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Freddie Mercury Freddie's Personal Hofner Guitar - Autographed UK guitar
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This fantastic item is a beautiful late 50s Hofner single cutaway semi-acoustic single pickup guitar once owned by Freddie Mercury!
The guitar comes with excellent provenance in that it was given to his friend, the late UK radio DJ and TV presenter Kenny Everett who passed it on many years later as a competition prize.
Kenny also provided a signed letter on Capitol Gold headed paper saying 'Hope you like the present as Freddie was a very dear friend of mine. Please take care of the prize guitar.'
It was originally signed on the body of the guitar by Freddie but the course of time and the fact that the guitar has been played, has all but erased the autograph and it is no longer fully legible.
It is housed in a 'good ol' boys' snakeskin style Washburn hardshell case, complete with rhinestone strap and is destined to be the jewel in the crown of somebodys Queen collection!
As an aside, the guitar itself is in nice 'used vintage' condition. The neck is good & true plus it's obviously been refretted at some time. Inlays & scratchplate are tortoiseshell. There is a screwhole for a neck strap peg, but no peg. The body peg is wood.
The pickup is a classic Hofner 'toaster' pickup with original adjustable bridge & 'KH' badged trapeze tailpiece. The headstock has been resurfaced at some point with a 1mm deep plastic cover, so sadly whatever original Hofner design was there is no more.
The general condition, as previously stated, is 'used vintage' - It has crackling to the upper varnish - possibly a later re-lacquer - and several chips & scuffs but these are only cosmetic & simply add to the feel of what was obviously a much loved & used workhorse guitar.
A fantastic, once in a lifetime piece of Freddie memorabilia.
UK Mainland shipping by courier is a flat rate cost of £21.00.
If you are outside of the mainland UK or overseas, please call our sales team here in the UK on 44-1474-815010 or email us at sales@eil.com for shipping rates.
All costs will be based on volumetric size and destination.
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Artist: |
Freddie Mercury (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Freddie's Personal Hofner Guitar (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
guitar |
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| Record Label: |
Hofner |
| Catalogue No: |
FREDDIE'S GUITAR |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
MERGTFR394990 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
Male Solo, Rock
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| Related Artists: |
Anita Dobson, Bad News, Billy Squier, Brian May, Carmine Appice, Catherine Porter, Claire Sweeney, D-ROK, Darkness [Dance], Eddie Howell, Heavy Pettin, Hilary Hilary, Ibex, John Deacon, Larry Lurex, Left-Handed Marriage, Minako Honda, Montserrat Caballe, Peter Straker, Queen, Roger Taylor, Smile, The Cross, The Immortals, The Others [1960S], The SAS Band, Tim Staffell, Wire Daisies |
| Complete Stock List: |
Freddie Mercury |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
FREDDY MERCURY,FREDDIE MURCURY |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number MERGTFR394990 |
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