Robbie Robertson Signature Strat.......wow!

usedtobe · December 2016

I'll have to make do with the Robbie Robertson signature microphone, I reckon..

Strat54 · December 2016

Mind you not as expensive as @guitars4you 's Tyler....'Priced at £17499 and that includes the deluxe hard shell case – I’ve even obtained a copy of the spec sheet from Tyler to go with it'

shaunm · December 2016

Is Robbie Robertson a big draw in the guitar world?

JezWynd · December 2016

shaunm said:

Is Robbie Robertson a big draw in the guitar world?

Big in the usa. There's the Band/Dylan link plus soundtracking for Scorsese.

Sassafras · December 2016

shaunm said:

Is Robbie Robertson a big draw in the guitar world?

Maybe not in the guitar world but certainly in the music world.

horse · December 2016

These are obviously only produced for mega-rich fanatic guitar collectors or fans of The Band, so the price is fairly irrelevant really for the rest of us.

I like The Band, and some of his solo work, but never really get wowed by his guitar playing tbh

iain.reverb · December 2016

shaunm said:

Is Robbie Robertson a big draw in the guitar world?

Yeah this is what I was thinking. The only fan of the Band I know is my dad, so it probably makes sense that they are targeting guys his age. Mortgage paid off, kids left home/out of education, decent pension etc etc. I know Fender have mistimed the introduction of top end artist signatures before, outside of your perennial SRV EC etc etc, I remember the poor sales of the Andy Summer CS tele were put down to the target demographic being that bit younger than your usual Custom Shop Customer and therefore having more outside pressure on their finances. At one point Fender were bundling them in free if you bought enough CS guitars from them !

guitars4you · December 2016

Strat54 said:

Mind you not as expensive as @guitars4you 's Tyler....'Priced at £17499 and that includes the deluxe hard shell case – I’ve even obtained a copy of the spec sheet from Tyler to go with it'

eagle eyed - I could not even find the error at first - must be the spec sheet that makes it worth so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks - edit now applied

jacksparrow · December 2016

you would have to be crazy to pay that kind of money for a strat.

your talking vintage gibson money.

Octafish · December 2016

Would be interesting to see how much one of these is worth 2nd hand in a year or twos time, presumably a bit less than £13000?

Fretwired · December 2016

Lovely guitar - shame it won't be played in anger.

downbytheriver · January 2017

Given that The Last Waltz completely reshaped my musical taste, dragging me out of the last clutches of glam and thrusting me into what would now be called Americana (and blues) and has essentially remained unchanged in the 40 years since, I would absolutely love that guitar. Shame Fender didn't realise that their target market has no money....

Neil · January 2017

downbytheriver said:

Given that The Last Waltz completely reshaped my musical taste, dragging me out of the last clutches of glam and thrusting me into what would now be called Americana (and blues) and has essentially remained unchanged in the 40 years since, I would absolutely love that guitar. Shame Fender didn't realise that their target market has no money....

Plenty of their target audience has a good deal of money and £17k for something they wanted would be a drop in the ocean TBH.

In the watch collectors realm which many inhabit that money would be small fry.

koneguitarist · January 2017

The Last Walzt was such an influence on me, despite not seeing it for years and years after.
I bout the Cassette tapes when they came out in early 80's I think. And was just knocked out about the whole emphasis being on song not a solo.
Some of the songs have no real solo, yet his authority is stamped all over it. Yet when he wants to let rip he can certainly tear it up as Clapton seen when his guitar came off his strap and Robbie took the solo!

koneguitarist · January 2017

downbytheriver · January 2017

Neil said:

downbytheriver said:

Shame Fender didn't realise that their target market has no money....

Plenty of their target audience has a good deal of money and £17k for something they wanted would be a drop in the ocean TBH.

Yeah but I was referring specifically to myself!

richardhomer · January 2017

koneguitarist said:

I haven't seen that for years! Absolutely love it. Both play brilliantly on it.

Sassafras · January 2017

Not a bronze Strat in sight on that video.
I saw the Band a couple of times in the 70s and he was playing a Tele both times.
Brilliant live band.

SteveRobinson · January 2017

Rowby1 said:

Dipped in molten bronze apparently!

I'd like to see that.

The melting point of bronze varies depending on the ratio of the alloy components and is about 950 °C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze#Properties

Every material has an ‘autoignition point’ – the temperature at which it will spontaneously ignite without any external source of ignition. With wood, the autoignition point is 300ºC. As soon as wood is heated to this temperature, it starts to release hydrocarbons. These then react with the oxygen in the air and ignite the wood.
http://www.wonderpediamagazine.co.uk/science/what-temperature-does-wood-burn

Maybe if you dipped it very quickly?

dindude · January 2017

Cool looking guitar but I can't get my head around the price. How shall we split the costs, let's say 3k for the neck, hardware, electrics and set-up, leaving £10k for the guitar body? Just doesn't work on any level.
Still, if there is a market then fair play to Fender, it's probably what helps keep them alive these days, selling 40 of these guitars is probably the equivalent profit-wise to selling 4000 Afinity Strats.

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