Sunday, April 1, 2012

World's Most Expensive Guitar

World's Most Expensive Guitar



"Lenny" - Stevie Ray Vaughan's 1965 Fender Stratocaster Composite



Stevie Ray Vaughan, as the greatest blues guitarist, received this guitar from his wife, Lenny in 1980 as doi birthday present that to 26. This guitar is one of his favorite guitar, and he used in any activity, anywhere up to doi died in 1990. SRV stickers on the guitar is a "trademark" of the majority of her collection of guitars, a custom adopted from his brother Jimmie, who started the habit at the time of her playing the guitar. In 2004 it became the first guitarist and one of them being sold to fund charitable activities. At the time of the auction price of this guitar is $ 623.500


Eric Clapton's C.F. Martin & Co., Circa 1939



One of Eric Clapton's guitar added to this list. The reason why doi fit into this list, because he is one of the famous guitarists very rarely sell guitars guitar collection. Certainly there are many guitars out there guitar (guitar owned by Jimmy Page, Van Halen, etc..) Which can result in a higher offer if it is sold, but the guitar the guitar is not planned and prepared for sale / auction.
The price of this guitar is $ 791.500

Eric Clapton's 1964 Gibson ES0335 TDC



Guitar Eric Clapton used it frequently during the year 1964, after a year it is very rarely played and viewed. A given price at the auction was the highest price ever paid for a Gibson brand guitars.
The price of this guitar is $ 847.500

Blackie - Stratocaster hybrid



In 1970, due to the influence of other guitarists, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton decided to switch from branded Gibson guitar and then moved to the Fender Stratocaster. Clapton bought six vintage Stratocasters made from a guitar shop in Texas with the price of each $ 100 per guitar. He gave three other guitars for George Harrison (Beatles), Pete Townshend and Steve Winwood, Clapton, and then collect the best part part of the remaining 3 pieces of the guitar and later was named "Blackie" which means "Dark Finished". Backie Clapton played for the first time in January 1973, and continue to be used by Clapton to 1985 because of a problem in the "neck". Blackie sold at auction in 2004 and became one of the most expensive guitar at a price of $ 959,000 or Rp 8,707,720,000


Bob Marley's Custom made Washburn 22 Hawk series




Classified as a national asset by the government of Jamaica, this guitar is one of "only" 7 guitar icon and music legend Reggae "Bob Marley". On 21 November 1971, after a show in Vancouver, Canada, Marley gave the guitar to a guitar technician Gary Carlsen with the message, "Take it because then you will understand". And miraculously, Carlsen will receive a sign of giving this guitar to be used as an offering for a better world in a different way, then he founded the charity "Different Journeys, One Destination", a charity which provides a prize to the winner of the guitar a silent auction or raffle. Price is ever won for $ 2,000,000


Jimi Hendrix's 1968 Stratocaster


Hendrix played guitar at Woodstock event in 1969. This guitar never officially sold in Sotheby's auction agency in 1990 at a price of only $ 198,000 or 1,797,840,000. But there's a rumor that says that the guitar was never purchased by Paul Allen for $ 2,000,000 in 1998, this is the cause why the guitar is included in our list.



Reach out to Asia Fender Stratocaster


This guitar is sold at auction in Qatar at the 2005 event, which generated funds for the acquisition to add a charity to help the tsunami victims in Asia. Coordinated by Bryan Adams and signed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus and Malcolm Young , Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leopard and Bryan Adams himself. This guitar was originally bought by Qatar's royal family for the price of $ 1,000,000 or Rp 9,080,000,000 and then donated to charity, then sold again at a price of $ 2,700,000 or Rp 24,516,000,000 which means that this guitar produces a price of $ 3,700,000

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