Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen purchased this treasure in 1998. Hendrix, who’s believed by many to be the best guitarist that ever existed, used his Olympic white-finished Strat for recordings and during the Woodstock Festival of 1969, where he played his famous live rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It was this performance that helped this particular guitar rise to fame (and a hefty price tag). The 1968 Fender Stratocaster owned by Jimi Hendrix and the 1959 Les Paul owned by Peter Green (and later Gary Moore) each sold for a price of $2 million. Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 Fender Stratocaster Peter Green & Gary Moore’s 1959 Les Paul, $2,000,000 While the details of the transaction are unknown, the final price is rumored to have been between $1.2-2 million.īob Marley performing live (photo via Wikimedia Commons) 4. This guitar, one of 7 that Marley had over his lifetime, was first given to Marley’s guitar tech, Gary Clausen, then later purchased by the Jamaican government to be kept as a national treasure. The custom-made 22-Series Washburn acoustic guitar once owned by reggae icon Bob Marley holds the record for the most expensive acoustic guitar ever sold. Masters at their craft, they left millions starstruck and many vintage guitar enthusiasts eager to get their hands on their collectible electric, acoustic, and bass instruments like the ones listed below. Some of the most legendary guitarists, from Bob Dylan to Dave Gilmour, were the stars of the golden era of rock music from the late ‘60s to early ‘80s – and even into the ‘90s. Here, we’ve compiled a list of 11 of the most extraordinary, exceptional famous guitars and valuable violins ever sold. A cave painting from this time discovered in the Trois Freres cave in France arguably depicts a musical bow, from which scholars believe many other stringed instruments eventually emerged, like bow harps, lyres, dyads, and chords.Īdmired for their beautiful sounds, fine craftsmanship and materials, and world-famous owners who struck chords for massive audiences, some musical string instruments like guitars and violins have fetched record prices at auction and in private sales. Used thousands of years ago, stringed instruments are believed to date back to around 13,000 BC.
Techniques include plucking strings with one’s fingers, hitting them with a light wooden hammer, rubbing them with a bow, and touching them with the edges of a wheel (as with a hurdy-gurdy), among others.
From harpsichords to violins, to cellos, guitars, ukuleles, banjos, and bouzoukis, the strings of these instruments are played in many ways. Musical string instruments, also called stringed instruments or chordophones, are instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when played by the performer.
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