Guitars

[Undertoad]

Ladies and gentlemen... the beetles!

[xoxoxoBruce]

When you're hot, you're hot...

[xoxoxoBruce]

This must be for a special occasion, too hard to maintain and a lawsuit waiting to happen.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by glatt

...shellac...

Originally Posted by Undertoad

... the beetles!

I see what you did there.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Watch out for that devil music, if you find it please let me know where.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I was amazed how many guitars are on Amazon.

[Carruthers]

I'm a stranger in these parts so please don't tell me to get off your land.

However, earlier this month a guitar was brought in for valuation on the Antiques Road Show and I thought that the story might be of interest to the assembled throng.

Guitar once owned by The Beatles valued at £400,000 on Antiques Roadshow

The guitar is now owned by a man who once worked with George Harrison.

A guitar that once belonged to Beatles members John Lennon and George Harrison received a valuation of up to £400,000 on BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow.

The instrument is unique in that it doesn’t have any frets, making it more challenging to play than a regular guitar.

The current owner, Ray, recalled that even Beatles guitarist George Harrison couldn’t get along with its unconventional design.

“You’re definitely getting more out of it than I am. It’s doing better for you, why don’t you have it,” he reportedly told Ray, who was then recording sessions for a film company that Harrison co-founded.

Little did he know that several decades later it would be worth a small fortune, with Antiques Roadshow expert Jon Baddeley giving it a staggering estimate between £300,000 and £400,000.

He explained: “To a guitar collector, it’s initially a very rare guitar.

Then to somebody who’s a Beatles fan, to own a guitar that was once owned by both John Lennon and George Harrison, can you get a better history? Two of the most important rock stars of the 20th Century.”

Nonetheless, Ray expressed no intention to sell the cherished item which he said he still plays regularly to this day.

The episode was filmed at Battle Abbey in Sussex, which was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings.

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There's a four minute clip of the appraisal in the link below.

As such I don't think it will fall foul of the copyright rules that prevent complete programmes being viewable outside the UK.

Anyway, I hope that there is something of interest to you guitar aficionados and I'll now get off your land.

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PS £1 = $1.19 as of this morning.

[lumberjim]

Yah, maybe just paint the whammy bar on..

[lumberjim]

I wanna see the rest

[Griff]

Gotta leave something to the imagination.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'd love to see it too, but I've searched and searched without success.
But I did find some Wylde designs...


And some scary designs, one with Bieber's face made me jump



Of course once the shop is set up you can make lots of things...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Watch the buckle...

[xoxoxoBruce]

You can buy this one, or copy it, or copy some of it, or reject it, because this is the land of the free where you can do any damn thing you want... unless somebody is offended.

[Gravdigr]

I think they coulda got one more pick up in there.

Somewhere.

Somehow.

It had to cost 10 grand in order to pay all the licensing.

[xoxoxoBruce]

And the tach only goes to 8, should be 11.