You know the name, and you might know the history..but.... I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...man o man o man o man !!!!!!!!https://www.julienslive.com/view-auc...ge=1&items=100
You know the name, and you might know the history..but.... I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...man o man o man o man !!!!!!!!https://www.julienslive.com/view-auc...ge=1&items=100
Pair of Iconics for $4375, pair of 4350B for $4375. Some of the prices were strange, like a pair of normal looking workbench stools for $4000+, one guitar went for $216,000. $748 for a normal bench vise?
Yea, I know...crazy prices...but..if that is the vise that held the piece of metal that got drilled to hold the second playback head onto his first tape deck...!? Or, for people with their heads up their a***s, a stool might be the best way to soak up the knowledge Les left behind....And the low serial number Fender Nocaster...? that's like finding a piece of the Titanic that didn't get wet....
I would have left the stools and kicked in $400 more for Iconics, personally.
I particularly enjoyed the speaker notes detailing the wonders of boundary reinforcement. Wouldn't pay for that advice, but nonetheless...
A file folder labeled "Speaker" containing ten pages of notes and diagrams, some in Paul's hand, dated 1969 and 1970 with notes on speaker placement reading in part, "Note- placed in corner can improve Bass response 20 DB or more."
I'm loving all the JBL and Crown artifacts. Crown Reference amp actually went fairly cheap!
". . . as you have no doubt noticed, no one told the 4345 that it can't work correctly so it does anyway."—Greg Timbers
I wish I would have known about this auction, the pair of 4350B's for $4,375.00 USD?!? Hell yeah I would have bought those!
If we knew what the hell we were doing, we wouldn't call it research would we.
There's an excellent DVD about Les Paul, with him in it, called " Chasing Sound". After seeing it, and learning about how he did what, and when...gave me a whole new respect for the man. There's not a minute in it that everybody on this forum can't identify with at some point. Hearing, from him, explaining early experiments, to the Who's who of people he worked alongside of in his career, AND how he got himself into those positions made 90 minutes seem like seconds. A truly creative,inventive,talented individual who's contributions to music are argueably some of the greatest over the last 100 years!
Lot 96 seems familiar...
Mike Scott in SJ, CA
Drive 'em to the Xmax!
A matching pair of Altec 821A's for less than 5 grand. That's a beautiful speaker. And there were a few other things there that, if I were he, I would have taken them with me.
"Audio is filled with dangerous amateurs." --- Tim de Paravicini
And then there was an old personalized license plate for $10K....
Auctions can be fun... what a treasure trove.
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Here's what were called "Les Paul Speakers":Originally Posted by 4343
Mike Scott in SJ, CA
Drive 'em to the Xmax!
He had a home theater room?
Stéphane
Club double 16"
"Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler"
I bought these 4350b's last night.
Could not imagine how heavy they were. Wow.
They've been sitting at the buyers house since the 2012 auction. More history... but never connected after his purchase.
I'm not ready with the hardware to connect them but looking forward to the day....
Pictures . . . or it never happened!
". . . as you have no doubt noticed, no one told the 4345 that it can't work correctly so it does anyway."—Greg Timbers
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