Rock Style from The Boyd Collection 
27 June 2019
Rock Style from The Boyd Collection 
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Fender

1963 VI bass guitar

1963
lacquered wood, steel, chrome-plated steel, plastic 44½ h × 14 w × 2¼ d in (113 × 36 × 6 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
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Serial number: 95396
Stamped to reverse of neck plate 95396. Stamped to bridge ‘Fender Mute’. Stamped to tremolo base plate ‘Fender Pat #2972923’. Decal to headstock ‘Fender VI Electric Bass Guitar DES 186,825 Pat. 2960900 2972923’.

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You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.

John Lennon playing a similar Fender VI bass while recording Helter Skelter, 1968
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