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Yesterday 9:02:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: skink][Edited]
David Gilmour's black Stratocaster has reached the highest value of any guitar currently out there.
The World's Most Expensive Guitar: See it Auctioned! ????



- jokes about launching Mexican kids into space are probably over the line -
Yesterday 9:35:30 PM EDT
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I’m not sure you can say that anymore
Yesterday 9:42:33 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By _Matt_:
I’m not sure you can say that anymore
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“America is a whorehouse where the revolutionary ideals of your forefathers are corrupted and sold in alleys by vendors of capitalism.”
Yesterday 9:45:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By _Matt_:
I’m not sure you can say that anymore
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Its a shame its just gonna be a commodity being auctioned from collector to collector now.  Probably won't have another note played on it.
When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic.
Yesterday 9:53:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LongTrang][Edited] [#4]
OP …… Blackie is Clapton’s Strat.  Gilmour’s is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.
Yesterday 9:57:13 PM EDT
[#5]
Damn! Why didn't someone tell me BEFORE the auction?!  




"Peace is that brief glorious moment in time when everyone stands around, and wise men are reloading."
-Somebody that's been there.
Yesterday 9:57:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: byron2112][Edited] [#6]
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Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP …… Blackie is Clapton’s Strat.  Gilmour’s is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.
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No I think you're mistaken, Pink Floyd's guitarist name is Happy Gilmore, David is his stage name..
Yesterday 10:01:13 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By byron2112:

No I think you're mistaken, Pink Floyd's guitarist name is Happy Gilmore, David is his stage name..
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Originally Posted By byron2112:
Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP …… Blackie is Clapton’s Strat.  Gilmour’s is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.

No I think you're mistaken, Pink Floyd's guitarist name is Happy Gilmore, David is his stage name..


Yesterday 10:05:55 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP    Blackie is Clapton's Strat.  Gilmour's is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.
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Maybe it's Happy's Strat!
Yesterday 10:10:31 PM EDT
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Panem et Circenses

I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. - Churchill
Yesterday 10:22:09 PM EDT
[#10]
how old is that video?
Yesterday 10:30:21 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By byron2112:

No I think you're mistaken, Pink Floyd's guitarist name is Happy Gilmore, David is his stage name..
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Originally Posted By byron2112:
Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP …… Blackie is Clapton’s Strat.  Gilmour’s is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.

No I think you're mistaken, Pink Floyd's guitarist name is Happy Gilmore, David is his stage name..


But his nickname is Darkie
Yesterday 10:44:56 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP    Blackie is Clapton's Strat.  Gilmour's is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.
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Fixed. I'm more of a EC fan, but I should have caught that.
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Yesterday 10:46:10 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By pale_pony:
how old is that video?
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Four days old.
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Yesterday 10:46:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By pale_pony:
how old is that video?
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March of this year.

The hammer price was $12,100,000, the buyer's premium was $2,450,000.
Yesterday 10:46:58 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By skink:
Fixed. I'm more of a EC fan, but I should have caught that.
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Originally Posted By skink:
Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP    Blackie is Clapton's Strat.  Gilmour's is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.
Fixed. I'm more of a EC fan, but I should have caught that.





Yesterday 10:47:29 PM EDT
[#16]
Which ones Pink?
Yesterday 10:49:03 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By byron2112:

No I think you're mistaken, Pink Floyd's guitarist name is Happy Gilmore, David is his stage name..
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Yeah you should see him blast a bowling ball off a gulf tee
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
Yesterday 10:49:50 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By osprey21:
March of this year.

The hammer price was $12,100,000, the buyer's premium was $2,450,000.
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Not bad for a partscaster.  

Shit, even Blackie is a partscaster.
Yesterday 10:50:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CastleBravo91][Edited] [#19]
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Which ones Pink?
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You would ask that question, Mr.RecordCompanyExecutiveMan!!!

ETW: why the hell did that turn into a link?
For your pleasure or your pain, society is a game.
Yesterday 10:50:50 PM EDT
[#20]
As a poor, I know that I couldn't spend $3k on any guitar.  Bless those who can.
Yesterday 10:53:26 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Boognish:
Which ones Pink?
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I'd rather have one of Deaner's guitars.
Yesterday 10:58:52 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Taboot:
I'd rather have one of Deaner's guitars.
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Originally Posted By Taboot:
Originally Posted By Boognish:
Which ones Pink?
I'd rather have one of Deaner's guitars.


.  Same.  I might actually be able to afford one some day.  I’ll take the red strat.  However I’m a lefty so wouldn’t be able to play it.
Today 4:33:08 PM EDT
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Who's Deaner?
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Today 4:47:22 PM EDT
[#24]
I would rather have Jimmy’s “black beauty”
Today 4:53:35 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By LongTrang:
OP …… Blackie is Clapton’s Strat.  Gilmour’s is referred to as the Black Strat.  Your headline sucks.

ETA: His name is spelled Gilmour.  Not Gilmore.
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Not to be confused with "Brownie".

Today 4:54:56 PM EDT
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I would rather have Jimmy’s “black beauty”
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I was about to say he would too, but he got it back in 2015. Frampton got his back too..
Today 5:04:19 PM EDT
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I would rather have Jimmy’s “black beauty”
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Pretty cool story, though I can't vouch for the details. I had no idea.

Jimmy Page and the long lost Black Beauty
Je suis prest
Today 5:08:21 PM EDT
[#28]
I wonder what ever became of Syd’s Telecaster with the round mirrors glued on it?
Today 5:10:05 PM EDT
[#29]
Fun Fact:

Appreciated assets donated to a legitimate charity are deductible to the full selling price with no capital gains tax.

In other words, $500 guitar Appreciates to $12m he gets a $11,995,500 deduction.  It probably saved him $4-$5million in taxes.
Today 5:40:29 PM EDT
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The Irsay girls made a pile of dough selling daddy’s collection!!!!

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