An old friend of mine named Matt (O'Brien) was given by Jerry himself, his original bass around 1984 or whenever it was that the Misfits first broke up. (We all lived in Ann Arbor at that time) Matt came by our house with it, I didn't think much of it then. Not being a bass player at the time.
Matt worked hard at gettin' the inside track on that band. But he did know the band and got into their shows (guest list) when they came around. And he spent a little time on the road with them, corresponded and all that. How he got that bass, we never really did find out.
Its funny to see all these kids wearing Misfits T-shirts and most of them have never heard the band. They were cool.
