I get that; it just seems excessive considering the audience for the auction--musicians who know what they're bidding on.
Then again, it makes sense because they know who the target audience is.
What a crappy a$$ thing auctions are sometimes.
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600 Pages of Walter Becker's Gear for Sale
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I get that; it just seems excessive considering the audience for the auction--musicians who know what they're bidding on.
Then again, it makes sense because they know who the target audience is.
What a crappy a$$ thing auctions are sometimes.
Not sure why everyone thinks fees are a big deal. It's disclosed. It's a cost of doing business, or buying. No one is forcing anyone to bid. Same folks would scoff hard at being asked to play for free or peanuts, why the hate on these? It's just part of the cost. If the fees make the cost excessive, you've reached your bid limit, simple.
Something you don't see many of in the catalog are bass amps (and i was surprised to not see a B12 or B15). There are more bass heads than speaker cabinets, but considering the number of bass guitars listed, and the number of guitar amps, I would have expected more. Since he often played bass on their recordings, I wonder if he went direct, used the studio's amp, or maybe some of his gear was held back from the auction.
I’m cool with a few bucks going to the house for winning the auction.
I know the house has to make its take, but a total of 28% before shipping and insurance just seems a bit much.
wow, that is a ton of gear, i would never use just a fraction of that stuff in my lifetime
This kind of sale is not targeting the working musician.
Woo Hoo! I made it through all 596 pages ...still nothing I can afford. But boy howdy did the man collect odds and ends.
I saw that lot #228 on p. 126 is a Les Paul Signature bass. Ya rarely see them outside a picture. $2K-3K
“I have the perfect guitar for that...umm...somewhere...”
What a wild collection. I read in an interview with his daughter that he loved guitars and guitar shops. But this is next level!!
What a wild collection. I read in an interview with his daughter that he loved guitars and guitar shops. But this is next level!!
Was giving that TK300 the eye... Pretty sure it's gonna go over my bid budget though!! 
Been wanting one of them since they first came out, but Gretsches were always super rare in my neck of the woods.
Been wanting one of them since they first came out, but Gretsches were always super rare in my neck of the woods.
Interesting that he owned relatively few actual Fender or Gibson instruments, but lots of replicas.
I’m bidding on one but I’m not paying a premium price, so I doubt I’ll get it.
I'm having fun with it as well and have placed bids on a couple of items that I know will ultimately jump in price... Now, if I do get that AD200 for $400 I'll be mighty surprised and happy to pay whatever fees to get it at such a reduced price!
I am goin' to show this to my wife and say, see, see what could be happening here
I'm sure if I had his money she wouldn't mind though
Can you imagine the labor involved with selling the effects pedals individually?! "Lets see, this guy won a $30 Boss distortion pedal, so that's $7.50 for the hammer fee, 90¢ for the extra fee, and the $10 for the packing and shipping... all done! Now only 4,999 more of these pedals to package and ship."
I think Walter had some GAS. A lot of cool gear he owned.
You can search to cut the number of pages down. I think searching "bass" gives you about 10 pages. I did it a few days ago and don't remember the exact number.