Auction
Auction items include:
Gibson Jimmy Page EDS 1275 Doubleneck Guitar
Noel Gallagher's Gibson Guitar
Gibson Les Paul signed by ChildLine Rocks Artists
Status Quo signed Fender Telecaster
Led Zeppelin Plaque signed by Robert Plant
Tickets on the Iron Maiden 757 piloted by Bruce Dickinson for a trip to see Iron Maiden play live in Lisbon
To place a bid in the auction please email Diane Weatherup by Tuesday 11 March at 6pm.
Gibson Jimmy Page EDS 1275 Doubleneck Guitar
The guitar offered for sale is an original “Artist Proof” of the Jimmy Page Signature Double Neck EDS 1275. This extremely rare guitar was one of the 29 double neck guitars which were built by Gibson’s Custom division as exact reproductions of Jimmy’s iconic instrument as used on stage with Led Zeppelin and presented to Jimmy for inspection and approval prior to the launch of the model. Jimmy personally inspected and played all 29 guitars before autographing 25 of them for sale to collectors as the signed “aged” series. A further series of 250 “non aged” guitars followed and also sold out immediately upon release in June 2006. This guitar on offer was retained by Gibson and at the personal request of Jimmy Page is being offered to benefit the ChildLine Rocks charity. The guitar carries the designation “artist proof” on the back of the headstock and will be signed and personalized to the highest bidder by Jimmy.
Carefully recreated by the craftsmen at the Gibson Custom Shop, each handcrafted reissue of the Jimmy Page 1275 Double Neck Electric Guitar is modeled on Jimmy's personal instrument. From the shape of the neck to the long-string-pull tailpiece, no detail was overlooked. Even the pickups were painstakingly analyzed by the Gibson luthiers to duplicate their unique sound.
Features include mahogany body, mahogany necks with Madagascar rosewood fretboards and pearloid split parallelogram inlays, 2 specially-designed Gibson Jimmy Page humbuckers, ABR-1 style bridge, double-band vintage-style tuners, a custom Gibson hardshell case and certificate of authenticity.
The Gibson Jimmy Page Signature Double Neck is a precise duplicate of Page’s original EDS-1275 guitar. Gibson has offered only 25 Limited Edition Aged Double Necks that replicate every detail of Page’s iconic guitar “ding for ding,” featuring 20-fret rosewood fingerboards on both necks, period-correct headstock style for 12-string with a Page profile neck, master volume and tone controls for each neck, a “master” three-position pickup selector switch, as well as a three-position toggle switch for engaging the pickups on either or both necks.
...and in answer to your commonly asked questions:
- Yes, this guitar is an official "artist proof" from the first run of the Jimmy Page Signature Double neck series.
- Yes, It is "aged" to replicate the wear, lacquer checking and finish patina of Jimmy's original guitar.
- Jimmy did in fact play and inspect this specific guitar and it still has the same strings on it.
- Gibson will provide a certificate of authenticity to accompany the guitar.
Noel Gallagher Gibson Epiphone Guitar
Noel Gallagher's Gibson Epiphone Guitar (reserve £10,000) and close-up of his signature.
Photos courtesy of Miles Myerscough-Harris
Gibson Les Paul signed by ChildLine Rocks Artists
This Gibson guitar which will be signed by all the artists on the night and then auctioned.
Photos courtesy of Miles Myerscough-Harris
Status Quo signed Fender Telecaster
Signed Fender from all of Status Quo.
Photos courtesy of Miles Myerscough-Harris
Led Zeppelin Plaque signed by Robert Plant
Photos courtesy of Miles Myerscough-Harris
Tickets on the Iron Maiden 757 piloted by Bruce Dickinson for a trip to see Iron Maiden play live in Lisbon
Bruce is donating 4 pairs of return tickets (i.e. total of 8 seats) to Portugal on Bruce Air on Wednesday 9th July to witness Iron Maiden on stage headlining at Lisbon Super Bock Super Rock Festival.
The prize includes:
- Return tickets from Gatwick to Lisbon
- Standing tickets to the Iron Maiden concert
- Backstage meeting with Bruce Dickinson
- Exclusive themed Bruce Air ED FORCE ONE goodie bag
- Personally signed photo of Bruce in Ed Force One
- Bus transfers at destination to venue and to and from the airport
Please note:
- The auction winners need to pay for their own hotels, subsistence and external travel to and from Gatwick airport.
- Ed Force One, the specially customised Boeing 757 which took the members of Iron Maiden, their crew and all their equipment around the first leg of their tour, has been booked for this flight, but is subject to operational procedures so can not be guaranteed.
- Normal seating has been restored to this plane to accommodate a total of 230 passengers.
