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Another famous guitar on eBay
Submitted by imaginary dana on April 5, 2007.
In case you weren't able to get your hands on David Gedge's guitar a few weeks back, we've found another one for ya: own the guitar The Edge used to record "New Years Day." No big whoop.
Bidding opens at a measly $30,000. A small price to pay for a piece of musical history. The Edge himself writes...
"I bought this guitar down on 49th street in New York city in 1982. It was the third guitar I ever bought, after my Explorer and my black Strat. I wanted that Steve Jones "Never mind the bollox" sound, so I got the same guitar right down to the colour. I never could get that sound, but I found a bunch of songs in this instrument, and have used it extensively ever since, on tour and in the studio. There are many of photographs out there of me playing this Les Paul. One I happened to notice is in our recent book "U2 by U2" on page 224. I'm in the control room of the original windmill lane studio with Brian Eno, probably adding the final touch to a song from the "Achtung Baby" record, which we mixed there. I will miss this one, not for sentimental reasons but because it's my New Years Day guitar."
What are you waiting for? Place your bid!
imaginary dana said on April 5, 2007:
Maybe whoever bought it could earn back some of the £989.99 s/he paid for it by allowing peeps to pose with it for photo opps?
imaginary liz said on April 5, 2007:
I sense a holiday card photo moment coming on...
I could use the Perez Hilton paintbrush technique and write something like:
Me with David Gedge's Guitar that he played on his American Wedding Present and Cinerama tours since 1992
Is that too much info? Or perhaps I could just put:
Me + David Gedge's guitar
4 Realz!
The aunts and uncles will love that, right?
imaginary liz said on April 5, 2007:
I'm not sure who cares enough to go after a $30,000 guitar played by The Edge... but I would like to find the person who won David Gedge's guitar.
Dear Person Who Won David Gedge's Guitar:
Can I borrow it? Just for a couple hours?