Who has set there Guitar on Fire?
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Zhangliqun
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Re: Who has set there Guitar on Fire?
I've been told I did it a couple of times. Figuratively, of course...
I've been told I did it a couple of times. Figuratively, of course...
Nightrunner
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Re: Who has set there Guitar on Fire?
Ahhh... ya stole my idea...
But seriously--Lighting a guitar on fire seems a lot like smashing it on stage & I always found that practice sickening. :eek13:
--Nightrunner
Mr Wolf said:
Ahhh... ya stole my idea...
But seriously--Lighting a guitar on fire seems a lot like smashing it on stage & I always found that practice sickening. :eek13:
--Nightrunner
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Re: Who has set there Guitar on Fire?
:needpics:Zerberus said:Exactly.. I´ve done Dye over lightly charred wood before and it can look totally badass when done correctly
wickedmartini
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Re: Who has set there Guitar on Fire?
Just buy this one:
http://fender.demonweb.co.uk/fenderfiles/TenStratocasterGuitarsToDieFor.asp
The Hendrix/Zappa Strat
Our last Strat® has the distinction of having been owned, not by one famous guitarist, but THREE!
Jimi Hendrix
Without doubt, one of the most infamous Stratocaster® guitars of all time, this axe was acquired by Jimi Hendrix in 1965, but was not played until 1968, when Hendrix put it through its paces at the Miami Pop Festival. During the electrifying performance, Jimi burned the guitar and left it onstage for one of his roadies to clean up. The Roadie handed the smouldering remains to guitarist Frank Zappa, who was with his group, The Mothers Of Invention at the time.
Frank Zappa
Zappa said in 1977, "I had it hanging on the wall in my basement for years until last year when I gave it to Rex (Bogue, Zappa's guitar technician) and said, 'Put this sucker back together,' because it was all tore up. The neck was cracked off, the body was all fired, and the pickups were blistered and bubbled. That's the one that's got the Barcus-Berry in the neck. A lot of people thought I had Hendrix' guitar from Monterey, but it was from Miami; the one at Monterey was white, and this one is sunburst... I don't even have a vibrato arm on the Hendrix Strat®."
The guitar was used on the classic Frank Zappa album Zoot Allures in 1976. Although the original neck was missing (the original is thought to be owned by L.A guitarist, Bobby Robles.), the guitar's body had a stamp on the inside heel cavity, which read "'2NOV63B", dating it from February 1963. Zappa modified this one-time sunburst Strat by putting in a parametric EQ with a 20 DB boost.
Dweezil Zappa
During the eighties, the guitar vanished and was not seen again until some time after Frank Zappa's death in 1991. His son Dweezil recalls, ""We'd lost track of it in the house, but I found it one day under a staircase leading to The Lab, a room where my Dad would fix all his instruments.
Dweezil, who is now an accomplished guitarist in his own right and owns the guitar, said in 2002, "Guitarists touch it and the hair on their arms stands up. It has sense of history." He went on to say that he'd like to sell this charred piece of rock lore for the right price. "I think $1 million would be about right,"
In the summer of 2001, Dweezil lent the guitar to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles for their "Cars & Guitars of Rock 'n' Roll" exhibition (along with Zappa Senior's Aston Martin sports car).
More Modifications
The guitar was recently modified. A Custom Shop neck made by Fender® Custom Shop Master Builder, Jay Black with a special serial number of D.Z.91. All the original hardware and electronics were either lost or destroyed, so Dweezil fitted a Standard Fender® vibrato system, pickups, electronics and Sperzel locking tuners. The body has an extra rout at the back for Frank Zappa's twin 9v batteries
Strat® for Sale, Asking Price: $1 Million
In May 2002, Dweezil finally put the guitar up for auction in the U.S, hoping it would fetch a cool million dollars, but it failed to sell.
It was put up for auction again in September of the same year, this time at the Cooper Owen auction house in London. Dweezil lowered the asking price to £450,000 (765,000 Euros), but once again the guitar failed to sell. The highest offer was a telephone bid of £300,000 (510,000 Euros), which was refused by Dweezil.
Just buy this one:
http://fender.demonweb.co.uk/fenderfiles/TenStratocasterGuitarsToDieFor.asp
The Hendrix/Zappa Strat
Our last Strat® has the distinction of having been owned, not by one famous guitarist, but THREE!
Jimi Hendrix
Without doubt, one of the most infamous Stratocaster® guitars of all time, this axe was acquired by Jimi Hendrix in 1965, but was not played until 1968, when Hendrix put it through its paces at the Miami Pop Festival. During the electrifying performance, Jimi burned the guitar and left it onstage for one of his roadies to clean up. The Roadie handed the smouldering remains to guitarist Frank Zappa, who was with his group, The Mothers Of Invention at the time.
Frank Zappa
Zappa said in 1977, "I had it hanging on the wall in my basement for years until last year when I gave it to Rex (Bogue, Zappa's guitar technician) and said, 'Put this sucker back together,' because it was all tore up. The neck was cracked off, the body was all fired, and the pickups were blistered and bubbled. That's the one that's got the Barcus-Berry in the neck. A lot of people thought I had Hendrix' guitar from Monterey, but it was from Miami; the one at Monterey was white, and this one is sunburst... I don't even have a vibrato arm on the Hendrix Strat®."
The guitar was used on the classic Frank Zappa album Zoot Allures in 1976. Although the original neck was missing (the original is thought to be owned by L.A guitarist, Bobby Robles.), the guitar's body had a stamp on the inside heel cavity, which read "'2NOV63B", dating it from February 1963. Zappa modified this one-time sunburst Strat by putting in a parametric EQ with a 20 DB boost.
Dweezil Zappa
During the eighties, the guitar vanished and was not seen again until some time after Frank Zappa's death in 1991. His son Dweezil recalls, ""We'd lost track of it in the house, but I found it one day under a staircase leading to The Lab, a room where my Dad would fix all his instruments.
Dweezil, who is now an accomplished guitarist in his own right and owns the guitar, said in 2002, "Guitarists touch it and the hair on their arms stands up. It has sense of history." He went on to say that he'd like to sell this charred piece of rock lore for the right price. "I think $1 million would be about right,"
In the summer of 2001, Dweezil lent the guitar to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles for their "Cars & Guitars of Rock 'n' Roll" exhibition (along with Zappa Senior's Aston Martin sports car).
More Modifications
The guitar was recently modified. A Custom Shop neck made by Fender® Custom Shop Master Builder, Jay Black with a special serial number of D.Z.91. All the original hardware and electronics were either lost or destroyed, so Dweezil fitted a Standard Fender® vibrato system, pickups, electronics and Sperzel locking tuners. The body has an extra rout at the back for Frank Zappa's twin 9v batteries
Strat® for Sale, Asking Price: $1 Million
In May 2002, Dweezil finally put the guitar up for auction in the U.S, hoping it would fetch a cool million dollars, but it failed to sell.
It was put up for auction again in September of the same year, this time at the Cooper Owen auction house in London. Dweezil lowered the asking price to £450,000 (765,000 Euros), but once again the guitar failed to sell. The highest offer was a telephone bid of £300,000 (510,000 Euros), which was refused by Dweezil.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Who has set there Guitar on Fire?
None available of my own work, but here´s an idea...
http://www.jem7bsb.com/
LSP said:
None available of my own work, but here´s an idea...
http://www.jem7bsb.com/
