A FRETLESS SEMI-SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR, AMUB-1

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AMPEG, LINDEN, NEW JERSEY, CIRCA 1968
A FRETLESS SEMI-SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR, AMUB-1
The later pickguard engraved with the logo Ampeg, the bridge bearing the stamped serial number 000514, the body with f-hole cutouts, the finish of a red-black sunburst, together with a period hard-shell case and original pickguard
Length of back 18 ¹⁵/₁₆ in. (48 cm.)
AMPEG

Sale room notice

Mark Knopfler plans to donate no less than 25% of the total hammer price received, to be split equally between The British Red Cross Society (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 220949, Scotland with charity number SC037738, Isle of Man with charity number 0752, and Jersey with charity number 430), Brave Hearts of the North East (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1006247) and the Tusk Trust Limited (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1186533).

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Lot Essay

Acquired as a pair to the previous lot, Mark Knopfler purchased this fretless bass from Sound Stage Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, in January 2006 and kept it for studio use. Keyboardist and co-producer Guy Fletcher photographed this bass as part of a line-up of six bass guitars that were trialled for sound during recording sessions at British Grove Studios in 2007.

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