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John Rostill Bass

Postby Billyboygretsch » Sun Jan 29, 2017 4:46 pm

Does anyone have any details bout the green John Rostill Bass. I am aware of the white one . Thanks
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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby Iain Purdon » Sun Jan 29, 2017 5:57 pm

What details have you in mind, Bill?
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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby Billyboygretsch » Sun Jan 29, 2017 6:09 pm

Was it a custom made one and was it used for any performances. There is also some writing on it which I can't decipher . Thanks
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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby Moderne » Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:15 pm

Looks like Bruce has signed it...
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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby bor64 » Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:41 pm

It was used in Finders Keepers and Rhythm and Greens


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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby Iain Purdon » Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:05 am

Low quality shot of JR playing a green Burns in Finders Keepers

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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby Jay Bass » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:13 am

There was one for sale on Reverb last year
a 1966 ,but it had been refinished etc so not all original
it could have started life as a white bass ?
anyway some nice pictures.

https://reverb.com/item/1122985-1966-burns-shadows-bass-greenburst
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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby Iain Purdon » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:28 pm

Yes, after a little more research in my Burns green anorak, I can say that this is not the guitar used in the film.

The bass in the picture above has its toast rack aslant over the strings. I'm not sure when production switched to that form but the Burns Legend reissues certainly had it that way. The early versions of the Burns Shads bass had the toast rack crossing the strings at right angles. John's white bass was made like that and, from the Finders Keepers clip below, the green one was too.

(So, in the interests of authenticity, was my Rostill reissue.)

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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby bassboogie » Sat Oct 28, 2017 1:40 pm

As far as I know the green burst Shadows Bass is still available from Burns website, should anyone want one. Just to let you know that the bass is the same but tuners are now silver. The black Gent (?) are no longer available.

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Re: John Rostill Bass

Postby iefje » Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:07 pm

I have received my own handmade copy of the greenburst edition of the Burns Shadows Bass last month. It has black tuners and the chrome palm rest or 'toast rack' placed vertically over the middle pick-up, just like John Rostill's bass.
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