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The 1965 Fender Telecaster Bob Dylan used during his first electric tour will be put on auction again after been sold in once before in 2013.

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The headliner of this blockbuster auction will be one of the most historically important guitars in rock history, a 1965 Fender Telecaster electric guitar, played by two of the most influential singer-songwriters of all time.

Recently A 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar played by Bob Dylan at the Concert for Bangladesh and during his Rolling Thunder Revue sold at auction Saturday for nearly $400,000, watch here

1960s Fender Stratocaster
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Dylan’s perhaps best known electric guitar is a 1960s sunburst Fender Stratocater which he played at the Newport Folk festival in 1965. There’s a lot of talk going on about this particular guitar, and you can read some of it here if you want so: Electric Dylan controversy

This guitar was played for a few more gigs, and then it went missing. No one actually kneow what happened with this guitar, or what year model was it exactly.

But, as the story goes, the guitar was found, and now belongs to the daughter of a pilot who flew Dylan back in 1960s. The guitar was supposedly left on the plane, and Victor Quinto – the pilot, took it home.
We highly recommend that you watch this video History Detectives Bob Dylan’s Fender Stratocaster if you’re interested in finding more about this – it’s quite intriguing. Bob Dylan denies that this is the exact same guitar he played at the Newport, but the proofs are pretty consistent.

Heritage Auctions said the 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar that once belonged to the singer-songwriter will be offered up Nov. 11 in Dallas. Heritage says Dylan played the guitar through his set at George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh in New York City in 1971 and during his Rolling Thunder Revue tour from October 1975 to May 1976.

 

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Heritage says Dylan played the guitar through his set at George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh in New York City in 1971 and during his Rolling Thunder Revue tour from October 1975 to May 1976.

Fender Telecaster(s)
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Dylan had used many different Telecasters over the years. He played a sunburst Tele with The Hawks in 1965, and what seemed to be a black Telecaster with The Band same year, as well as some blonde/cream Telecasters.

Les Pauls and SGs
Dylan played a Les Paul at the Fox Warfield theatre in San Francisco in both 1979 and 1980. It seems that he had at least two Les Pauls – one black and the other sunburst Les Paul Ultima.

He also appeared with the Gibson SG on several occasions.

Bob Dylan’s Acoustic Guitars:
1949 Martin 00-17
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This was Dylan’s first acoustic guitar. As he wrote in his book “Chronicles”, he traded the guitar in 1959 while staying in Minneapolis for an electric guitar which seemed useless for him at that moment, and played it for couple of years that followed.

He was probably inspired to get a 00 sized Martin by Woody Gurthrie.

This guitar can be seen at the EMP museum in Seattle.

1940s Gibson J-50
Gibson J-50
This was Dylan’s second guitar. It’s hard to say what model it is exactly, but by looking at the Gibson logo on the headstock, it must have been made before 1948 when Gibson switched to a different logo design. Going from that information, the guitar was most likely a Gibson J-50 – and based on the teardrop-shaped pickguard, it was most likely made between 1947 and 1950.

Dylan’s Gibson can bee seen on cover of the “Bob Dylan” album released in 1962. It was also used for few songs on “The Freewheelin’” album in 1963.

Here’s a video of “Blowing in the Wind” recorded in 1963 featuring this guitar: Blowing In The Wind (Live On TV, March 1963)

1930-1933 Gibson Nick Lucas Special
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After his J-50 went missing around 1963, Dylan bought this Gibson in a shop in New York called “Fretted Instruments” – owned by Marc Silber. Marc gave an interview telling that the guitar was previously owned by his sister Julie (source: Long Ago, Far Away). It was originally sunburst, but it had been refinished blonde, and the original bridge was replaced with Guild-type bridge.

This guitar had 13 frets, which is the case with models made between 1930 and 1933. The 1930 and 1931 models usually came with the trapeze bridge, which may be the case with this guitar, and the reason why it was later changed with a Guild bridge. In 1932 and 1933 the trapeze bridges were replaced with standard pin bridges, because the previous design was proved to be flawed, so this particular model might as well be from this period (more info: Gibson Nick Lucas Special Flattop Guitar)

This guitar can be heard on “Another Side of Bob Dylan” released in 1964 and on “Bringing it All Back Home” released a year later.

Martin 0-45
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Used at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 for the song “Mr. Tambourine Man”.

It’s safe to guess that this guitar was probably borrowed from Joan Baez, who had the exact same guitar while performing at the Newport herself.

Gibson J-200
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Dylan has used a number of different J-200s. He had a one with double pickguard which he used at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and another one that was featured on the cover of the Nashville Skyline in 1969. That same J-200 was used at the Isle of Wight festival, and it was supposedly a gift from George Harrison.

Martin 0/000-18
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Dylan occasionally used 0 and 000 Martin 18s.

For a duet with Johnny Cash in 1969 he played a 000-18 on “Girl From the North Country”, and during the Guthrie Tribute Concert in January of 1968 he used a 0-18,