AcornHouse
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I was browsing on Gruhn's site and came across a '77 Fender Rhodes used, and signed, by Nicky Hopkins. He contributed to so many great recordings through the years.
So tempted...
So tempted...
I get that.Its a Mark I. But the really attractive thing is that it's Nicky Hopkins' Mark I.
Yep. Loved his early stuff with the Stones especially "She Come In Colors", and on Beck-ola, the coda at the end of "Rice Pudding" that almost presages the second half of "Layla". (That's where I first came across his name, at the time I didn't know he was already a respected session man)An amazing musician.
So that's almost a relief, then?(Looking at the inscription inside the piano, it appears that he just borrowed the keyboard, rather than owned it. So, it's unlikely it was part of his regular, performing gear.)
Yep, made the decision. Mind you, at $1250, it wasn't that bad a price for a vintage Rhodes in great shape ((or maybe it was, not that up on keyboard prices), but if he had recorded or toured with it, then, bring on the mojo!So that's almost a relief, then?
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Yep.Yep, made the decision. Mind you, at $1250, it wasn't that bad a price for a vintage Rhodes in great shape ((or maybe it was, not that up on keyboard prices), but if he had recorded or toured with it, then, bring on the mojo!
It was, sensibly, signed on the inside of the Rhodes.I note no one is kvetching about an autographed piano and asking how to remove the signature ;-)
I saw an episode of Pawn Stars for the first, and probably only, time. Someone was trying to get $50K for a Danelectro bass that had belonged to John Entwhistle. Since there was no documentation that it was used on stage or in a recording studio with the Who or a solo project the offer was much less than what the seller wanted. Lesson learned - being owned by someone famous adds some value but being used adds seriously more - provided, of course, ownership and use can be documented.