Like totally! All Zappa's studio estate up for sale!!!

stonevibe

Check this out

https://www.gearnews.com/frank-zappas-utility-muffin-research-kitchen-auction/

http://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/192/?page=5

Winny_Pooh

Some time warp stuff there. Those tape machines would have cost a fortune in the 80's. 

Beef

Something a bit sad about this. Or perhaps I'm just sad that I can't afford any of this awesome memorabilia. 

octatonic

Winny_Pooh said:

Some time warp stuff there. Those tape machines would have cost a fortune in the 80's. 

Yeah, there must be over a million dollars worth of gear in that studio.

Evilmags

The performance strat from 84 and 88 tours is up for sale. 

guitarmangler

Evilmags said:

The performance strat from 84 and 88 tours is up for sale. 

That's probably my dream guitar. Gibson sg style neck and an onboard harmonic energizer.
I love that tone. Currently $7500. 

Moominpapa

That Harrison mixing console looks a proper piece of kit.

jeztone2

Are the Zappa family still at war?

DrJazzTap

The romantic in me would like to think it could be preserved for posterity. But it'll all end up as some talking point in some chaps house. 

xSkarloey

guitarmangler said:

Evilmags said:

The performance strat from 84 and 88 tours is up for sale. 

That's probably my dream guitar. Gibson sg style neck and an onboard harmonic energizer.
I love that tone. Currently $7500. 

My first experience of Zappa was when Channel 4 showed an 80s  concert of his and he was playing that guitar. I thought it was incredibly cool. 

p90fool

I saw him in Dortmund in '84, that guitar really sounded awesome at high volume, especially on "Dog food". 

Evilmags

jeztone2 said:

Are the Zappa family still at war?

Yes. This will be the two unproductive siblings selling everything  so they can pay off the cast debts incurred by Gail taking former Zappa players to court and trying to stop them playing.  

Sassafras

That Mutron Bi-phase thing looks set to fetch a hefty chunk of cash.

Sassafras

I've just found out that his moustache is trademarked. Anyone caught wearing one could face costly legal proceedings!!!

mburekenge

Wasn't this place bought by lady gaga recently? Not joking either.

DulcetJones

mburekenge said:

Wasn't this place bought by lady gaga recently? Not joking either.

I read that too, think it's true.

Pete24v

certainly an interesting property http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/lady-gaga-bought-frank-zappas-former-hollywood-hills-home/

BigMonka

Seems he was a fan of partscasters, a bit surprising when I'm sure he would have been able to get the fender custom shop to knock up anything he wanted.

welshboyo

Got introduced to Zappa by my guitar teacher when I was 11!! 

Loved him ever since, some people don't get it, but the guy was a genius.

It is so sad to see all of this gear on an auction site...

Some members of the Zappa family need to wake up! 

lasermonkey

Two Yamaha CS80s!

impmann

BigMonka said:

Seems he was a fan of partscasters, a bit surprising when I'm sure he would have been able to get the fender custom shop to knock up anything he wanted.

Not surprising at all.

Frank wasn't interested in badges or logos - he was interested in persuing sound. A guitar was a tool to him and often those tools needed modifying to give him what he wanted.

Also back in the early 80s when the butterscotch Strat was built, the "Fender Custom Shop" didn't even exist. If you wanted a Fender, you got a production model... no matter who you were.

It wasn't just Fenders - his famous SG (not the Roxy one) with the crazy wiring was hand made for him by a Luthier, rather than buy a Gibson.

He also wasn't precious about 'vintage' guitars or guitars that he'd owned for a long time. If it didn't fulfil the purpose for which he needed it for *at that moment* it would either get it modified (and he wasn't afraid of chiselling or drilling holes) or it would be ditched in favour of something else.

TBH, he had a very different attitude towards guitar equipment than most 'modern' guitarists. He was always searching for something 'new' and wasn't hung up on trying to replicate sounds or music of the past.

And really... I think he was far more interesting as a result.