John Martyn gear auction

boogieman

Can’t see this mentioned anywhere, apologies if already posted. John Martyn’s guitars, gear and stage clothes are up for auction. The ex Paul Kossoff Goldtop will fetch major money no doubt. 

 https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/details/a232b-the-john-martyn-collection---guitars-musical-instruments-sound-equipment/?au=172

impmann

boogieman said:

Can’t see this mentioned anywhere, apologies if already posted. John Martin’s guitars, gear and stage clothes are up for auction. The ex Paul Kossoff Goldtop will fetch major money no doubt. 

 https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/details/a232b-the-john-martyn-collection---guitars-musical-instruments-sound-equipment/?au=172

Frankly its actually more interesting that its John's guitar to me... Koss played *loads* of Les Pauls, and it seems that each time a 50s one comes up for sale in the UK it *may* have been owned/played/farted-in-the-general-direction-of by him.

RickLucas

The tonebender looks interesting.

Kittyfrisk

Fascinating collection of kit there.
Which item shall I buy to enable me to write a follow up to 'Solid Air' ?

JezWynd

Kittyfrisk said:

Fascinating collection of kit there.
Which item shall I buy to enable me to write a follow up to 'Solid Air' ?

Those viscose trousers should get your creative juices flowing.

Secret_Sam

And even if you get terrible stage fright, the marks won't show 

oh_pollo

How did you manage to spell his name wrong? I guess that's showbiz!

boogieman

oh_pollo said:

How did you manage to spell his name wrong? I guess that's showbiz!

Fair point. Corrected. 

boogieman

impmann said:

boogieman said:

Can’t see this mentioned anywhere, apologies if already posted. John Martin’s guitars, gear and stage clothes are up for auction. The ex Paul Kossoff Goldtop will fetch major money no doubt. 

 https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/details/a232b-the-john-martyn-collection---guitars-musical-instruments-sound-equipment/?au=172

Frankly its actually more interesting that its John's guitar to me... Koss played *loads* of Les Pauls, and it seems that each time a 50s one comes up for sale in the UK it *may* have been owned/played/farted-in-the-general-direction-of by him.

And they’re not even sure if it came from Koss or Joe Walsh. Mind you, it’s a nice gift either way. Nobody’s ever given me a 54 goldtop and it’s my year of birth guitar. The selfish bastards! 

Zoolooter

Secret_Sam said:

And even if you get terrible stage fright, the marks won't show 

Yeah, you could wipe your arse on those all day long and no one would know.

richardhomer

I posted a thread about this a few weeks ago. I’m attending today - there are a couple of lower priced items I’m interested in. Wish me luck!

GoFish

Secret_Sam said:

And even if you get terrible stage fright, the marks won't show 

Well, they haven't as yet

boogieman

richardhomer said:

I posted a thread about this a few weeks ago. I’m attending today - there are a couple of lower priced items I’m interested in. Wish me luck!

Good luck. There looked to be some bargains to be had, but obviously it’ll change on the day. Sorry I missed your earlier thread, the search function didn’t throw anything up, not that that’s exactly unusual. 

Loobs

I bet those clothes smell lovely. 

BillDL

Loobs said:

I bet those clothes smell lovely. 

I would be more curious to see what wee bags of stuff still reside in the pockets.

BillDL

Pignose Amp £200
CARLSBRO LEAD AMP £150
PEAVEY HERITAGE VTX AMPLIFIER £400
PEAVEY RENOWN AMPLIFIER £400
2002 EPIPHONE LES PAUL STANDARD £850
REGAL RESONATOR £600
CASIO DG-20 DIGITAL GUITAR £400
PEAVEY FALCON £700
FINGERBONE ELECTRIC GUITAR £1,000
DE ARMOND RH-C GUITAR PICKUP £460 and £500
SPECIAL EDITION MARTIN SP000-16T 1996 £3,200
LIMITED EDITION MARTIN 50TH ANNIVERSARY £4,200
MARTIN DM MAHOGANY DREADNOUGHT ACOUSTIC GUITAR 1997 £3,000
1954 GIBSON LES PAUL GOLDTOP £30,000
GIBSON SG £10,000

1954 GIBSON LES PAUL GOLDTOP £25,000

Then there was this:

Kittyfrisk

^ Don't forget the additional 28.8% sales fee if bidding direct, 34.8% for off site/3rd party bids.
Ouchy!

Philly_Q

BillDL said:

Then there was this:

I like the way the auctioneers think "viscose" is a label and not a semi-synthetic fibre....  I think they look pretty cool in the close-up, actually.

Kittyfrisk

richardhomer said:

I posted a thread about this a few weeks ago. I’m attending today - there are a couple of lower priced items I’m interested in. Wish me luck!

@richardhomer ;  How did you get on?

BillDL

He's currently looking at himself in his diarrhoea brown £110 crinkly viscose trousers in the mirror and wondering whether it was a wise purchase.

richardhomer

Kittyfrisk said:

richardhomer said:

I posted a thread about this a few weeks ago. I’m attending today - there are a couple of lower priced items I’m interested in. Wish me luck!

@richardhomer ;  How did you get on?

Bought the My Creator lyrics (which I really wanted) and narrowly missed out on a Dearmond sound hole pickup. Got to play his SG and both 54 Les Pauls. Quite an emotional experience…