Korgscrew
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Posted: July 21 2004, 10:27 |
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Difficult to say really. If we forget star connections, then the most valuable would almost certainly be one of his 60s Strats (Zemaitis/Gibson L6-S aside...who knows what that might be worth) - probably the red one. The finish on the sunburst one is in better condition, but it had a synth pickup fitted to it during the 90s, so now some of the (presumably original) scratchplate is missing, and there are screw holes in the body. A replacement scratchplate would cover those, but having replacement parts detracts from the value (quite probably more so than having a worn finish, oddly enough).
If we take star connections into account, most desirable to collectors would quite probably be the telecaster. It's been quite heavily modified, but having been both owned by Marc Bolan and used by Mike to record Tubular Bells would no doubt hike its desirability up quite a lot.
Similar with the L6-S actually - normally, the modifications would reduce its value, but the fact that it was customised by Tony Zemaitis (the metal engraving done, I believe, by Tony's friend Danny O'Brien) would certainly add rather than detract from its value, and would make it far more collectable than a normal L6-S.
In fact, talking of him, it looks like the acoustic bass could be worth more than the Strat - http://www.maverick-music.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=618
That would be one of the rarest as well, as no two are exactly the same.
Another rare one might be the Höfner travel guitar with built in amplifier...probably not worth very much (though of course, the fact that Mike owned it, and that his name is engraved in the scratchplate no doubt raises the value of his one somewhat), but rare nevertheless.
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