Dusty Hill's basses being auctioned

[fretmeister]

3 basses at the mo and some other stuff too

 

https://www.julienslive.com/auctions/catalog/id/505

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

Meh, meh and meh.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

Ooh! That Butterscotch P! Would need a fairly decent sized lottery win tho.

[Guest]

"Early in ZZ Top's career, Billy [Gibbons] and I drove up from Houston to Dallas - this is one of those stories you always hear, but this really happened, and we went to a pawn shop called Rocky's Pawn shop and on the wall was a Fender bass guitar and this guy truly had no idea what he had, and I get Billy to make the deal because he's better at that than I am. Anyway, he worked him and worked him and I got the bass for $70.  We're leaving and Billy goes 'Nope, wait a minute, no deal. You have to throw in the case.'  So he actually threw the case in, and it was close to an original case, for $70"

 

For an all original 1953 P, serial 970.

[fretmeister]

15 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Meh, meh and meh.

 

 

But the blue jacket.....!!!!

[NHM]

15 hours ago, Munurmunuh said:

"Early in ZZ Top's career, Billy [Gibbons] and I drove up from Houston to Dallas - this is one of those stories you always hear, but this really happened, and we went to a pawn shop called Rocky's Pawn shop and on the wall was a Fender bass guitar and this guy truly had no idea what he had, and I get Billy to make the deal because he's better at that than I am. Anyway, he worked him and worked him and I got the bass for $70.  We're leaving and Billy goes 'Nope, wait a minute, no deal. You have to throw in the case.'  So he actually threw the case in, and it was close to an original case, for $70"

 

For an all original 1953 P, serial 970.

why is it deemed impressive when the privileged rip off ordinary folk? Tw*ts, both of them.

[fretmeister]

47 minutes ago, NHM said:

why is it deemed impressive when the privileged rip off ordinary folk? Tw*ts, both of them.

 

 

What about the Pawn Shop?

 

If they were selling it for $70 then they gave some poor sod under half that.

[Geek99]

53 minutes ago, NHM said:

why is it deemed impressive when the privileged rip off ordinary folk? Tw*ts, both of them.

It was early on, maybe they were not that privileged at that point?

[BigRedX]

Interesting that none of the items of clothing appeared give any size information. What's the point of bidding on them if you're not going to wear them?

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

1 minute ago, BigRedX said:

Interesting that none of the items of clothing appeared give any size information. What's the point of bidding on them if you're not going to wear them?

The boots are size 10 😎

[BigRedX]

I don't want to wear no dead mans boots!

[NHM]

26 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

It was early on, maybe they were not that privileged at that point?

privileged information

[fretmeister]

1 minute ago, NHM said:

privileged information

 

Nonsense. The Pawn Shop owner could have looked it up himself. It's not like the info is hidden.

[NHM]

3 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

Nonsense. The Pawn Shop owner could have looked it up himself. It's not like the info is hidden.

so why did the pawn shop owner let it go so cheap?

[BreadBin]

4 minutes ago, NHM said:

so why did the pawn shop owner let it go so cheap?

Because at that time old P basses weren't very valuable. 

Edited November 3, 2023 by BreadBin

[Mokl]

What year did he buy it? Can't imagine the value then would compare with contemporary pricing, although $70 is cheap by any measure.

[fretmeister]

6 minutes ago, NHM said:

so why did the pawn shop owner let it go so cheap?

 

 

1: Laziness

2: Because he was already making over 100% profit on whatever he took the bass in for. Just like every other pawnshop.

 

 

[tegs07]

4 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

 

1: Laziness

2: Because he was already making over 100% profit on whatever he took the bass in for. Just like every other pawnshop.

 

 

I would think it was gathering dust on a wall and generating little interest. There is no context to this story. Maybe it was 60 years ago in an agricultural one horse town where $70 was acceptable for an item nobody had much use for?

[Doctor J]

"Early in ZZ Top's career" = 1969 to 1975 or thereabouts.

 

Before Reverb and even before eBay and even before ludicrous Fender fetishisation. 

 

[TimR]

List price for a new Fender in 1970 was $295.

 

Not sure many would have paid $70 for a 10 year old bass.

[BigRedX]

2 minutes ago, TimR said:

List price for a new Fender in 1970 was $295.

 

Not sure many would have paid $70 for a 10 year old bass.

 

Especially one that wasn't the latest version of the design...

[steantval]

Wearing a belt like lot 2 on stage, you end up with the damage to the rear of the Bolin Precision ☹️

[Dad3353]

5 minutes ago, steantval said:

Wearing a belt like lot 2 on stage, you end up with the damage to the rear of the Bolin Precision ☹️

 

S'mojo, innit... 

[tauzero]

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

I don't want to wear no dead mans boots!

 

"This here's Boot Hill. Many men are buried here - some 'cos they were good, some 'cos they were bad, but all 'cos they were dead".

[Gasman]

I fancy Lot 23, the Wings double deck tour bus... in Essex, fully restored with a drop down stage upstairs, currently just $70k!