The Whitesnake guitars are probably the centrepiece, but most of these guitars have featured on a stage or in a studio at some point in my career. Everything listed has been used either on the road or in the studio by myself. In recent years, I have had the time to realise that I have a LOT of now rarely used quality equipment. All used, some possibly abused, loved, lost, recovered, bought on an impulse, a whim or simply desired at the time. But, there comes a time in life when you need to properly assess and re-evaluate those items. About the sale, Bernie said: “Being a professional musician for over 50 years now has led me to acquire all kinds of music gear and memorabilia. Each guitar features in his guitar collection book “Tales of Tone and Volume” where they all have a unique and often fun anecdotal story. The selection on offer, that have all been used by Bernie on stage or in the studio in some capacity, varies from several of his iconic Whitesnake era Gibson’s, to a 1988 Squier Stratocaster that he used to record 90% of his “Stacks” solo album. With a currently buoyant market, we would expect to see figures in the region of Dave Davies’ that was sold by auction a few years ago, especially as this guitar has its equally rare original plush lined case.”Īlso featuring in the auction is twenty-seven guitars from the Bernie Marsden Collection. One of the “Holy Grail” guitars for collectors. Department head and auctioneer Luke Hobbs said: “This is such a rare and iconic instrument. In 2019, Dave Davies’ 1958 Gibson Flying V sold at auction for $162,500 (inc. In 1990, the guitar was photographed to feature across pages 86-87 in Tony Bacon’s ‘Ultimate Guitar Book’. It was subsequently imported into the UK by a collector in 1989 before finding its way to the current owner who is based on the outskirts of London. In the late 1980s the guitar was sold to the American Guitar Center in Washington. Here are all of Johnny Winter albums ranked.This guitar was originally shipped on the 30th April 1958 to the ‘Thomas Piano Co’ of Newport News, Virginia, USA. In 1968, he released his first album The Progressive Blues Experiment, on Austin’s Sonobeat Records. In the early days, Winter would sometimes sit in with Roy Head and the Traits when they performed in the Beaumont area, and in 1967, Winter recorded a single with the Traits: “Tramp” backed with “Parchman Farm” (Universal Records 30496). During this same period, he was able to see performances by classic blues artists such as Muddy Waters, B.B. His recording career began at the age of fifteen when his band Johnny and the Jammers released “School Day Blues” on a Houston record label. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. Best known for his high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. John Dawson Winter III (Febru– July 16, 2014), known as Johnny Winter, was an American blues singer and guitarist.
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