Clapton used this guitar during his period with the yardbirds cream blind faith and john mayall s bluesbreakers.
Most expensive electric guitar in the world.
Purchased by john lennon and george harrison in london in 1962.
Blackie strat eric clapton 959 000.
John lennon s 1962 gibson j 160 e electric acoustic was one of a pair of almost identical acoustic guitars.
Marking his shift from acoustic to electric this guitar was played by bob dylan at 1965 newport folk festival.
Keith richards 1959 les paul standard the 1959 les paul standard is on its own known as the holy grail of electric guitars.
So it s no surprise that we ve got two of these beauties in the top 5 of.
It was auctioned at christie s in 2004 and at the time was the third highest price paid for a guitar.
At number nine on the list of most expensive guitars in the world is bob dylan s 1964 sunburst fender stratocaster.
It was sold for record breaking 965 000 at christie s auction house in 2013.
Due to this many of these guitars are rare because of their history and not because of how many were produced.
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.
5 most expensive guitar.
Electric guitars are one of the most collected and valuable musical instruments in the world.