World’s Most Expensive Guitars
18 items ranked
The Most Expensive Guitars ever Sold at Auction!
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1.
Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 Stratocaster (est. 2 million)
Complete with cigarette burns on the headstock and the famous Hendrix upside down stringing it was auctioned off in 1990 (rumor has it the buyer was Bill Gates)
39 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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George Harrison and John Lennon’s 1964 Gibson SG (570 k)
36 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
3.
Eric Clapton’s Blackie – Stratocaster hybrid (959 k)
Assembled by Clapton from 3 vintage Stratocasters into a single guitar which he used from 1970 - 1973
27 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
4.
George Harrisons Egmond “Firewood” (470 k)
15 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
5.
George Harrison’s Telecaster “Odyssey (434 k)
15 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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Eric Clapton’s “Brownie” Guitar (497 k)
13 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
7.
Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” Guitar (957 k)
At 13 1/2 pounds this guitar was a major part of Jerry's rich deep tone came from
11 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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Acoustic Guitar owned by David Bowie, Paul McCartney and George Michael (331 k
7 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
9.
Eric Clapton’s Gold Leaf Stratocaster (455 k)
6 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
10.
John Lennons Gallitone Champion (249 k)
4 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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Eric Clapton’s 1954 Fender Stratocaster (190 k)
4 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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Bob Marley’s Custom made Washburn 22 series Hawk (est. 1.2 – 2 million)
Classified as a national treasure in Jamaica
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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Eric Clapton’s C.F. Martin & Co., circa 1939 (792 k)
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
14.
1949 Fender Broadcaster prototype (375 k)
3 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
15.
Eric Clapton’s 1964 Gibson ES0335 TDC (847 k)
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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Jerry Garcia’s “Wolf” Guitar (789 k)
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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“Lenny” – Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1965 Fender Composite Stratocaster (623 k)
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
18.
Buddy Holly’s Gibson acoustic guitar made by Holly (242 k)
2 points - added 14 years ago by working-girl-usa -
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