Led Zeppelin bass participant John Paul Jones is auctioning off a trove of studio-used tools, saying he now not wants it and he’d relatively it fall into the arms of musicians who will put it to good use.

Heading up the gathering is a Guild Thunderbass amplifier, which Jones used with Them Crooked Vultures, and ended up leaving to sit down at Foo Fighters frontman/former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl’s home.

John Paul Jones was a member of Them Crooked Vultures alongside Grohl and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme.

In keeping with Soundgas – the auctioneer answerable for the sale – the amp at the moment has blown audio system after “somebody borrowed it”. It says it would “examine and report again”. In any other case, the amp is claimed to be in “good total situation” except for some highway put on and different seen marks. The amp is estimated to promote for between £1,200 and £1,400.

The gathering spans nicely past guitar and bass gear although; different gadgets embody a pair of Yamaha NS-10M audio system, a Simmons SDS V digital drum package, a uncommon ‘60s Arbiter Soundimension echo unit, and a pair of Akai digital samplers, amongst a bunch of different rack-mount results models.

Soundgas factors out that not one of the gadgets within the public sale have a connection to JPJ’s time in Led Zeppelin, and are as a substitute taken from his personal personal studio.

“John continues to be very lively musically – writing, recording, and performing – however now not requires a lot studio tools – most of which he has owned from new,” Soundgas writes.

“He feels it ought to be within the arms of people that will put it to good use, so it’s supplied right here with out formal provenance, with the intention that it continues for use as meant.”

You’ll be able to check out all of the gadgets out there over at Soundgas.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and in addition written for the likes of Guitar World, Complete Guitar, Steel Hammer and MusicRadar.