James Brown bought the bass sometime in 1970 for his young protégé, William Earl Collins, better known as Bootsy Collins, and it would go on to be played by another one of his bassists, Fred Thomas Read More
“He broke my heart, but at the same time, I was like, ‘Okay, well, I would love to have a Fender Jazz Bass’”: Bootsy Collins’ first Fender Jazz Bass has just been sold at auction – and shot past its estimate … from Guitarworld janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg)
