Walter Becker Flipping Book

[tstrahle]

https://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2019/Walter_Becker/Walter_Becker_Flipping_Book/

Almost 600 pages!!!

These prices are on low side, starting bid range I'm guessing. But would be fun to have something of his. Steely Dan was such a huge influence on me.

When they auctioned of Tommy Tedesco's guitars I bid on a few things but lost. Just got a little pricey.

 

[Mark Wein]

So many cool guitars.

 

[bsman]

I'm wondering if Reverb and eBay are going to be seeing declines in activity over the period...

 

[GAS Man]

WOW! & OMG!

Well, after seeing that, there's no doubt remaining that "you can't take it with you".

P.S I tuckered out after 277 pages.

 

[Bob411]

So many cool guitars.

Did you see page 49?

 

[Lerxst]

sweet baby hebus that's the motherload of cool gear.

 

[shoeless]

Wow, 580+ pages of gear...with most pages having several items. That auction is going to take forever.

 

[tstrahle]

I would pay a bit of a premium. Maybe 20% if there was something I needed or really wanted. Most of those axes seem like endorsement swag. So he probably never played them. The best stuff should get out of range. But you never know.

 

[tstrahle]

True story... for years I would go to my friend's house in Valley Village (in LA) for sessions in his studio above his garage, probably since the late 80's, my friend only recently told me that Walter Becker had rented the apartment over his house for 10 of those years. He probably heard me play on many occasions. Glad I didn't know it at the time. Walter for most of the year lived in Hawaii, but needed a place to crash when in town. The reason he chose my friend's place was because his next door neighbor was Dean Parks, one of Walter's best friends.

 

[Tralfaz]

Wow! I see a few things I'd like to have but I can't imagine them going for the amounts listed -- they'd sell in heartbeat on Reverb at some of those price ranges even without the Walter Becker connection.

 

[Grant Harding]

That's the most incredible collection I've ever seen! Would love to have a spare $300K burning a hole in my pocket.

 

[Flatspotter]

That's a lot of guitars, Walter.

 

[GDSmithTX]

Damn, the collection is practically endless! I'd love to play through those funky little amps, like the ones made from from old film projectors.

 

[Chad]

I really liked the variety. Not just 50 Strats and 25 Deluxe Reverbs. Looks like he kept trying new gear too.

 

[wok]

A shit ton of gear, very little which would be of interest to me

Apart from his pedals

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Becker is one of the coolest dudes to ever walk the planet. His gear demonstrates this amply.

 

[Motorik]

That is the single greatest guitar gear collection I've ever seen.

He really liked the quirky, early electric guitar vibe, didn't he? All those cool little combo amps and those recreations of the Merle Travis Paul Bigsby guitars stick out.