AN ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR, CHET ATKINS CEC

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GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, 1993
AN ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR, CHET ATKINS CEC
Serial Number 92183495, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed GIBSON CHET ATKINS NYLON 1993 # CEC 92183495 WIDE FINGERBOARD and SERIAL NO. DG1055
Length of back 19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This guitar was supplied directly by Gibson USA for Pink Floyd’s 1994 The Division Bell Tour, which ran from 30th March to 29th October 1994 and would turn out to be the last Pink Floyd tour. Kept as a spare for David Gilmour on the tour, the Chet Atkins CEC was used primarily by second guitarist Tim Renwick. The guitar was again enlisted as a spare for Gilmour on his 2015-2016 Rattle That Lock Tour, in support of his fourth solo album Rattle That Lock.

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