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In an email forwarded to me, the seller said, "It was a little weird. I was in a vintage shop (Zone Music, where Tom Waits recorded Mule Variations) and I was playing this particular guitar. I had just been paid the day before and was looking for a big purchase. That night I was hanging out with a friend of mine who also frequents the store. He was telling me the history of one of the guitars in the shop. Ends up being the one I was playing. I met with the dealer and he said he was selling on consignment for an anonymous party. He said the person had a bit of fame and didn't want to be publicized as frequenting Zone. Why someone famous (and probably rich) would be selling a guitar, let alone this guitar, is beyond me and pretty questionable. But I bought it anyway because I like how it played.
I started looking into it's history and I talked with one of the sons of the cowsills. He said his father used to play one identical to this, but that his had a muffler. We couldn't verify anything though. Most of the Cowsills equipment had been sold to pay off debts.
As far as Brian Wilson is concerned, I think my timing may be at fault for the outcome of my search for authenticity. I emailed him (supposedly directly) but I never got a reply. This was about the time that the A&E special biography on him had come out. Apparantly his website had a boom. This might account for him ignoring a fame-claim. I emailed him again a few months ago, but I still received no reply."
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