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Tsunami disaster Stratocaster
A signed Fender Standard Series Stratocaster has become the world's most expensive guitar, fetching a massive $2.8 million at auction in Doha, Qatar. Auctioned to aid victims of the 2004 tsunami disaster, the guitar broke the previous record held by Eric Clapton's $959,500.00 black strat. Price: $2.8 million
Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein Replica
EVH Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein™ Replica Guitar. Eddie Van Halen (EVH) collaborates with Fender to make the EVH brand guitars. Only 300 of these limited edition guitars have been made. Price: $25,000
Gibson Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom
Gibson Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom VOS Signed by Jimmy Page . stunning “Black Beauty” with a slim-profile neck, Page BurstBucker pickups, gold Bigsby vibrato and an innovative six-position toggle that lets you isolate the neck and bridge pickups, or add the middle in any combination. Limited to 25 signed guitars. Price: $25,000
Greg Rich Gibson Art Guitars
Greg Rich Gibson Art Guitars. One of the few Greg Rich Gibson Art Guitars. Gibson sold this guitar direct for $39,000 back in 1989. Price: $39,000
PRS Private Stock 1333 10th Anniversary Custom 22
PRS Private Stock 1333 10th Anniversary Custom 22. This incredibly rare and special guitar is part of the run commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Private Stock program. These special guitars have some very exclusive features including very special, highly ornate inlays. Price: $23,000
Sigil of Baphomet
The guitar was designed based on the so-called Sigil of Baphomet. This beast has a mahogany, ebony and purpleheart body, EMG Pickups. Price: $10,000
PRS Double Neck Dragon
This was the most expensive production guitar in the world at £33,000 and not surprisingly the limited number of only 70 made have sold out already. Price: £33,000
Jimi Hendrix’s 1965 Burnt Fender Stratocaster
Jimi Hendrix’s 1965 Fender Stratocaster that was set ablaze at London’s Finsbury Astoria in 1967 during a concert. An American, Danny Boucher, bought Jimi Hendrix’s 1965 Fender Stratocaster, above, for nearly $500,000 at a London auction in 2008. Price: $500,000
The Gibson Citation was a top-of-the-line archtop guitar, introduced in 1969 and still available from the Gibson custom shop on special order. It featured figured maple back and sides and a carved maple or carved spruce top with a figured maple or mahogany neck; it usually was equipped with a gold-covered floating BJB pickup.
An early 1969 - 1971 model will range from about $15 000 to $20 000 depending on the condition.
Gibson Slash Aged and Signed Les Paul
Gibson produced a limited number of these guitars, reproducing the looks, tone and feel of his original guitar. Crafted from a Grade AAA maple top and non weight-relieved mahogany body (weighs 3500Grams or 7.6lbs), the Slash Appetite Les Paul is finished in nitrocellulose lacquer that replicates a beautifully faded vintage Les Paul Standard.
Signed by Slash himself, there are only 100 of these worldwide. Prices are around £10,000 ($15,000).