Black Strat on the auction block

Ironic thing about that guitar is that if many a typical internet guitar forum buyer, aka TGP’r, got a guitar like that they’d throw a fit and start a thread about how much is “wrong” with it....

Non-original neck, non original pickguard, pickups, poorly patched body, etc etc. They’d totally want a refund from EBay or Reverb over it!

Yet, because same guitar belonged to DG, it’s worth a few million lol.....

So weird right ?

I dent my guitar, wear down my frets, swap tuners etc and I’ve got a worthless partscaster.... DG, SRV etc wear out a guitar and it becomes priceless and unique ?
 
Guitars are tools, to be used and customized to one's liking. Not placing up no a wall.

And if they are used they will get scratches and dings.
 
Looks like it has potential. Add some locking tuners, a graphite nut, flatten the fingerboard, install stainless frets, noiseless pickups and touch up the paint!

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Owner of the Indianapolis Colts bought it along with the Wish You Were Here acoustic guitar and the guitar case for the black strat. Shelled out over $5 million.
 
I bid the black strat up to 3.95 mill but then remembered I already have a strat.

The bloke from Christies who put up those 'expected prices' needs to brush up his act.
 
bishop5150 said:
Owner of the Indianapolis Colts bought it along with the Wish You Were Here acoustic guitar and the guitar case for the black strat. Shelled out over $5 million.
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Now that I think about it, that’s not surprising Irsay has a history of grabbing unique instruments.

Now the question becomes what becomes the next sought after star guitars at auction.

Framptons les paul?

Or what iconic guitar would go highest:

SRV no 1
EVH Frankenstein
Jimmy page 1275 or no 2 LP.
McCartney Hofner bass.

Any of those might give the black strat a run for the Money, and Irsay would be all over any of them.
 
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