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What attracted you to Stratocasters in the first place?
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My boyhood dream was to have a Stratocaster like Hank Marvin in the Shadows had. It was the guitar I always wanted. Lots of other players came along who did nothing but submit to that. Hendrix wasn’t bad on a Strat.
Pretty neat to hear the exact sound of Wish You Were Here just fall out of his fingers.
I like how he's not a purist, which is befitting his role in one of the most famous experimental bands in the world. Put holes in his main guitar and modify all sorts of things? Sure, why not. Fender made replicas of his main guitar, and they're so good he can't tell the difference? Well then, sell the original and use one of those.
What I've always liked about Gilmour is his unassuming personality that's reflected in his musical style: understated, totally non flamboyant, devoid of pyrotechnics -- a true artist with great sensitivity, and a shit hot technician to boot.
I was surprised to see that they are only expecting to get around 150 to 200K for the black guitar. I suspect it will end up selling for a lot more than that.
The sad part is they will probably all end up in the hands of rich collectors who will immediately put them behind glass...
Sad perhaps, but their real value is as a collector's item.
If I had money to burn, that's what I'd do... I'd rather have a guitar hanging on the wall than a painting...
If you want a musical instrument you get something "equivalent" for a lot less money.
It would also be a shame to take one of these guitars out on the road, or to gigs, and seem them deteriorate or get damaged, destroyed, or stolen. "Behind glass", at least they will be preserved.
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understated, totally non flamboyant, devoid of pyrotechnics
The sad part is they will probably all end up in the hands of rich collectors who will immediately put them behind glass...
Yep...
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I was surprised to see that they are only expecting to get around 150 to 200K for the black guitar. I suspect it will end up selling for a lot more than that.
I think that guitar is just too iconic to be sold at auction. If it were up to me, Fender would buy it and put it behind glass in their headquarters or put it in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Either way, Fender should take possession of it.
No ta, I've got more guitars than I can put a number on. Strats coming out of my ears, including one exactly the same as the red one.
I'd sound the same on his, and he'd sound the same on mine. I'll keep the money in the bank, thanks.
The irony is that uou'd be lucky to get £200 for 'the black one', if it hadn't been Gilmour's.
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I think that guitar is just too iconic to be sold at auction. If it were up to me, Fender would buy it and put it behind glass in their headquarters or put it in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Either way, Fender should take possession of it.
Fender should buy it and put it in their demo room and let everybody play it anytime they want. They could also let you rent it to take the gigs with a big deposit and a chaperone
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The auction is ten days after my birthday. Anyone want to put a bid on The Black Strat for me? I promise I'll play it and not put it behind glass. Can't promise I'll sound anything like Dave Gilmour though!!
The sad part is they will probably all end up in the hands of rich collectors who will immediately put them behind glass...
what's so sad about that?
probably millions of mass-produced actual Fender Strats out there, I'm pretty sure one can find one even with some of them "behind glass". I've got 6 of 'em. They aren't
exactly rare...........
Didn't watch the video? Those guitars will not be gifting any more songs...
They already have. Time for new guitars to gift some more.
They're just things, and the money he makes will hopefully make a bigger difference to some people's lives than any sentimentality about a plank of wood with some metal and wires.
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Best Tele I ever played belongs to DG and I doubt very much that it will make it into this sale. One of the first version of the Tele Deluxe. Regular tele setup but with white body binding. 3 colour sunburst & rosewood board. Just simply a wonderful tele.
Those guitars are for fans and collecters, not for guitarists.
A good guitar that suits me is a good guitar, a good guitar that don't suits me is a bad guitar.
David made the songs, not his guitars.
Did I say I'm not a Pink Floyd fan?
A particularly good number is the "comfortably numb" item performed back in
2006 in the Gdansk shipyard before an enthralled audience of 50,000 who, up until then, had been starved of live western rock music.
didn't say that I thought it was crap, to me they're all the same ... I own an original 59, but the best built one I've ever owned is my 81 MIJ made when Fender had em all made there.
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@Judders: Around the time that the whole "pre-CBS" thing was at its height.
I remember people insisting my old 1968 Tele wasnt up to much - until they played it. Wish I had never had to sell it.
@Judders: Around the time that the whole "pre-CBS" thing was at its height.
I remember people insisting my old 1968 Tele wasnt up to much - until they played it. Wish I had never had to sell it.
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A particularly good number is the "comfortably numb" item performed back in
2006 in the Gdansk shipyard before an enthralled audience of 50,000 who, up until then, had been starved of live western rock music.
That threw me for a loop. I was wondering why Nick Mason wasn't on drums. Then I realized it was Dave Gilmour's solo project. The thing that threw me was seeing Rick Wright on the Hammond and assuming it was Floyd.
^lolz- + lolz a bit more some people basically have a 'midas touch'
am also having a *relaxed attitude* to music making these days,as i actually seriously consider the best stuff has all ready been recorded!
the rest,seems to simply pale in comparison...... .../ ..+-....
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd sells his guitars.
some people basically have a 'midas touch' 
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