Yes! A few years back we did a full run through the "vintage" room at HQ trying out a lot of these as we were prepping for the stadium tour with Def Lepp.
Absolutely beautiful collection and a real trip to play/hold so much history. As a guitar fan, of course the '59 LPs are an obvious drool highlight, but for my money, the real stunner of his collection is the number of beautiful Strats he acquired over the years. The other thing I so appreciate about Neal is he's a player's player. Everything he's bought, he's done so to PLAY, not lock in some vault and treat like a fragile gemstone like so many other collectors. They're instruments, he's a master of them, and he's made a ton of music with them.
I was thrilled Neal decided to put so many of these out into the world. The man KNOWS quality guitars like few others. Of course my most personal anecdote, which some here may have seen on Instagram, is that when I got married a few years back, Neal gave me one of his Les Paul's as a wedding gift. Truly one of the kindest guys in the business, and I cherish my work with him.
I was with him last month as well, as he was prepping for the auction. The display on Park Ave in NY had already gone up and excitement was building. Loved seeing the auction go over so well.
