FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, CORONA, CALIFORNIA, 2013
FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, CORONA, CALIFORNIA, 2013
FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, CORONA, CALIFORNIA, 2013
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A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, MARK KNOPFLER SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER

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FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, CORONA, CALIFORNIA, 2013
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, MARK KNOPFLER SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER
The decal logo Fender STRATOCASTER / WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO applied to the headstock with facsimile signature Mark Knopfler, the neck plate stamped SE12178, the body of ash, the custom colour finish in Hot Rod red, together with an original hard-shell case, strap, adjustment tools, tremolo bar, and manufacturer’s warranty and literature
Length of back 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)
FENDER
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Mark Knopfler plans to donate no less than 25% of the total hammer price received, to be split equally between The British Red Cross Society (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 220949, Scotland with charity number SC037738, Isle of Man with charity number 0752, and Jersey with charity number 430), Brave Hearts of the North East (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1006247) and the Tusk Trust Limited (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1186533).

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Lot Essay


See footnote to lot 92. Knopfler’s guitar tech Glenn Saggers recalls that the Signature Stratocasters would all arrive with different weights and Mark would pick the guitars he liked for his own use accordingly, as the weight of a guitar is very important to him. As Knopfler noted to Guitarist magazine in 2004, the weight of swamp ash can vary considerably. Mark would pick the guitars he liked for his own use based on their weight and kept at least two Signature Strats in his study for songwriting. To avoid having to retune the guitars, he would have one tuned to E and one to C.

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