The Jim Irsay Collection sale live: David Gilmour’s Black Strat sells for record-shattering $14.5 million in the biggest guitar auction in history
We were live on the ground at Christie’s auction house in New York as the world’s greatest guitar collection went under the hammer
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“A lot of deceptively clever craft, all presented in faultless style”: Duesenberg Starplayer CBR review
It’s been a while since we’ve dropped into the world of Duesenberg. German ingenuity, retro style and some big-name users – what’s not to like?
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“She told me, ‘That Les Paul’s too heavy for you, honey. You’re not gonna be able to do that.’ So she took me to Norm’s Rare Guitars”: When Bonnie Raitt took Melissa Etheridge guitar shopping – and convinced her to swap her Les Paul for a Strat
Proof that we should always listen to Bonnie Raitt’s advice, Etheridge never looked back with the Strat
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“Every once in a while a pedal comes along that takes you by surprise. It’s a pedal I didn’t even know I needed”: Electro-Harmonix Effects Interface review
From the creator of the Big Muff comes a handy unit for getting your pedalboard and your DAW effects talking to each other
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“Joe Walsh and I go on guitar safaris. He’ll say, ‘You only bought one!’ I say, ‘But it cost more than the 10 of yours!’” If the Eagles quit this year, Vince Gill will leave with gratitude and great memories
His kids might have to make do with cheaper Christmas presents if his decade with the band is over – but for Gill, being on the road with Walsh and co has been one of the highlights of an illustrious career
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The Jim Irsay Collection saw five of the top 10 most expensive guitars ever sold at auction in a single day
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Instruments once belonging to Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain fetched seven figures, while David Gilmour’s Black Strat and Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” guitar both raked in well over $10 million.
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“An evocative track reflecting the social and political unrest of Britain”: The Specials’ Ghost Town bass fetches thousands at auction – having been bought for just £200
Horace Panter used the Fender Precision to record The Specials’ timeless two-tone hit, and also featured in his supergroup, General Public
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The 15 Most Expensive Guitars Sold At Auction
Rock star guitars are fetching increasingly unprecedented figures at auction – these are the 15 most expensive instruments ever sold.
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“Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour’s Black Strat fetch $14.5m
On any other night, $6,907,000 for Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang and $11,560,000 for Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” would have been world records. But this wasn’t any other night…
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“People wanna assume the worst and say he’s some kind of dictator and forced me to do it. It was totally not like that”: Steve Di Giorgio sets the record straight on what it was like to sideman for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth
The Testament bassist has looked back on his experience recording on Megadeth’s 2022 release, The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
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Victory Amplification’s new PowerValve 200 brings “authentic valve response and tone to modern rigs”
Neural DSP, creator of the Quad Cortex, calls it “a seriously impressive piece of kit.”
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“Instead of firing me and getting somebody who could really play, he would throw me solos every night”: How John Mayer helped Doug Pettibone sharpen his pedal steel skills
When Pettibone’s pedal steel skills were exposed he feared the worst – but what Mayer did next surprised him
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Rivolta Mondata CC review: sets a new standard for what a mass-produced offshore guitar can be
Dennis Fano’s more affordable offshoot drops its most non-eccentric guitar yet – and in doing so might have made a modern classic
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“Left-handed necks of that era typically say ‘Custom’ or ‘Special’ because they were so seldom made and used”: What Kurt Cobain’s record-breaking 1969 ‘Competition’ Mustang tells us about Fender’s guitar building in the ’60s
The student-model Fender that ignited grunge on the worldwide stage just sold for $6,907,000 as part of the Jim Irsay Collection
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“I feel like I’ve been molded for this gig. Trent has been an influence on me from the beginning”: How new Nine Inch Nails bassist Stu Brooks went from pop royalty to one of rock’s most sonically adventurous gigs
Brooks had previously collaborated with musical giants like Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, Danny Elfman and Iggy Pop
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“Elevates one of Gibson’s most beloved modern designs”: Gibson revives and refreshes its Songwriter Recording Artist acoustic range
Two new models, with and without cutaways, blend vintage Gibson tones with a modern dreadnought shape and L.R. Baggs electronics for a best of both worlds approach
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“Inspired by the creativity, community, and chaos of the Seattle music scene”: Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready
Farewell to Seasons has been a two-decade labor of love from the Pearl Jam guitarist
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“It was the first production guitar with three pickups. Gibson only made 22 that year – one became the instrument T-Bone Walker used”: How the Gibson ES-5 paved the way for a new wave of electric blues (and maybe even the Strat, too)
In the vintage market, the big-box jazz guitars are less sought after but this pair of Gibson ES-5s are holy grails in anyone’s book – especially disciples of T-Bone Walker
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Dusty Hill’s sheepskin bass and an Eddie Van Halen stage-played Charvel: The guitars up for grabs in the second day of the Jim Irsay auction
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The auction also includes the bass used on Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain, and even Neal Schon’s Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe, used on Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’.
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David Gilmour’s Black Strat is the world’s most expensive guitar again – selling for a staggering $14,550,000
The Pink Floyd man’s most iconic guitar has more than doubled the previous record set in 2020.
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