A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY,...
A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER
FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, THE BODY CIRCA 1962, THE NECK 1963
The decal logo Fender STRATOCASTER / WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO / PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900 and ORIGINAL / Contour / Body / Pat Pend at the headstock, the neckplate stamped 70012, the body of alder, the maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and clay dot inlay, of a later white finish, together with a Fender hardshell case of the period, tremolo bar, a later replacement pickguard (as pictured in Marr's Guitars), and a souvenir poster of The Smiths on BBC's Oxford Road Show in 1985, featuring this guitar
Length of guitar body: 15 5⁄8 in. (39.7 cm.)
Provenance
The Smiths, performer, Oxford Road Show, series 5, episode 7, produced by Peter Hamilton, broadcast 22 February 1985, BBC Two.
Bryan Ferry, ‘Bryan Ferry – The Right Stuff (Official HD Video)’, recorded September 1987, posted 26 February 2010, by Bryan Ferry, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW2cNGs5wnk
J. Gore, ‘Johnny Marr’, Guitar Player, January 1990, pp. 68-81.
P. Trynka, ‘Marr Talks Guitar’, The Guitar Magazine, June 1991, pp. 16-20.
M. Leonard, ‘This Chiming Man’, The Guitar Magazine, January 1997, pp. 24-33.
D. Von Bader, ‘Johnny Marr’s Mancunian Charm’, Premier Guitar, September 2018, pp. 54-61.
T. Bacon, ‘Johnny Marr on the Most Important Guitars of His Career’, Reverb, 21 April 2022. https://reverb.com/uk/news/johnny-marr-on-the-most-important-guitars-of-his-career.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 66-71, 130-135.
J. Marr, 'Johnny Marr: Marr's Guitars', posted 15 January 2024 by Thames & Hudson, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVD1eg8RIk.
Literature
REFERENCES:
H. Wylie, ‘Johnny Marr: Beyond The Smiths’, Total Guitar, Issue 6, May 1995, pp. 37-43.
J. Matera, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, February 2003, pp. 34-36.
S. Goddard, The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life, London, 2004.
J. Marr et. al., ‘I Think Moz Had Drunk A Few Shandies’, NME, Special Smiths Anniversary Issue, 10 June 2006. https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-full-story-behhind-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead-from-the-band-6822.
S. Troussé, ‘Album by Album: Johnny Marr’, Uncut, February 2008, pp. 62-64.
H. Yates, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, October 2010, pp. 28-33.
J. Marr, interviewed by D. Rachel, ‘Johnny Marr’, DanielRachel.com, 10 December 2013. https://danielrachel.com/johnny-marr/.
J. Marr, Set The Boy Free, Century, London, 2016.
J. Marr, ‘I Am Grateful to the Riff Gods!’, Uncut, March 2022, p. 93.
A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER
FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, THE BODY CIRCA 1962, THE NECK 1963
The decal logo Fender STRATOCASTER / WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO / PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900 and ORIGINAL / Contour / Body / Pat Pend at the headstock, the neckplate stamped 70012, the body of alder, the maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and clay dot inlay, of a later white finish, together with a Fender hardshell case of the period, tremolo bar, a later replacement pickguard (as pictured in Marr's Guitars), and a souvenir poster of The Smiths on BBC's Oxford Road Show in 1985, featuring this guitar
Length of guitar body: 15 5⁄8 in. (39.7 cm.)
Provenance
The Smiths, performer, Oxford Road Show, series 5, episode 7, produced by Peter Hamilton, broadcast 22 February 1985, BBC Two.
Bryan Ferry, ‘Bryan Ferry – The Right Stuff (Official HD Video)’, recorded September 1987, posted 26 February 2010, by Bryan Ferry, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW2cNGs5wnk
J. Gore, ‘Johnny Marr’, Guitar Player, January 1990, pp. 68-81.
P. Trynka, ‘Marr Talks Guitar’, The Guitar Magazine, June 1991, pp. 16-20.
M. Leonard, ‘This Chiming Man’, The Guitar Magazine, January 1997, pp. 24-33.
D. Von Bader, ‘Johnny Marr’s Mancunian Charm’, Premier Guitar, September 2018, pp. 54-61.
T. Bacon, ‘Johnny Marr on the Most Important Guitars of His Career’, Reverb, 21 April 2022. https://reverb.com/uk/news/johnny-marr-on-the-most-important-guitars-of-his-career.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 66-71, 130-135.
J. Marr, 'Johnny Marr: Marr's Guitars', posted 15 January 2024 by Thames & Hudson, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVD1eg8RIk.
Literature
REFERENCES:
H. Wylie, ‘Johnny Marr: Beyond The Smiths’, Total Guitar, Issue 6, May 1995, pp. 37-43.
J. Matera, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, February 2003, pp. 34-36.
S. Goddard, The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life, London, 2004.
J. Marr et. al., ‘I Think Moz Had Drunk A Few Shandies’, NME, Special Smiths Anniversary Issue, 10 June 2006. https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-full-story-behhind-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead-from-the-band-6822.
S. Troussé, ‘Album by Album: Johnny Marr’, Uncut, February 2008, pp. 62-64.
H. Yates, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, October 2010, pp. 28-33.
J. Marr, interviewed by D. Rachel, ‘Johnny Marr’, DanielRachel.com, 10 December 2013. https://danielrachel.com/johnny-marr/.
J. Marr, Set The Boy Free, Century, London, 2016.
J. Marr, ‘I Am Grateful to the Riff Gods!’, Uncut, March 2022, p. 93.
