Nile Rodgers Guitar Auction

[tea for two]

What a nice touch to Not put his own name on the foundation.

Too many famous names, not matter how Humanitarian the cause, put their name on their foundation.

We are Family I got all my Sisters with me.... well not quite on this forum lol.

Ps. I think I can afford the same toothpaste as Nile, although it won't help my smile lol nor my guitar playing.

[Drew Stephenson]

I sometimes wonder if your guitar collection already contains a humbucker, a single coil and a P90, then nothing you buy will sound any different to anyone but you.

Well, assuming you mean a solid body, semi-hollow and hollow body version of each...

[Sam Spoons]

I sometimes wonder if your guitar collection already contains a humbucker, a single coil and a P90, then nothing you buy will sound any different to anyone but you.

Well, assuming you mean a solid body, semi-hollow and hollow body version of each...

I believe I've hit a happy medium (and I don't mean Doris Stokes in dope). I have a trad Strat, A P90 Strat and a '75 Les Paul. Then I need a couple of acoustics and have GA bodied 24 ¾" scale (Brian Eastwood Custom, 1981), a small bodied Emerald X7 Carbon Fibre job (24" scale) and a cheapo Dreadnaught. Then there's the Eastwood L5/ES175 Jazz box and my Rob Aylward Selmer Style Gypsy Jazz guitar. They all sound different and do different things, I could live without some of them but, thankfully, I don't have to. I don't feel any need to buy any more guitars and while I might buy a really nice dreadnaught (I have nothing for #1 son to inherit as he's left handed and a nice dread could easily be converted to work for a left hander) but I'd sell the cheap dread to make space.

[N i g e l]

What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?

[Dynamic Mike]

I sometimes wonder if your guitar collection already contains a humbucker, a single coil and a P90, then nothing you buy will sound any different to anyone but you.

Well, assuming you mean a solid body, semi-hollow and hollow body version of each...

Obviously that's what I meant. Also I assumed a trem/hardtail version of each, in differing scale lengths, with new/NOS/closet/relic versions as required.

But seriously, although they all feel & play differently, I'm not sure they sound as different (tonally) to other people listening to us as we'd like to think. I have no interest in synths & whilst I can hear whether it's a beepy/stringy/whoosy/whatever synth sound, they all sound pretty much the same to me. Why anyone needs more than one synth defeats me. Similarly I'm sure there are people who are equally unimpressed with miniscule tweaks to guitar tones, especially in the context of a mix.

[BWC]

Most people will never notice any of the details that we obsess over, but they do notice the sum of all that obsessive detail work.

[Arpangel]

What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?

Wouldn’t mind one of Robert Fripp's guitars, it would be useless to me, as I’m not a guitarist, but I would use it as a magical tool, to invoke inspiration.

[Sam Spoons]

What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?

Wouldn’t mind one of Robert Fripp's guitars, it would be useless to me, as I’m not a guitarist, but I would use it as a magical tool, to invoke inspiration.

Once upon a time I would have chosen Eric's Blackie, or David Gilmour's Black Strat (still two of my favourite guitarists) but now it would be Django's Selmer.

[Drew Stephenson]

But seriously, although they all feel & play differently, I'm not sure they sound as different (tonally) to other people listening to us as we'd like to think. I have no interest in synths & whilst I can hear whether it's a beepy/stringy/whoosy/whatever synth sound, they all sound pretty much the same to me. Why anyone needs more than one synth defeats me. Similarly I'm sure there are people who are equally unimpressed with miniscule tweaks to guitar tones, especially in the context of a mix.

For once we're in complete agreement!

[tea for two]

Could it have some thing to do with

as the creative juices start drying up we start looking for anything that could perhaps maybe get those juices flowing again even a little flow.

On a wing and a prayer we start purchasing this and that Guitar, Synth, that does this thing different or has this different feel, even if it is a little different.

After several years we just realise aaaarrrggghh who was I kidding. I'm just a dried up prune lol.

[Arpangel]

I’d love Joe Zawinul's ARP2600, but somehow, I don’t think it would literally, improve my music, again, I could feel it, and hopefully get a few vibes from it.

[Wonks]

I'm just a dried up prune lol.

Tautology, dear boy. Prunes are dried plums, so by definition, a prune is already dried-up.

Now, if you'd have said a 'dried-up grape', you'd have a raison to be cheerful.

[tea for two]

I'm just a dried up prune lol.

Tautology, dear boy. Prunes are dried plums, so by definition, a prune is already dried-up.

Now, if you'd have said a 'dried-up grape', you'd have a raison to be cheerful.

Lol facepalm. Plum wood guitar??

[Freelance Subversive]

What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?

Wouldn’t mind one of Robert Fripp's guitars, it would be useless to me, as I’m not a guitarist, but I would use it as a magical tool, to invoke inspiration.

Once upon a time I would have chosen Eric's Blackie, or David Gilmour's Black Strat (still two of my favourite guitarists) but now it would be Django's Selmer.

I played Gilmour’s Black Strat when it was on display here and have to admit it did nothing for me: no sense of occasion or history; no magical, loin-tingling ‘mojo’. It just felt like a parts-caster and not even in the form it took when played on my favourite recordings. My wife said I’d regret not playing it and simply refuses to believe otherwise — in fact, I preferred the CS models on display. Suffice it to say: never meet your heroes...or play their instruments.

On the other hand, Django’s Selmer…

[groovelator]

fyi the auction finished today. Looks like it was a great success! Interestingly pretty much everything went well over the asking price apart from the consoles... and the banjo. Make of that what you will!

[Arpangel]

fyi the auction finished today. Looks like it was a great success! Interestingly pretty much everything went well over the asking price apart from the consoles... and the banjo. Make of that what you will!

If the consoles didn’t go, I’ll take the Neve, I won’t even charge them to pick it up.

[N i g e l]

The star of the show :

FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CIRCA 1957
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER
Price realised USD 150,000
Estimate
USD 30,000 - USD 40,000

The Roland G707 was quite reasonable by comparison at $2000,
Estimate USD 1500 - USD 2500

[N i g e l]

Ah - that includes the buyers premium !

Cost Calculator

Below is the estimated cost based on the bid
bidUSD 120,000.00

Estimated Buyer's PremiumUSD 30,000.00

Estimated cost exclusive of duties

USD 150,000.00