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A 1967 Gibson EB-3 Electric Bass Guitar Owned And Played By Bill Wyman And Later Gifted To The Artist Arman 1970s-1980s serial number 893611 impressed to the back of headstock indicating a build date of 1967, the mahogany neck and body with cherry finish, Brazilian rosewood fretboard, 2 pickups, 4 volume / tone controls, black plastic scratch plate, acrylic dot inlays, with mother-of-pearl inlay on the headstock, strings not present. The body is applied with an "It's The Rolling Stones / 1973 European Tour!" rectangular sticker, with remnants of what appears to be sculpting clay, particularly under the controls and chrome bridge cover. Accompanied by a non-original modern soft case and documents concerning the provenance. By 1973 Wyman had abandoned his Fender Mustang basses because he had found, "It (the Fender Mustang) was simply too difficult for me to play. After that I tried a Gibson on stage...." As he preferred short scale basses with flat wound strings, he switched to this 60s EB-3. He had used an EB-0 in 1965, but the EB-3 bass came equipped with two pickups and better electronics. Wyman's EB-3 came with a chrome bridge cover and a set of chrome Schaller bass tuners, and consequently became his main bass for the next year during the LA Forum show and Pacific Tour of 1973. The LA Forum set list reflected the previous tour with additional tracks such as "Route 66," "It's All Over Now," "Stray Cat Blues" and "No Expectations." In August of the same year, the Rolling Stones Records released "Angie" and "Silver Train," with the release of their album Goats Head Soup following soon after. The band started their European tour in Vienna on September 1st playing Austria, West Germany, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium. Wyman is pictured here with this bass during a performance in Sportpaleis AHOY, Rotterdam, Netherlands, October. Launched in the late '50s, the EB line of Gibson basses has long been known for the instrument's warm, distinctive tone and exceptional playability. Other notable musicians who used an EB-3 include Jack Bruce (Cream), Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper), Andy Fraser (Free), Trevor Bolder (David Bowie Uriah Heep), Chris White (The Zombies), Jermaine Jackson (The Jackson 5), Jim Lea (Slade), Mike Watt (The Stooges), and Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull). Provenance: Having moved to Provence in the South of France in 1971, it was unsurprising when Bill Wyman met a number of prominent artists in the region through his mutual connections with Marc Chagall One of these was Arman. Arman (1928-2005) was a painter and sculptor who was best known for his "accumulations," or large sculptures of objects. Their content included tools, watches, clocks, furniture, automobile parts, jewelry, and, of course, musical instruments in various stages of disintegration. Fascinated with the cultural scene in New York, Arman took up part-time residency there from his home in Nice in 1961, after his first exhibition at the Cordier Warren Gallery. It was then during the Rolling Stones' 1981 North American Tour that Bill Wyman visited Arman in New York, and brought this guitar with him as a gift for the artist, in order to inspire his next piece of sculpture. The guitar was then later gifted to Marisa del Re by Arman in 1982. Del Re is the founder and former director of the "Marisa del Re Gallery" at 1100 Madison Avenue (later moving to 41 East 57th St in 1979), in New York who represented numerous renowned international artists including Arman (from 1982-2011), Karel Appel Robert Indiana Conrad Marca-Relli Valerio Adami Bettina Werner Arnaldo Pomodoro Jean Michel Folon, Sacha Sosno, Robert Cottingham Kenzo Okada Richard Pousette-Dart DuaneHanson, George Tooker Rodney Ripps Robert Motherwell and KH Hodicke. The guitar has remained in her collection ever since. Literature: Babiuk, Andy. Rolling Stones Gear. Blackbeat Books, 2013, pp 405-413. 42 in. long