Not massively interested in musical instruments: certainly
can’t play guitar although I learned piano once. Saw this little piece about an
auction of rare guitars in London and thought I would re-post it here.
From left: Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar, 1954,
serial no. 5238, with Parsons-White Pull-String, owned by John Beland, Flying
Burrito Brothers. It is signed extensively, including Roger McGuinn, Chet
Atkins, Thumbs Carlile, Ricky Nelson, James Burton, Ray Price, George Jones,
J.J. Cale, Charlie Pride, Glen Campbell, Dickey Betts, Merle Travis, Roy
Nichols, and others, with case. Fender
Telecaster Electric Guitar, 1953, the body with hand-tooled leather wrap,
with flight case stencilled WAYLON/NASHVILLE TN and bearing the tag of Waylon
Jennings’s trucking company, Road Inc. Fender
Musicmaster II/Mustang Prototype Electric Guitar, 1967, from the workbench
of Leo Fender, Daphne Blue body, Candy Apple Red headstock, the body exhibiting
prototypes for the three-bolt Micro-Tilt neck adjustment and a Jazzmaster-style
tremolo system, with hardshell case. Gibson
Style U Harp Guitar, 1908, serial no. 8618, factory order no. 1004, with
original hand tooled leather case.
Their estimates were
all pretty high and all 4 went unsold.
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