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Location: New Hampsha | Anybody catch Ross Valory's ViperIII that was listed on Fleabay? It was the bass guitar used on Journey's Escape album and was being hawked by a charity. It had a reserve of $999 and went without a bid, then was relisted and a flurry of sniping right at the end resulted in a sale for $2650. I wish I could have snagged it the first time, but I was still searching the cushions on the couch and looking in the washing machine.... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I remember the original auction but I thought it was for a magnum bass.
Just searched ebay and they show nothing from past or present auctions. |
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Location: SoCal | BASS GUITAR used by JOURNEY on "ESCAPE" ALBUM RECORDING
SIGNED TWICE by ROSS VALORY WHO WILL MEET YOU IN PERSON
eBay Item number: 7342741214
Ended: Aug-20-05 17:47:18 PDT, Winning bid: US $2,651.99
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Location: Tennessee | Nice. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...uh, Journey? Eh hmm...
last time I cared about anything "Journey" was back in '80(?) when they were booed off stage at JFK stadium (Philly) opening for the Stones (who thought that one up??).
In the press afterward, defending themselves, the band stated that Steven Perry was a "trained vocalist" and could "out sing" Mick Jagger any day of the week...
Gee, I wonder whatever happen to Journey...NOT
Cool bass tho. Might take some scrubbing to get the sig off, however.
EDIT: Yes, I was there and BOOING |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Ouch, Jeff. You better stay away from Burger King or you might just run into Steve Perry working the register and he might make you eat those words (would you like fries with that?). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | If it will keep Journey busy and off the air and on customer service,
Burger King IT IS!!!
P.S.
Sorry Folks,
Journey represented the most evil of all similar evil of that decade....
...yet I can still think of a few others... |
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Location: Austin | I always wondered what bass Valory used on Escape. It is a great tone and nice to know it was with a Magnum III. I always thought it was a Magnum I. Sounds like he used the back pickup only for most of the record. I can't say I'm a big Journey fan, but Escape has some great bass playing on it. Hey, I think I'm the longest "Junior" member in this group..... |
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Location: Austin | I guess that is actually a Magnum IV bass. I've never seen one that was not a bolt on neck. Were the Magnum III's and IV's set neck or neck through? Maybe this one was a factory special. Cool looking bass! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 2 in a row, dluxe...
you've been round 'while.
hope we see more of ya... |
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Ross Valory's Viper III on Fleabay
