NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2014 Mar 15 @ 10:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This is the guitar used for studio recording of the opening scene where Marty blows Doc's amplifier and speakers, as well as when Marty plays Johnny B. Goode at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
The guitar is a custom-made late 1979 Valley Arts Custom Stratocaster built by Mike McGuire in Studio City, California. It was made specifically for Tim May, and is serial number 25 with the following features:
- Rosewood body
- Curly maple neck
- Ebony fingerboard
- EMG pickups
- Floyd Rose tremelo
As a session player, Tim May has used several different guitars over the decades, however this Valley Arts Strat has always been one of his main electrics.
This exact guitar was specifically used on tracks with these higher profile artists:
- Back to the Future "Johnny B. Goode"
- Blondie's "Call Me"
- Donna Summer
- Herb Alpert's "Rise"
- Juice Newton
- Lionel Richie's "All Night Long"
- Pointer Sisters
- The Carpenters
- Thelma Houston
- Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love"
This was also the guitar on "Dukes of Hazzard", "Beverly Hills 90210", "Melrose Place" and many other television and movie productions.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the guitar will go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
Auction Location:
4750-G Almaden Expy #364, San Jose, California, 95118, United States
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| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
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