David Gilmour Charvel fretless for sale

I doubt he used a 1982 bass on Hey You, but he is David Gilmour. I wouldn't put anything past him.

 

It's a bass that he owned, nothing else. Why would you pay a premium for it?

 

I have a thing for maple bodied basses. It's a very cool bass for $2k but not for what it will probably sell for. I didn' know he played bass on thier recordings. Interesting.

 

those with unlimited disposable income and a Gilmour / PF fetish could be inclined to pop.
that would include me if I fit the primary category. you gotta figure it's a great fretless.

 

The auction is to fund his charitable foundation and it includes THE Black Strat. For collectors, the instruments have a faultless provenance which to them carries a value.

Mugre

 

Otherside.

 

As a David Gilmour's admirer I would buy that bass in a heartbeat if I could.

 

It's well established that fans will pay obscene amounts of money for celebrity-owned instruments. Considering that Gilmour is a top tier celebrity, $3-$4k is small potatoes.

I don't really yearn for this kind of thing, but if I had $3K to spare, I'd buy that bass. A nice, vintage, US-made Charvel owned by Gilmour? Sure, I'd do that.

 

If it were an instrument that he was known to use (i.e. Clapton's black strat, or a Les Paul that Page used on tour), I could see paying a premium. All the ad states is that he owned it. Not even a photo of his with it. For all we know, he never even touched it. There is a difference.

 

Sure there's a difference. But, let's put things in perspective. Clapton's black Strat is worth, what...$1MM+? One of Page's Les Pauls he used on tour would probably go for over $300K.

We're talking about a $3K bass here. That is affordable to many Pink Floyd fans. You're right, there's no concrete proof that Gilmour played this bass. But there is concrete proof that he owned it. And to fans that have no hope of owning a high value piece of Gilmour-owned gear, this is a pretty nice thing to own.

 

That’s a really cool looking bass. I wish more companies would make a P style like this (flamed top, no pickguard, no control plate).

The fact that Gilmour played it on various Pink Floyd tracks bumps up the cool factor significantly.

GLWS!

 

Coming Back to Life is one of my favourite PF tunes. I love that bass line. I don't think I'd ever have guessed a fretless was used... I'll probably not be able to hear it any other way now that I know..

 

Seeing that the wall was recorded in 79 he definitely didn't use that bass on Hey you but I've heard he used a Charvel fretless on that track. I always thought it was a 70's fretless P bass. I have one and when I play Hey you on it sounds just like it.

 

"Estimated price" in Christies-speak is more like the price bidding is expected to start at, or the minimum sale price. Popular items are expected to close significantly above it.

A lot of the items in the sale catalog have estimated prices that look more or less in line with their value as vintage collectibles without any celebrity provenance. For example the '52 Precision Bass starts at $15k, which is safely within the range of current asking and recent sale prices for good-condition '52 P basses; David Gilmour's ownership isn't adding much to the estimate. The Black Strat is the only item (out of the ones I looked at) with a considerable celebrity-patina markup. Its estimate is $100k, which is pretty high for a guitar frankensteined out of new and vintage parts.

 

Not to get off topic, but the red Bass VI is pretty cool...I'm sure I can find an extra Eight Grand in between my couch cushions...

 

Yeah, ok, but what's it weigh?