Most Expensive Electric Guitars

Supposedly one of the first electric washburn guitars ever made marley rarely played the washburn and gave it to his guitar tech gary carlsen.

Most expensive electric guitars.

This was the first electric guitar he played at a show and that ire is probably a big part of why this stratocaster went down in history as one of the most costly. Read the full review. The nocaster is the precursor to fender s telecaster the most popular solid body electric guitar in history. John lennon s 1962 gibson j 160 e electric acoustic was one of a pair of almost identical acoustic guitars.

Purchased by john lennon and george harrison in london in 1962. The 1951 fender nocaster is an electric guitar with an interesting history. Paul bigsby made approximately 23 electric guitars and most are accounted for. There s not all that many of them still in existence and even for one not owned by anybody particularly famous you re going to pay six figures for one.

Even greats like bob dylan get booed sometimes and his folk music loving fans were incredibly skeptical about this guitar. To some choosing one of the best electrics in the world might mean a quest to find the most expensive most tricked out model available. These rare electric guitars were initially called broadcaster during the initial run in 1950. The only acoustic guitar to make it on our list of the most expensive guitars in the world had to be something special and boy is it special.

Top 10 most expensive guitars. Formerly the most expensive guitar was the reach out to asia guitar sold at a charity auction on 16 november. The guitar has been classed as a national treasure by the jamaican government. Everybody has a different opinion on what makes the best electric guitar for them.

There s a more solidbody response here as you d expect and it really pushes out the sound. It s expensive but as an investment this is one of the best electric guitars on the market. 5 most expensive guitar. Future image 3 of 5.

So it s no surprise that we ve got two of these beauties in the top 5 of. At number nine on the list of most expensive guitars in the world is bob dylan s 1964 sunburst fender stratocaster. Marking his shift from acoustic to electric this guitar was played by bob dylan at 1965 newport folk festival. Fender reach out to asia stratocaster price tag.

Gibson es 335 premiere figured. Image 2 of 5 image credit. Keith richards 1959 les paul standard 1 million. 2 most expensive electric guitar.

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