I guess this is an appropriate post of #Straturday. I do not own a Stratocaster myself, but it has been the guitar of choice for a lot of top players. One of those is David Gilmour who just sold a load of his guitars to raise money for the ClimateEarth charity. The most iconic of these is his black Strat that he has had since 1970. There were estimates of it selling for up to $150k, but it went for nearly $4million!. That is a record and you have to wonder who paid that. There are plenty of billionaires who would want it for their collections. Paul Allen of Microsoft paid $1.3million for the Strat Hendrix played at Woodstock.
I had my own close encounter with this guitar at the #PinkFloyd exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum a couple of years ago. Here's an old video where he talks about it.
He told Rolling Stone he could let it go as it would really help the sale and it certainly did. The collection raised about $21million. I think this beat a previous record when Eric Clapton sold his collection to raise funds for his drug clinic. This is an old video where he talks about the guitar.
I am sure Mr Gilmour still has plenty of guitars to play. He has had replicas of the Strat made that he uses on stage and he plays plenty of others too. One of my guitarist friends has a Stratocaster that he has modified to be like Gilmour's and he does play some Pink Floyd on it. You can get some of the classic sound, but so much depends on the player.
I do find it a little crazy that what is basically a musical tool can be valued so highly, but this is what happens when you have seriously rich people who want to own something really exclusive. About the closest I am likely to get is if I buy a pick that was used by a famous player and I have yet to do that. I might consider it if I see one available to buy from a player I admire. My pick collection is made up of regular picks that I have acquired from various places and I just like the variety. As my signature says I am still interested in getting more and will pay Steem to cover costs.
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