jason newsted
18:59 Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Metallica fans better get their wallets ready, because Jason Newsted is selling off a bunch of his old gear!
Newsted has teamed up with Reverb to announce his new Official Jason Newsted Reverb Shop opening July 24. The shop features special pieces like his 1992 Alembic Europa Custom 10-string bass used on Metallica's The Black Album tour, as well as a 5-string fretless Zon bass that Newsted says was used to record "Until It Sleeps" – and still features the settings marking tape from the studio sessions! Of the bass, he says "This is a piece of metal lore right here. You have the song in your collection [and] that's the bass that played it."
"I'm teaming up with Reverb to sell some pieces from my collection for the very first time. The last 30 or 40 years as I've traveled around playing music for people, I've gathered some cool shit," said Newsted. "I traveled the world to collect these pieces and many of these pieces have traveled the world with me. I'd like to get them into the hands of other players because I can only play so many at once, and wonderful guitars such as these should not live in cases forever…they deserve to be enjoyed!"
The Official Jason Newsted Reverb Shop will also include:
- One of Newsted's first Alembic basses—a 1989 20th anniversary model with the serial number six of just 200—that he says can be spotted in the A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica documentary
- A rare cherry sunburst-finished PRS bass that was used on the …And Justice for All tour
Several 1960s Gibson models, like a late 1960s Barney Kessel Custom and a 1966 Firebird III - A 1937 National Dobro "Exploding Palm Tree" Tri-Cone Resonator and a similar 1928 National Dobro Mandolin Style 2
- An original Ampeg AUB-1 Scroll Bass in stunning condition
- A custom 3-string Music Man bass inspired by Tony Levin's design
- A rare Mosrite 5-string electric mandolin guitar with a sunburst finish
- A 1980 Rickenbacker 4080 double-neck in a gorgeous blue finish
A few special guitars with one-of-one finishes hand-painted by Newsted
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