The Fool guitar spent years at the Hard Rock Cafe in Taipei, Taiwan. In a shop window display case just thin glass protecting it from pedestrians. Don't ever lend your guitar to the HRC!!
Agreed. Clapton hasn't done anything relevant music wise for years. Not saying his influences aren't everywhere but as a player himself, he's entering the archival years.
@@rockinrob2004 Hmmmm....I suppose it's possible. After all, I've been wrong before and I'm not afraid to admit it. It was that time I thought I was wrong about something but turned out I was wrong. ;)
Yeah, we sold him one pretty cheap here recently. I won't say which guitar it was, but my partner was hot to see something of ours on an episode, so Trogs got a smoking ass price.
That supreme is amazing usually pics don't do them justice but that quilt with that neck is gorgeous. A lot of really nice guitars like always. Things to make me get itchy!
Surely there’s more to those supremes? trapeze inlays, regular custom headstock inlay… Could it be an early prototype trying lower price point whilst still keeping the unique supreme body?
Not shocked at all honestly. In addition to the prestige of being the last guitar Cobain played on a major televised event his Martin was also an extremely rare model, only 200 or so made in the 50's.
Read about The Fool and how they were discovered by none other than Brian Epstein. They painted instruments for all four Beatles, but of course George painted the Rocky strat himself.
Top 4 most expensive guitar sales: 1. Kurt Cobain's acoustic from "MTV Unplugged:" 6 mil. 2. Kurt Cobain's Fender Mustang from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video: 4 mil. 3. David Gilmours black Fender Strat: upper 3 mil. Eddie Van Halen's Kramer Beretta from the "Hot for Teacher" video: just a few bucks behind Gilmour's Strat
Oh, come on, Clapton is the most famous user of this guitar. No one would care at all if he hadn't used it in Cream. It has been redone several times and messed up many times, which is why it didn't bring more.
Hey, TrogMeister - slow-but-steady-longtime viewer and subscriber here… I often watch vids of yours where you allude to instruments “not stored properly” and was hoping you could do a video where you could include everything you would consider important in what IS the “PROPER” way to store instruments… i’m positive you have touched on some of the important points here and there in various videos, but it would be helpful if you could include them all in one video. I have a small collection in Texas, and frequently worry that I’m not doing enough to take care of them properly. I am aware of some of the more obvious guidelines: avoid extreme and/or rapid temperature changes, and that humidity is a factor and (I try) to keep them in their cases. But could you expand on these with more full explanation and add to these examples with anything else pertinent? It would be greatly appreciated and I think informative to many viewers. Thanks!
Love the Blue Firebird , the Vivian Campbell LP is super cool !, the LP Supreme is Supreme, and the Dorito LP is doofy doof ( a Cool Ranch version would've been better ! ) uh-durr , Thanks Trog !
@@georgeprice4212 He only has one replica made by a Japanese fan in 1988. He played the actual fool from 1973-74 until the headstock snapped off(From Eric sanding the paint off the neck). Todd retired it, then after a few years had it restored and played it off and on from 1980 -1992. Last live sighting was the star guitar benefit in 1992.
As time goes on, those who appreciate an instrument from rock and roll history, will continue to shrink. I wont be suprised that if sold again in a decade or so, the fool sg will hammer for less than what the guitar sold for recently. Could go the other way.. who knows?
Being in the irsay collection… I doubt it’ll even be for sale again. He was just offered big bucks for his whole collection and he turned it down. He is single handedly preserving rock’nroll history one iconic piece at a time!
Except for the beard and mustache that could easily have been Jeff Beck. I believe he had a strat that color. But I don't recall him ever sporting facial hair. I imagine that if Gibson would've done a body for the doritos guitar shaped like a chip that it may have come out looking a bit like a Greek instrument. If I had the disposable cash there's three guitars I would like to have maybe even for or more . One would be the Fool copy. Others would be Rocky and a reissue of the Rosewood Telecaster of George Harrison. Possibly a Toni Ioni Monkey. And definitely if I was able to the rosewood block SG that Trogley has.
