goonieman Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I was just tinkering about with my bass thinking, I wonder what Flea's tech does with all his strings after a night's worth of gigging... The way I see it, he has around 5-10 gigging bass's. That's easily 5-10 replacement sets each day (the tech does put a fresh set on for each gig). Which leads me to think: why doesn't he auction-off these sets as part of his music academy charity? For that matter, why don't all 'famous' musicians do this, for whatever cause? Imagine a set of 'gigged-on-this-date, 'at-this-venue' set of strings, guaranteed by some middleman agency or music label? They'd be worth £50 a set for sure, right? All that money could be going to charity, rather than down the drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I would have thought the market would saturate quite quickly, and the max prices would drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonieman Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 For sure - but even non-musicians would buy them. You gotta think - it's a GLOBAL market. The strings could be given to an independent charity to run. Overheads would be low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) get your famous names bracelets here. [url="http://www.wearyourmusic.com/pages/famous-artist-bracelets"]http://www.wearyourm...rtist-bracelets[/url] EDIT: I'm gonna wait a while before getting a 'Sir Cliff' guitar string bracelet in case the value drops. Edited May 16, 2016 by pfretrock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonieman Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Wow! Man... all my ideas, always already taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1463407167' post='3051073'] get your famous names bracelets here. [url="http://www.wearyourmusic.com/pages/famous-artist-bracelets"]http://www.wearyourm...rtist-bracelets[/url] EDIT: I'm gonna wait a while before getting a 'Sir Cliff' guitar string bracelet in case the value drops. [/quote] "100% of [b]net [/b]profits go to the charity" So it's net of their profit then? I do wonder how much actually gets to the chosen charity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1463429092' post='3051326'] I do wonder how much actually gets to the chosen charity? [/quote] As it a LLC, you'll never know! How do they handle provenance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1463508772' post='3051956'] As it a LLC, you'll never know! How do they handle provenance? [/quote] Very true. I didn't notice any promises of certificates signed by the donor. We have no way of knowing. "A fool and his money......" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1463429092' post='3051326'] "100% of [b]net [/b]profits go to the charity" So it's net of their profit then? I do wonder how much actually gets to the chosen charity? [/quote] I'm more disturbed that they have strings from a band called "The Bacon Brothers", what next, "The Sausage Sisters"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 A few years ago I gave my wife a lovely necklace made from Gordon Giltrap's strings. He's a long term supporter of arthritis and MS research and his local ARC and MS group organiser also happened to be a jewelry hobbyist. So he gave her his strings and she wove them into beads, plaited them into braids and used those to make them. And 100% of the proceeds went to charity. My wife still loves them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) [quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1463513117' post='3052023'] I'm more disturbed that they have strings from a band called "The Bacon Brothers", what next, "The Sausage Sisters"? [/quote] The Bacon Brothers: So NOW I know what he's known for, other than "EE" adverts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9Ixfg2q1g That song needs a bass. Edited May 17, 2016 by Grangur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1463513967' post='3052032'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9Ixfg2q1g [/quote] WTF?!😲 Edited May 17, 2016 by darkandrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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