An amazing piece of history from the British blues scene”: Robert Plant is selling a trove of gear for charity – including a John Birch-modded ‘62 Stratocaster with two switches that once belonged to Stan Webb of Chicken Shack. (Photogallery on MusicRadar report).
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Robert Plant is selling a bunch of his gear to raise money for charity and collectors looking for a golden era Fender Stratocaster with some serious mojo – and some mods that might give the vintage cork-sniffers the heebie-jeebies – should definitely check out the sale.
Sadly, the Led Zeppelin frontman’s 1990 Gibson Les Paul Standard has been sold – Les Paul himself gave it to Plant backstage at the Garden during a Page/Plant show in 1995 – but guitarists perhaps should turn their attentions instead to a 1962 Strat that has been stripped, its fingerboard lacquered, that has entered and exited the workshop of the legendary late British luthier John Birch – a favourite of Tony Iommi's – with a number of mods, including an inspired second pickup selector switch.
Venerable vintage guitar emporium ATB Guitars, in Cheltenham, is hosting the sale, and all proceeds will be going to Plant’s favourite charities, such as the Good Shepherd in Wolverhampton.
With its stripped finish, revealing all the wood grain of the solid alder body, this unique electric guitar kind of reminds us a little of Jerry Garcia’s Alligator Strat – at least there seems to have been subjected to a similarly radical spirit.
Plant’s 1917 Gibson A-1 Style is also up for grabs. It is a piece of Gibson history, coming out of the Kalamazoo, Michigan factory with a design that planted the seed for the arch-tops to come.
