The Black Strat is up for Sale!

Barnezy

https://www.christies.com/features/David-Gilmour-legendary-Black-Strat-comes-to-auction-9637-3.aspx

Estimate is only $100-150k. Has to be one of the most iconic guitars ever. Surely 3-4x this is more realistic. 

tone1

10 x I reckon 

mart

But it’s not a Fender, right? The neck was made by Charvel iirc, and it has a Fender decal, so it’s technically a fake and cannot be sold legally in the uk. 

So so I’ll give him £10 for it, and say no more about it.

sweepy

I think it’ll nudge 7 figures quite easily 

Sassafras

Is he famous then?

meltedbuzzbox

Sassafras said:

Is he famous then?

Charvel? Not really

Freebird

I'd rather take the £1450 Baja Tele, at least Fender means Fender on that one.

skullfunkerry

mart said:

But it’s not a Fender, right? The neck was made by Charvel iirc, and it has a Fender decal, so it’s technically a fake and cannot be sold legally in the uk. 

So so I’ll give him £10 for it, and say no more about it.

But if Fender own Charvel, then technically is it still a fake?

DrJazzTap

As this is a fake he cant sell it on the fretboard.

Freebird

DrJazzTap said:

As this is a fake he cant sell it on the fretboard.

The bedroom flippers will be annoyed.

Fretwired

mart said:

But it’s not a Fender, right? The neck was made by Charvel iirc, and it has a Fender decal, so it’s technically a fake and cannot be sold legally in the uk. 

So so I’ll give him £10 for it, and say no more about it.

I have the book about the guitar - it says the Charvel neck was replaced by a Fender '57 maple neck in the 1990s which was replaced by another '57 C-shaped neck from one of Gilmour's other Fender Stats around 2005.

Whitecat

Any trades? Have a BC Rich something or other and a “really super nice” lime green Ibanez with a Wizard neck that I think would make a great swap. Signed, every eBay user ever. 

Grumpyrocker

Didn't we do this a few weeks ago?

Paul_C

I like that the b/w picture of Gilmour playing it shows a neck with a rosewood fingerboard. . .

Strat54

ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz.....

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/148956/gilmours-black-strat-to-be-auctioned#latest

Barnezy

Fretwired said:

mart said:

But it’s not a Fender, right? The neck was made by Charvel iirc, and it has a Fender decal, so it’s technically a fake and cannot be sold legally in the uk. 

So so I’ll give him £10 for it, and say no more about it.

I have the book about the guitar - it says the Charvel neck was replaced by a Fender '57 maple neck in the 1990s which was replaced by another '57 C-shaped neck from one of Gilmour's other Fender Stats around 2005.

It’s worse than Trigger’s broom. 

https://youtu.be/LAh8HryVaeY

So it’s actually not the same guitar that was used for any notable Pink Floyd album in that case. 

Just goes to show that the myth of the perfect guitar is bull. It’s just a combination of parts that are interchangeable as and when. 

sweepy

The body is original though

Barnezy

sweepy said:

The body is original though

Well yes and no. He did have a large section cut out for a floyd rose and then filled back in. The story of the purchase is his tele was lost on a flight, so he went and bought a guitar from the nearest shop. Hardly a story of an endless search for “the” guitar. 

SNAKEBITE

Grumpyrocker said:

Didn't we do this a few weeks ago?

It's what we do here, haven't you realised yet!

sweepy

Barnezy said:

sweepy said:

The body is original though

Well yes and no. He did have a large section cut out for a floyd rose and then filled back in. The story of the purchase is his tele was lost on a flight, so he went and bought a guitar from the nearest shop. Hardly a story of an endless search for “the” guitar. 

Nitpicking I know but it was a Kahler

mart

sweepy said:

Barnezy said:

sweepy said:

The body is original though

Well yes and no. He did have a large section cut out for a floyd rose and then filled back in. The story of the purchase is his tele was lost on a flight, so he went and bought a guitar from the nearest shop. Hardly a story of an endless search for “the” guitar. 

Nitpicking I know but it was a Kahler

It’s an easy mistake to make, since Rosé Floyd was the original name for the band.