$72,000
Fender Stratocaster Vintage '57 reissue, serial number V010612, cream finish, 3-ply pick guard. Also present a David Gilmour guitar pick and guitar strings. Information provided by David Gilmour's personal company DAVID GILMOUR MUSIC LTD: It was purchased by David Gilmour from Arbiters the UK Fender distributor and fitted with a short tremolo arm and later with a set of EMG SA pickups and SPC / EXG tone boost circuits. It is one of six vintage Stratocasters purchased in the mid eighties by David and was customised and set up to his personal specifications. This guitar is known as Cream no.2 - played on occasion and mainly used as a backup for Cream no.1 The guitar was taken on the Pink Floyd ' A Momentary Lapse of Reason' tours 1987, 1988, 1989 and at 'Knebwortth' in 1990. Next Loaned to Fender for an exhibition in the USA in December 1993 then back for Pink Floyd 'The Division Bell' tour in 1994. Loaned to EMI in 1997 for their Music 100 exhibition. Categories:
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2008-05-31
