GUITAR ICONS: A Musical Instrument Auction to Benefit Music Rising

Lot 18. Ed O’Brien’s Radiohead Tour-Played Signature Fender Stratocaster. Ed O’Brien’s personal Sustainer Stratocaster of his own signature edition. The guitar was hand-built for O’Brien by Alex Perez, who worked with him to develop this guitar. The guitar was built for O’Brien to be used for the last Radiohead tour in 2016-2018, and he played this guitar for nearly half the set. It is marked with a “2” on a piece of tape on the side of the head. The guitar measures approximately 39” long and is in very fine condition. There is minor surface wear, small scuffs, and handling wear throughout from extensive use by O’Brien during various Radiohead concerts. O’Brien’s hard shell Fender case is included.

Opening Bid: $5,000

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GUITAR ICONS: A Musical Instrument Auction to Benefit Music Rising

Published on Nov 17, 2021

Van Eaton Galleries

Van Eaton Galleries is proud to present Music Rising, an exhibition and auction to benefit musicians of New Orleans. This incredible auction brings many of the greatest musicians of the last several decades together to help support struggling musicians that were devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic and by Hurricane Ida. The Edge, lead guitarist of the world renowned rock band U2, along with band producer Bob Ezrin, are co-founders of Music Rising, a charitable organization whose mission is to aid struggling musicians in the Gulf South region of the United States in the aftermath of catastrophic life events. To help support this cause, guitars and other artifacts were provided by U2's The Edge, Elton John, Rush's Alex Lifeson, The Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood, Guns N' Roses' Slash, Kings of Leon, The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, and many others. The collection contains a plethora of concert-used instruments and personally-owned artifacts from these industry legends. More details: vegalleries.com/musicrising