Freddie Mercury’s Iconic Martin D-18 Guitar is up for sale now at gottahaverockandroll.com
The guitar comes directly from Paul Prenter, Freddie Mercury’s manager and lover.
Accompanied with a signed letter of provenance from Paul Prenter stating that "He [Freddie Mercury] had it at home and played it but said that I should have it". The letter also mentions the serial number of the guitar, which also matches the guitar (#393896). Note that the letter also has handwritten text by the person who bought the guitar from Paul Prenter, so it's a two-in-one letter of provenance.
This is an extremely rare item. Not many guitars owned and/or played by Freddie Mercury have ever been offered for sale. Notably, Sotheby's recently announced a massive Freddie Mercury auction including more than 1,500 lots. One of the items is a Martin D-35 which is expected to sell for more than a million dollars.
Freddie Mercury loved playing guitar in his home and rarely on stage. “He was very good on the guitar, very unorthodox – all downstrokes,” May said in an interview with Guitar World in 2019. “He wrote the riff for Ogre Battle [from 1974’s Queen II]. I used to play it with up- and downstrokes, but he was all downstrokes. Imagine how fast his right hand was moving! He had a frenetic energy on the guitar, which came across very well in that song.
Go to gottahaverockandroll.com to bid now on this treasure, with the auction ending September 22nd.
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The guitar comes directly from Paul Prenter, Freddie Mercury’s manager and lover.
Accompanied with a signed letter of provenance from Paul Prenter stating that "He [Freddie Mercury] had it at home and played it but said that I should have it". The letter also mentions the serial number of the guitar, which also matches the guitar (#393896). Note that the letter also has handwritten text by the person who bought the guitar from Paul Prenter, so it's a two-in-one letter of provenance.
This is an extremely rare item. Not many guitars owned and/or played by Freddie Mercury have ever been offered for sale. Notably, Sotheby's recently announced a massive Freddie Mercury auction including more than 1,500 lots. One of the items is a Martin D-35 which is expected to sell for more than a million dollars.
Freddie Mercury loved playing guitar in his home and rarely on stage. “He was very good on the guitar, very unorthodox – all downstrokes,” May said in an interview with Guitar World in 2019. “He wrote the riff for Ogre Battle [from 1974’s Queen II]. I used to play it with up- and downstrokes, but he was all downstrokes. Imagine how fast his right hand was moving! He had a frenetic energy on the guitar, which came across very well in that song.
Go to gottahaverockandroll.com to bid now on this treasure, with the auction ending September 22nd.
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