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Steely Dan: Walter Becker's 1963 German

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Steely Dan: Walter Becker's 1963 German
Steely Dan: Walter Becker's 1963 German Dynelectron Longhorn Fretless Bass. Walter Becker picked up this bass "somewhere in Germany" while on tour with Steely Dan in the early 1970s. He purchased it as a curiosity, having never before seen one (neither had we). Walter kept the bass to play around his house. At first glance the bass appears to be a heavily modified Danelectro bass. It is in fact a solid wood instrument, unlike the Danelectro it is surely meant to copy. The pickups, while similar in shape to Dano "lipstick tubes", have one piece covers. It is a well made instrument, that plays well and sounds excellent. The current owner purchased the bass from the music store next door to his recording studio in Maui in late 1986 or 1987 after Walter had traded it in for other equipment. The bass has since been part of a studio collection, and has been used on various recordings for film director David Lynch. Included with this lot is the instrument's original Naugahyde-style gig bag. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.