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Just shy of David Gilmore's "Blackie"
So the "Hot for Teacher" guitar mentioned below sold for $3.9M by a Jim Irsay
Tony Molina on FB also added this:
Tony Molina
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True meaning of the sale was that it was the closest guitar to Ed to be considered important within the original Roth era collection. This wasn’t just a “video” familiar guitar. The importance of the guitar was that it was within the first UNK original collection effort builds for Ed before the ‘84 tour 8 Kramer backups were built. Ed used this guitar as well from ‘84-‘86, but it was not a main, as the 5150 and 1984 were mostly mains. However there are many photos of this Hot For Teacher guitar with Ed playing it live. A guitar’s value is who made it, when, and if the artist played it with any historical importance. All these categories fit the bill regardless of condition. Broken Hendrix and Cobain guitars sold at top dollar. Also, to note of today’s high sale, is of Wolf’s statement that the remaining original Roth era guitars would never be made available for sale. So for now, today’s sale is the closest a sale would ever get to the real core Roth era EVH Guitars. The two or three auctioned Ed guitars in the past 2yrs were not considered important to Ed’s career as they were basically generally just Kramer made models for gifts. Also it’s a great price since the guitar was not in Ed’s hands for years. It was a gift to his drum tech, who handed it down to a family member who basically hocked it at a general guitar store who then sold it to a collector. Opinions on the condition of the guitar was that it gained wear over the years once out of Ed’s hands. So for it to be sold at $3.9Mill is still incredible. Meaning If Ed’s Frank was ever auctioned, it would fetch well over the $6MILL Cobain guitar.
So the "Hot for Teacher" guitar mentioned below sold for $3.9M by a Jim Irsay
Tony Molina on FB also added this:
Tony Molina
Top contributor
True meaning of the sale was that it was the closest guitar to Ed to be considered important within the original Roth era collection. This wasn’t just a “video” familiar guitar. The importance of the guitar was that it was within the first UNK original collection effort builds for Ed before the ‘84 tour 8 Kramer backups were built. Ed used this guitar as well from ‘84-‘86, but it was not a main, as the 5150 and 1984 were mostly mains. However there are many photos of this Hot For Teacher guitar with Ed playing it live. A guitar’s value is who made it, when, and if the artist played it with any historical importance. All these categories fit the bill regardless of condition. Broken Hendrix and Cobain guitars sold at top dollar. Also, to note of today’s high sale, is of Wolf’s statement that the remaining original Roth era guitars would never be made available for sale. So for now, today’s sale is the closest a sale would ever get to the real core Roth era EVH Guitars. The two or three auctioned Ed guitars in the past 2yrs were not considered important to Ed’s career as they were basically generally just Kramer made models for gifts. Also it’s a great price since the guitar was not in Ed’s hands for years. It was a gift to his drum tech, who handed it down to a family member who basically hocked it at a general guitar store who then sold it to a collector. Opinions on the condition of the guitar was that it gained wear over the years once out of Ed’s hands. So for it to be sold at $3.9Mill is still incredible. Meaning If Ed’s Frank was ever auctioned, it would fetch well over the $6MILL Cobain guitar.
