The Guitar Thread (1 Viewer)

[sonicboom]

Kurt Cobain a legend.......


"An acoustic guitar played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain on a famous unplugged album in 1993 has been sold at auction for $6 million, setting several records".

Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar sells for $6 million – DW – 06/21/2020

An acoustic guitar played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain on a famous unplugged album in 1993 has been sold at auction for $6 million, setting several records.

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Top 5 Most Expensive Guitars Ever Sold - Catawiki

Can guitars write history? Their owners certainly can while playing them: think Jimi Hendrix on Woodstock, or John Lennon creating his now legendary tunes for I Want to Hold Your Hand together with Paul McCartney. And you could say these 5 guitars below have written history ‘just’ by selling for...

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"1. Fender “Reach Out to Asia” Stratocaster - €2.3 millionUnlike the other guitars from this list the most expensive guitar ever sold was not pre-owned by an artist. It was, however, signed by many. Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams, Paul McCartney and fifteen other rock stars signed this Fender Stratocaster in order to make it a desirable and therefor valuable item in auction. They did so for good reason: to raise as much money as possible for the victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Asia. And it worked! The white Stratocaster, manufactured for about € 17,000, was auctioned for € 2.3 million making it the most expensive guitar ever sold."

 

[superchuck500]

This one came up for sale near my house. They;'re asking $6,000 but if I can get them down to $5,000, I should grab this right?

12-string is like a Les Paul. Sure they sound cool but totally unnecessary.

 

[Cage1]

Sure they sound cool but totally unnecessary.

Um, that's an internally inconsistent statement. Isn't sounding cool the entire point?

 

[buzd]

Um, that's an internally inconsistent statement. Isn't sounding cool the entire point?

Yes. You should get it.

 

[0rion]

Played a few les Paul's. Only remember one thing...they're heavy haha.

 

[superchuck500]

Played a few les Paul's. Only remember one thing...they're heavy haha.

I had a Les Paul standard for a year - it was gorgeous and rocked the casbah. But after a while I was like “this mother is heavy as fork and it’s not like I’m playing club gigs.” Sold it for exactly what I paid for it.

 

[Rickboy]

I had a Les Paul standard for a year - it was gorgeous and rocked the casbah. But after a while I was like “this mother is heavy as fork and it’s not like I’m playing club gigs.” Sold it for exactly what I paid for it.

One of the greatest things about a Les Paul.

 

[0rion]

This is gonna sound ridiculous because they're cheap but a guitar I've always wanted is a jackson dinky. I never spend money on myself and my wife bought me a guitar about 14-15 years ago and she got the bc rich because she was with me when I played one in a shop through a marshal and was playing poison and remarked how good it sounded. I'd rather have had a jackson but how was she to know haha

 

[Complex Kid]

12-string is like a Les Paul. Sure they sound cool but totally unnecessary.

Me. With two Epiphone Les Pauls.

 

[Complex Kid]

Anyways, one question. What software do you guys recommend for learning the guitar? I'm going to approach this as if I'm a beginner again. I want to get back into Tabs but I also want to learn music more properly than last time. I've got an iPad, MacBookPro, and even a Win10 Surface Pro so I can be flexible on what platform to use. Do you guys have any software recommendations?

Fender play is free for 3 months and you don't have to give them your credit card info:

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[superchuck500]

For you Les Paul fans, Gibson/Epiphone releasing a limited edition 1959 LP Standard remake for $799.

 

[Rickboy]

For you Les Paul fans, Gibson/Epiphone releasing a limited edition 1959 LP Standard remake for $799.

I wonder if that is being built in Gibson's Tennessee factory or Epiphone's Chinese one.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I wonder if that is being built in Gibson's Tennessee factory or Epiphone's Chinese one.

Without doing a lick of research, the fact that it’s a partnership with Epiphone, as well as that it’s at an ‘accessible’ price point- would lead me to believe that the answer is China.

 

[dtc]

This one came up for sale near my house. They;'re asking $6,000 but if I can get them down to $5,000, I should grab this right?

It is beautiful, but I never play my 12. I don't like it. Never have. Not sure even why I bought it except it was pretty and a good deal. Thinking back I've had this thing for 30 years and probably haven't replaced the strings 5 times.

I swear though, that's about as pretty as it gets. Even if it were in the case, I'd like it!

 

[dtc]

This is gonna sound ridiculous because they're cheap but a guitar I've always wanted is a jackson dinky. I never spend money on myself and my wife bought me a guitar about 14-15 years ago and she got the bc rich because she was with me when I played one in a shop through a marshal and was playing poison and remarked how good it sounded. I'd rather have had a jackson but how was she to know haha

I have an old Jackson that I love. It got flooded during Sally a few weeks ago along with an old Ampeg 2x12. When I went to sleep that night they said it was going to be a Cat 1 and hit 100 miles west of here. 5am I had 2' of water downstairs and they both got wet. I've cleaned them with fresh water and wiped down with corrosionx and I put them and a bunch of other stuff in a storage room with a little dehumidifier for weeks. I haven't had the nerve to try either.