adorshki said:
Hi Frono, wow, what a labor of love! Thanks for collecting 'em and putting 'em in an easy-to get-to place for us bass fans. Just out of curiosity, are you able to say if any of those were Mgod's or Jack Bruce property without compromising their security? I'm realizing there might be issues about disclosing that kind of stuff that I might not even think of... 8)
The pictures collected come from two sources. The vast majority of them came from For Sale listings. I tried to keep track of the dealer or the eBay item number. Of course, I did not record asking price, final price or date. The one exception is the cherry SF I that dates to the end of 1967 and has a comment about headstock overlay shrinkage. That bass sold for about $3,500 on eBay in 2007 and set the record price for a SF bass. Rumor is that it went to a collector in France. I recall discussion it on LTG although I am not about to fire up my search-fu to track it down.
The other source is LTG members who offered up a picture. Reading the current thread will identify most of those.
I don't knowingly have any of mgod's pictured. If I remember correctly, most of the basses in
this picture belong to mgod, with perhaps one or two belonging to Fred "Dark Star" Hammon. I'm pretty sure the blond M-85 in the back row is the bass mgod was given by Phil Lesh and has been discussed. I think the cherry SF I, in the back row, is the instrument that dates to 1964 making it one of the earliest known Starfire's. mgod has talked about some of his instruments on LTG and
this, as well as a search for all of his posts, might be a good start. I do confess some confusion since I can't recall what mgod said on the now defunct Dude Pit and what has been posted here.
I do not recall that Jack
Bruce played any Guild Starfires. Perhaps it was a senior moment or a deliberate attempt to provoke
me? :wink:
As for Jack Casady, none of his basses are included in my pix. The main reason is that they were so heavily modified that they didn't really help my project which originally was to document the change in the bridge and the addition of the tone switch in 1967. mellowgerman seems to be collecting Casady pictures although they are scattered on LTG and Facebook.
