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Topic: Don't forget to bid on David Gilmour's blue Zane Beck |
Joseph Myers
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North Carolina, USA
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 1:22 pm |
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| The blonde Jedson lap steel (lot # 8 ) appears to be the one he toured with for years before replacing it with a Fender DeLuxe 6. Of the half dozen (pretty cool) steels listed, that one would seem to have the most player's provenance. |
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Douglas Schuch
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 3:31 pm
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That ZB looks like the student model. Without his name attached, worth maybe 600 I'd guess?
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Dennis Montgomery
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Western Washington
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Stu Schulman
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 12:33 am
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I'll Pass!
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Jeff Mead
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 12:41 am
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| Dennis Montgomery wrote: |
"The pedal steel was a bit cumbersome. It had more strings than I could actually deal with - 8 strings on each neck - so what I ended up making was a 6 string slide."
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Yes, he seems to be talking about his Fender 1000 here but all the pictures I've seen of it show it with the pedals removed and only strung with 6 strings per neck (which I suppose is what he means by "making a 6 string slide").
Not seen (or heard evidence of) him playing with pedals. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 4:54 am
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Just because an instrument was once owned by a famous musician doesn't make it any better. I once played a guitar that had been previously been owned by Eric Clapton. It didn't make me play any better, or sound like him.
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Dennis Montgomery
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Western Washington
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Dennis Montgomery
From:
Western Washington
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 8:00 am
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| Mike Perlowin wrote: |
| Just because an instrument was once owned by a famous musician doesn't make it any better. I once played a guitar that had been previously been owned by Eric Clapton. It didn't make me play any better, or sound like him. |
Agreed.
There's been a lot of discussion about the auction on the rock/metal forum over at Ultimate Guitar. Most of us agree that Gilmour's pieces will mostly be bought by wealthy fans/collectors and locked away in glass cases rather than actually played. This is not going to be an auction for starving musicians to pick up one of Gilmour's Strats 
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Joseph Myers
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 8:15 am
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i'm almost certain he never played pedal steel on any recordings. When I first heard Dark Side of the Moon I thought his work on Breathe and Great Gig were pedal. Turns out it was just alternate tunings with volume swells. I just found the ZB an odd item that he would of even have really.
Last edited by Joseph Myers on 19 Jun 2019 11:15 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 8:26 am
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Remember that the big auction houses often charge up to a 25% "buyer's premium" on the hammer price. So if the hammer price is 2 grand, the buyer would actually have to pay $2500 for the item. The sellers also pay a commission to the auction house for the sale that covers advertising, insurance, and auctioneer's fees. As a result, the auction houses do pretty well on most sales!  |
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Dennis Montgomery
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Western Washington
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Posted 19 Jun 2019 8:37 am
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| Joseph Myers wrote: |
| i'm almost certain he never played pedal steel on any recordings. When I first heard Dark Side of the Moon I though his work on Breathe and Great Gig were pedal. Turns out it was just alternate tunings with volume swells. I just found the ZB and odd item that he would of even had really. |
Ya, after saying an 8 string neck had too many strings to deal with, it is strange that he'd go out and get a 10 string ZB. I notice the description says the ZB is circa '77 so maybe he intended to learn some moves and use it on Animals, or The Wall but never got the hang of pedal steel - wouldn't be the first time a great guitarist bailed on pedal steel right 
I also notice his interview mentioned BJ Cole coming over to his house, I wonder if he took any pedal steel lessons from BJ?
Too bad that 'Dark Side of the Moon' Fender 1000 wasn't on the block. That would have serious collector value 
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Joseph Myers
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 1:57 pm
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Heavens!!
$93.000 for the 77 Zane Beck
$300,000 for the lowly Jedson lap.
The Black Strat $3,975,000 (highest guitar ever sold at auction)
I think he raised over $22,000,000
So that's that
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Dennis Montgomery
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Brian Hollands
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Geneva, FL USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 3:09 pm
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Hmmm, did I mention my old Sho-Bud was once owned by David Gilmour?
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Alan Bidmade
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Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 22 Jun 2019 6:58 am
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I've got one of Joe Ely's plectrums... but it didn't make me a great songwriter.
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 22 Jun 2019 7:46 am
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| Brian Hollands wrote: |
| Hmmm, did I mention my old Sho-Bud was once owned by David Gilmour? |
I saw David Gilmore on TV while sitting at my Carter. Oh wait... That was the Gilmore Girls. Dang it.
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T. C. Furlong
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Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2019 7:49 am
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I wonder how much of the super high bidding was due to the fact that the instruments were owned by David Gilmour. Are there that many wealthy Pink Floyd/Gilmour fans? Or is it the fact that the money is going to Client Earth...a charity to help save the planet for our children and grandchildren? Either way, I'm happy that the auction was so successful. I bid on Nash Tele. As a non-celebrity owned instrument, it was worth about $1500. It realized $60,000. Doh! BTW, I wasn't the successful bidder  |
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Paul McEvoy
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Baltimore, USA
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 22 Jun 2019 9:35 am
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| T. C. Furlong wrote: |
| I wonder how much of the super high bidding was due to the fact that the instruments were owned by David Gilmour. |
All of it, I'd say. |
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