Bob Dylan Guitar Sold For Nearly Half A Million At Auction

Bob Dylan’s black 1965 Fender Telecaster owned by Robbie Robertson has sold through Julien’s Auctions for $490,000. The guitar, which Dylan played on his first electric tour, was stripped of its black finish, re-routed for a humbucker in the neck pickup position, and equipped with a Bigsby tremolo.More »

By on May 21, 2018

Bob Dylan’s black 1965 Fender Telecaster owned by Robbie Robertson has sold through Julien’s Auctions for $490,000. The guitar, which Dylan played on his first electric tour, was stripped of its black finish, re-routed for a humbucker in the neck pickup position, and equipped with a Bigsby tremolo. Dylan also played the guitar during the recording process of Blonde on Blonde before Robertson used it to record The Band’s albums Music From Big Pink and The Band. Robertson and Dylan also used the guitar during the recording of The Basement Tapes. The Music Icons auction also other guitars auctioned, including a 1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster owned by Elvis Presley, which had a winning bid of $115,200, a prototype of Kurt Cobain’s half-Jaguar/half-Mustang “Jagstang,” which sold for $93,750, and the remains of an Aria Pro II Cobain smashed at a Nirvana concert, which sold for $81,250. George Harrison’s first electric guitar, a Hofner Club 40, sold for $430,000. Copyright(c) 2018 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «

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