/quote]
[post="0"]Hi, It's Lee Osborne here. I bumped into an old friend at a funeral today and he mentioned that you wanted some information
on that '63 Jazz bass.[/post]


If anyone wishes to contact Lee please do so via PM.

Johngh

[EntropicLqd]

A mod might want to remove the email address before Lee gets spammed to death when his email address gets scraped by forum-searching email-address extracting bots.