Vintage Fenders

[Owen]

Clive Brown's name pops up now and again. He is clearly revered. Very little info out there. 

[Mrbigstuff]

11 hours ago, dodgnofski said:

Would be a bit of a boat anchor for me, plus still a bit pricey for a refin with the infill - in my humble opinion of course.

It sounds nice though. I do like the demos AB has on his site.

[Reggaebass]

Despite not being able to do any deals with AB for the last few years ,he does know how to advertise his basses with all the pictures and the demos 

[snorkie635]

12 hours ago, Owen said:

Clive Brown's name pops up now and again. He is clearly revered. Very little info out there. 

Could only find these photos of his parents.

 

 

[danbanbass]

7 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Despite not being able to do any deals with AB for the last few years ,he does know how to advertise his basses with all the pictures and the demos 

I have noticed his prices creep up and go down on certain items, the black Gibson Ripper was £2395 yesterday and £2595 today.

[Burns-bass]

2 minutes ago, danbanbass said:

I have noticed his prices creep up and go down on certain items, the black Gibson Ripper was £2395 yesterday and £2595 today.

 

That's strange. Must be a commission sale and the seller wants £2,000 for it.

[Chiliwailer]

20 hours ago, Owen said:

Clive Brown's name pops up now and again. He is clearly revered. Very little info out there. 

Yep, the ‘very little info out there’ really suits him IMO. I don’t know him well at all, but I’ve had enough direct and indirect contact to know he comes across as a really lovely man, super passionate about guitars, and is a guitar encyclopaedia as well as master restorer (best not ever use the word refinish around him 😬). 
 

All the top dealers know him, and he’s always appeared to have tons of work so has no need to advertise I guess, building Dwight guitars, doing custom work, or restoring. 
 

I imagine he must be winding down at some point as I guess him to be at that age, but then again from chatting to him I can easily imagine him working as long as he can. 
 

edit - one thing I found odd though was although he mostly puts little secret signs that he restored (refinished) a guitar (that most dealers know of), he once told me that some guitars don’t have that if it’s been requested. Make your own mind up…

Edited 3 hours ago by Chiliwailer

[Burns-bass]

54 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

Yep, the ‘very little info out there’ really suits him IMO. I don’t know him well at all, but I’ve had enough direct and indirect contact to know he comes across as a really lovely man, super passionate about guitars, and is a guitar encyclopaedia as well as master restorer (best not ever use the word refinish around him 😬). 
 

All the top dealers know him, and he’s always appeared to have tons of work so has no need to advertise I guess, building Dwight guitars, doing custom work, or restoring. 
 

I imagine he must be winding down at some point as I guess him to be at that age, but then again from chatting to him I can easily imagine him working as long as he can. 
 

edit - one thing I found odd though was although he mostly puts little secret signs that he restored (refinished) a guitar (that most dealers know of), he once told me that some guitars don’t have that if it’s been requested. Make your own mind up…

They do look super good!