Dusty Hill of ZZ Top 1953 Fender Precision Bass

ZZ TOP | DUSTY HILL 1953 FENDER PRECISION BASS

1953 Fender Precision bass, serial number 970, in butterscotch finish with black pickguard, the instrument is in all original 7/10 condition, in period tweed case with a great deal of wear and an extraordinary assortment of stickers. When Dusty collaborated with Fender to create his signature Dusty Hill model P-Bass in 2012, Fender interviewed him about his history with the Fender P-Bass and captured the story of how he acquired this bass. "Early in ZZ Top's career, Billy [Gibbons] and I drove up from Houston to Dallas - this is one of those stories you always hear, but this really happened, and we went to a pawn shop called Rocky's Pawn shop and on the wall was a Fender bass guitar and this guy truly had no idea what he had, and I get Billy to make the deal because he's better at that than I am. Anyway, he worked him and worked him and I got the bass for $70. We're leaving and Billy goes 'Nope, wait a minute, no deal. You have to throw in the case.' So he actually threw the case in, and it was close to an original case, for $70. That guitar I still have. You know to be truthful I don't know the year of it but it's pretty old, it's pretty old, and I played it forever, it's on the cover of a few albums and magazines, and I retired it because it was just a shame to have to put her through anymore because she did her work you know." This instrument appeared on the cover of ZZ Top's 1975 album Fandango! and it has clearly logged more hours in Dusty's hands than any other guitar in the collection. He used the guitar for live performances and in the studio. Dusty retired this original 1953 Fender Precision bass in 2012 due to road wear.

PROVENANCE From The Estate of Dusty Hill