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 1965, THE NECK 1957
The decal logo Fender STRATOCASTER / WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO and ORIGINAL / Contour / Body / Pat. Pend. at the headstock, the neckplate stamped 66072, the body of alder, the bird's-eye maple neck with black dot markers, of Sunburst finish, inscribed in pencil within the tremolo cavity 12⁄65, the pickups and potentiometers dating to 1965, together with a left-handed Fender hardshell case
Length of body: 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.)
Provenance
C. Darling, ‘Marr Needs Guitars’, BAM, 3 July 1987, pp. 18-21.
D. Von Bader, ‘Johnny Marr’s Mancunian Charm’, Premier Guitar, September 2018, pp. 54-61.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 90-93, 130-135.
Literature
REFERENCES:
J. Gore, ‘Johnny Marr’, Guitar Player, January 1990, pp. 68-81.
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.
J. Marr, Set The Boy Free, Century, London, 2016.
R. Sheffield, ‘The Smiths: All 73 Songs, Ranked’, Rolling Stone, 1 August 2017. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-smiths-all-73-songs-ranked-195171/.
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.
A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, STRATOCASTER
FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, THE BODY 1965, THE NECK 1957
The decal logo Fender STRATOCASTER / WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO and ORIGINAL / Contour / Body / Pat. Pend. at the headstock, the neckplate stamped 66072, the body of alder, the bird's-eye maple neck with black dot markers, of Sunburst finish, inscribed in pencil within the tremolo cavity 12⁄65, the pickups and potentiometers dating to 1965, together with a left-handed Fender hardshell case
Length of body: 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.)
Provenance
C. Darling, ‘Marr Needs Guitars’, BAM, 3 July 1987, pp. 18-21.
D. Von Bader, ‘Johnny Marr’s Mancunian Charm’, Premier Guitar, September 2018, pp. 54-61.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 90-93, 130-135.
Literature
REFERENCES:
J. Gore, ‘Johnny Marr’, Guitar Player, January 1990, pp. 68-81.
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.
J. Marr, Set The Boy Free, Century, London, 2016.
R. Sheffield, ‘The Smiths: All 73 Songs, Ranked’, Rolling Stone, 1 August 2017. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-smiths-all-73-songs-ranked-195171/.
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.
