A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR, PENSA J4 CUSTOM

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PENSA CUSTOM GUITARS BY MAKOTO NOGUCHI, NEW YORK, 2014
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR, PENSA J4 CUSTOM
The decal logo, Pensa, CUSTOM, MADE IN U.S.A. at the headstock, the neckplate engraved 0550 / 042514, the body of Korina with a natural finish, together with a Fender hard-shell travel case, spec sheet, polish cloth and adjustment key
Length of back 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.)
PENSA

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

Longtime friend and Manhattan music store owner Rudy Pensa gifted this bass guitar to Mark Knopfler after his show at the Beacon Theatre, New York, on 21 October 2015 as a house instrument for British Grove Studios. Bassist Glenn Worf used the guitar to record the song ‘Good On You Son’ for Knopfler’s 2018 solo studio album Down The Road Wherever.

Knopfler told us: 'I play bass very badly. There’s the wire wound and the flat wound thing. I really enjoyed having a wire wound bass, but also to keep a flat wound bass, because a lot of the records would have flat wound strings on those basses. And then I just had totally impractical things… they’re just beautiful objects. If you know what you’re doing, you can coax really good sounds out of them.'

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