Cruising through London's Denmark Street music shops a few weeks ago, I spotted a cardboard sign between the strings of a well-worn Fender Precision Bass: "Sid's Bass!" it said, with a picture of Sid Vicious from years gone by. For the low, low price of only £20k. More money than Sid ever got, that's for sure.
Given Sid's brief tenure with the band (he didn't even play on "Bollocks"), I was surprised by how worn the bass was. But knowing Sid's reputation as a musician, maybe that's why it's still available.
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I alway thought of Sid as a smasher when it came to his bass. I never thought one would exist still never mind not be up for auction.
Posted by: Play Rock Guitar | June 06, 2010 at 08:23 AM
its not sids bass wrong colour to begin with and im pretty sure steve jones is still in possesion of sids bass
Posted by: bryan lowe | June 13, 2010 at 02:25 PM
your absolutely correct, STEVE JONES has sid's bass, and the other one he gave to a taxi driver as he had no money to pay the fare which is now in a hard rock cafe!!!
(oh sid had 2 white fender precisions)...
Posted by: bobe copland | June 13, 2010 at 03:03 PM
Bryan and Bobe, thanks for the additional info. It did sound a bit suss.
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Posted by: ReneCummings26 | June 23, 2010 at 09:08 PM
sid played on two songs, of the bollocks album and his bass was white i seen him do a bass solo on the winterland gig
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