Most Expensive Electric Guitars In The World

Electric guitars are one of the most collected and valuable musical instruments in the world.

Most expensive electric guitars in the world.

John lennon s 1962 gibson j 160 e electric acoustic was one of a pair of almost identical acoustic guitars. It was sold for record breaking 965 000 at christie s auction house in 2013. 5 most expensive guitar. It was signed by a who s who of the world s greatest guitar exponents and.

The only acoustic guitar to make it on our list of the most expensive guitars in the world had to be something special and boy is it special. Keith richards 1959 les paul standard the 1959 les paul standard is on its own known as the holy grail of electric guitars. Formerly the most expensive guitar was the reach out to asia guitar sold at a charity auction on 16 november 2005. Purchased by john lennon and george harrison in london in 1962.

Often times the value of an electric guitar increases exponentially depending on how famous the musician who owned it was. At number nine on the list of most expensive guitars in the world is bob dylan s 1964 sunburst fender stratocaster. There s not all that many of them still in existence and even for one not owned by anybody particularly famous you re going to pay six figures for one.