chris_b Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I bought my Mesa Boogie 210 from the Bass Centre and the said it used to belong to Mark King. Chris Déjà played bass for the Yardbirds and when his Fender Precision didn't work on a gig at the Richmond Crawdaddy club I offered my bass. I went home and proudly brought back my Framus Star Bass. His face dropped! But he played it and said thanks afterwards! Oh yes, and I'd taken the frets out. I don't think he'd concentrated so much for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I bought a used Peterson VS1 tuner from an eBay seller in NYC. Turned out to be Roger Sadowsky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I've got an awful little Laney practice amp that apparently Julian Cope left lying around. He can have it back whenever he likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I used to have an MM Cutlass 1 that was ex Cliff Williams from AC/DC. I have two other basses that are ex-well known players but I'd hardly call them famous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 [quote name='urban Bassman' post='920310' date='Aug 10 2010, 08:26 AM']I don't think my P was owned by anyone famous but it looks uncannily like yours... [attachment=56197:61P_2.jpg][/quote] Wow 2 peas in a pod, yours is older though, nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Nup... but I sold a guitar to Shakin' Stevens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 [quote name='EBS_freak' post='928356' date='Aug 18 2010, 09:08 AM']Nup... but I sold a guitar to Shakin' Stevens.[/quote] Not an "old piano behind the green door" then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrenleepoole Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm famous for being an idiot and over opinionated, and I own all my own basses... does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 The guy in the shop where I got my ABM cab from told me Mark King had played through it, could be true as they do get a lot of old tour stuff in there but he obviously didn't realise that wouldn't be a selling point to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 If we are getting spurious then If I remeber right my Genz head was the main amp being used for a couple of weeks for demos at Bass direct so whoever Mark had in those weeks probably had a dabble! How tenuous is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 My old p bass was dipped in bronze and now hangs around the neck of a Phil Lynott statue in Dublin's Temple Bar...... so no I have never owned a famous persons bass - but did get to try out Phil's old P bass as the shop had it to 'mock up' before the bronze dip! done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 My Strata used to belong to Paul Westwood, who would've used it on various sessions during the 80's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='928365' date='Aug 18 2010, 09:14 AM']The guy in the shop where I got my ABM cab from told me Mark King had played through it, could be true as they do get a lot of old tour stuff in there but he obviously didn't realise that wouldn't be a selling point to me.[/quote] Well, if that counts - in 1981 I bought a bass (Washburn B20 Stage series) from Macari's in Charing Cross Road, which is where Mark King apparently worked as a bass salesperson before L42 turned pro. I was just a snotty kid and have no recollection of who got the bass down from the wall, or whether or not he played any boinkety-boinkety slap lines on it before handing it to me, whereupon I probably fumblingly attempted to play something by Rush - most likely Xanadu or Red Barchetta. So, apropos of nothing at all, really. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplumber Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Moving away...slightly from bass guitars owned by famous players....I have a flight case that used to contain a Trace Elliot 4x10 cab. I bought it for my Trace Elliot bass combo,from e bay...stenciled on both sides is Sinead O'Connor......didn't know she played the bass....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 [quote name='krispn' post='933585' date='Aug 23 2010, 01:12 PM']My old p bass was dipped in bronze and now hangs around the neck of a Phil Lynott statue in Dublin's Temple Bar...... so no I have never owned a famous persons bass - but did get to try out Phil's old P bass as the shop had it to 'mock up' before the bronze dip! done![/quote] Cool,I don't own a Rock Star OWNED bass,but Phil did borrow this one for several days for the "Do anything you want to" video from the Black Rose album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 One of my first TE stacks that I got direct from TE had just come back from a Wishbone Ash World Tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougal Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 If you want tenuous - I can do tenuous! My H&K basebass 600 was owned by a member of the prodigy, and then given to a roadie, who sold it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 [quote name='dougal' post='936007' date='Aug 25 2010, 02:28 PM']If you want tenuous - I can do tenuous! My H&K basebass 600 was owned by a member of the prodigy, and then given to a roadie, who sold it to me.[/quote] and Keith from The Prodigy uses the same drycleaner as me which means that we must be related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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