Grinning Elk music company has "been honored" with the task of offering some of the bass guitars from the private collection of Rex Brown, bassist for PANTERA and DOWN. This particular piece is a 2001 Rex-5XL with a one-off, custom flame paint job and was played by Rex on PANTERA's "Reinventing the Steel" tour in 2001. It is featured in the videos "I'll Cast A Shadow" and "Becoming" and is in the exact condition as when Grinning Elk received it from Brown with the exception of new strings, a detail job and new hardshell case from Spector. It also retains the knob position marks applied by Rex and a certificate of authenticity.

This is your chance to own a personal piece from one of heavy metal's premier bassists.

The asking price is $4,500.

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Brown had his gallbladder and polyps on his pancreas removed last month in a surgical procedure.

Rex is suffering from acute pancreatitis, a sudden inflammation of the pancreas which can have severe complications and high mortality despite treatment.

A full and healthy recovery is expected.

DOWN tapped Danny Theriot of Metairie, Louisiana to fill in on bass for the group's recently completed North American trek, which kicked off on August 3 at Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Kansas.

(Thanks: The Metal Den)