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| T.REX Steve Currie 1966 Fender Slab Precision
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- CONDITION: Very Good.
- BODY: Ash.
- NECK: Maple.
- F/BOARD: Maple cap.
Steve Currie was the bass player with T.Rex, this is his bass.
It is a very rare Fender 1966 Slab Bodied Precision bass, only
between 25-35 made and for UK export only. A lot of the star bass
players of the late 60’s, early 70’s had one. Players
included John Entwhistle of the Who, John Springate of the Glitter
Band and of coarse Steve Currie. We know the whole history of
this bass right back to Steve’s untimely and tragic death
in a road accident in Portugal on 28th April 1981. He joined T.
Rex (recently renamed from Tyrannosaurus Rex) as bass guitarist
in late 1970 (although the band were still listed as a duo) and
continued to play with them until late 1976. He appeared (and
used this bass mainly) on all of Bolan's most memorable hit singles
from Ride A White Swan (1970) to Laser Love (1976), as well as
the albums Electric Warrior (1971) to Dandy In The Underworld
(1977). His innovative and, for the time, sophisticated bass playing
can be seen to good effect (using a different bass) in the movie
Born to Boogie. After leaving T.Rex he went into session work,
working for the likes of Chris "Motorbikin'" Spedding.
He also had the extra Guild pick up installed after leaving T.Rex.
We are proud to own a piece of Rock’n’Roll history,
and to be able to share it with you
Click the links below to the bass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-K5PLGV-nk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2EK-BYlpgo
OFFERS.
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