Most Expensive Electric Guitars In The World

Due to this many of these guitars are rare because of their history and not because of how many were produced.

Most expensive electric guitars in the world.

It was sold for record breaking 965 000 at christie s auction house in 2013. 5 most expensive guitar. Keith richards 1959 les paul standard the 1959 les paul standard is on its own known as the holy grail of electric guitars. Purchased by john lennon and george harrison in london in 1962.

So it s no surprise that we ve got two of these beauties in the top 5 of. At number nine on the list of most expensive guitars in the world is bob dylan s 1964 sunburst fender stratocaster. 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.

Formerly the most expensive guitar was the reach out to asia guitar sold at a charity auction on 16 november 2005. Often times the value of an electric guitar increases exponentially depending on how famous the musician who owned it was. 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.