I’ve gotta confess. I purposefully didn’t list this auction while it was live. I planned to bid on the bass because it was a sleeper. But, I was out of work all last month, so the rational side of me won out, and I put the checkbook away.
What you have below is the only example I’ve ever seen of a Firstman “Baron” hollow body bass. Until now, I’ve only seen or heard of the Firstman brand name in reference to the “Liverpool” guitar model. Furthermore, I’d only seen this body style with a Greco badge on a Rickenbacker-esque headstock (and usually finished in greenburst or redburst). (The Greco model was called the “Shrike.” This Firstman version sports a transparent red finish and a Mosrite-esque headstock. Check her out:
Since this bass was listed as a “Firstman,” it sold for half of what I would have expected a Greco version to go for. So congrats to bidder “cdn92140e36″ for his win. You can see the full auction here.
For example of a Greco Shrike, click to see this insanely over-priced listing for a greenburst Shrike.
Lastly, here’s the Firstman Liverpool guitar I mentioned above:
