9" GUITAR TRIO DISPLAY - SPRINGTEEN / PRINCE / VAN HALEN

9 GUITAR TRIO DISPLAY - SPRINGTEEN / PRINCE / VAN HALEN description from the seller:

Please note:

·        Each guitar is handcrafted so no two will be identical nor match exactly to images shown here

·        None of the guitars are exact replicas - Guitars are for decorative purposes and do not work

·        Various components require minor assembly, and instructions will be provided with purchase.  You will need a very, very small Phillips or Flathead screwdriver.  Items are handcrafted so they are not as solid as they would be if machine produced

Miniature reproductions of the guitars used by three of the 1980's music legends: Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Eddie Van Halen.  Each guitar is handcrafted and measures 25 cm x 10 cm (approximately 10” x 4”).The collection comes with a 3 guitar wood SPINNER stand and a name plate to maximize your display's appearance.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "The Mutt"

Bruce Springsteen is an icon of the American musical landscape and one of the greatest songwriters of a generation. Through the years, he has relied heavily on one instrument in the studio and his marathon live performances – a frankensteined telecaster that he dubbed "The Mutt".

"The Mutt" is a heavily modified early 1950’s Fender guitar—featuring an Esquire neck on a Telecaster body—purchased for $185 in the early 1970’s. It has been his primary instrument for over 50 years, used on nearly all recordings and tours, famed for its battered appearance.

Springsteen pulled the guitar out of his touring rotation in 2005 and only occasionally brings it back out, mostly for special events like the 2009 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Today, Springsteen makes do with an army of clone guitars, modified to mimic the original Mutt’s sound and weight as closely as possible. Still, there’s only one Mutt. In a 2021 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2021. Springsteen brought The Mutt and talked about it, "I've played this guitar for 50 years. I bought it when I was 22 years-old for $185 in Belmar, New Jersey. It's kind of a Mutt, it's made-up of two different guitars. But this guitar has been in every club, theater, arena and stadium across America, and most of the world!”

PRINCE - "The Cloud"

Prince was a different kind of rock star, and one of the things that made him such an enigmatic figure was his flair and unique style, something that was embodied in his unique taste in instruments. There’s one custom guitar that stands apart from all the others he used in his career, however – a custom instrument that Prince was first seen playing in the film Purple Rain, and would become perhaps his most iconic and beloved instrument as the film and its accompanying album became a global megahit – The Cloud. The film was but one part of Prince’s multi-media plan for Purple Rain, and he would go on to use The Cloud on the platinum-selling soundtrack album of the same name.  Three more Cloud guitars were built for Prince for the Purple Rain tour. All of these guitars were refinished multiple times. The fretmarkers are decals rather than inlays and were changed over the years.  After the Parade tour, the original Cloud was used taken on the road less frequently. Clouds 2 and 3 were used on the Sign O The Times and Lovesexy tours, whilst Cloud 4 was bought back for Batman and Graffiti Bridge.

Eddie Van Halen - "Frankenstrat"

The Frankenstrat was Van Halen's attempt to combine the sound of a classic Gibson guitar with the physical attributes and tremolo bar functionality of a Fender Stratocaster. An early version of a Superstrat, the guitar was made from a Northern Ash Stratocaster body, with pickup routing which Van Halen modified to fit a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup in the bridge position.The guitar has a maple neck and fretboard, chrome hardware, and was painted with a white over black design. This gave the appearance of a white guitar with black stripes. Later, red was painted over the original black and white. This now gave the appearance of a red guitar but was, in fact, just a third color sprayed over the original design. It has a standard six-string setup and a Floyd Rose tremolo.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, many guitar companies tried to capitalize on Van Halen's popularity by manufacturing Frankenstrat replicas. In 1979, Eddie replaced the original black pickguard with a white pickguard and added a Mighty Mite single coil with a red phenolic bobbin on neck. He later replaced the white pickguard with a cut up black vinyl record, covered the back with aluminum foil, and replaced the Gibson humbucker pickup with one from the "Bumblebee" guitar. In 1981, he replaced the vinyl record with a trimmed piece of a 3-ply black Fender pickguard to cover the control cavity. To confuse imitators, he screwed a three-way switch sideways into the middle position cavity, replaced the previous humbucker with a Seymour Duncan pickup, and replaced the neck with the "Bumblebee" guitar's neck. In an interview, Eddie admitted the single-coil pickup and middle switch were not connected to anything.

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DISCLAIMER

Rock n Roll Collectibles is not affiliated with the artists, their management company or any manufacturer of real full-sized musical instruments. Model names and artist names are used for comparison purposes only. None of the miniature instruments are exact replicas. Colors and designs may vary slightly as the fine detail is hand airbrushed. The miniature guitar is NON-playable and for display only.

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