Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection

Christie’s is delighted to offer for sale Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection, on 22 January 2025 in London. Comprising over 130 guitars, amps, pedals and ‘tools of the trade’, these are the instruments which the late, great guitar legend Jeff Beck (1944–2023) played through his almost six-decade-long career, from joining The Yardbirds in March 1965 to his last tour in 2022. 

Highlights include the original ‘Yardburst’ — the 1958 Gibson Les Paul bought in London in 1966 whilst in The Yardbirds; the iconic ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul, depicted on the cover of the seminal 1975 solo instrumental album Blow By Blow; and several Fender Stratocasters, the guitar with which Jeff Beck’s playing became synonymous and which he described thus: ‘My Strat is another arm, it’s part of me. It doesn’t feel like a guitar at all. It’s an implement which is my voice.’

The ultimate guitarist’s guitarist, Jeff Beck was a rock pioneer, a maverick and mercurial virtuoso whose influence on his peers was unmatched. Christie’s is proud to present his instruments to the world — the guitars through which he shared his emotion and voice — and pay tribute to his enduring legacy.

Visit the pre-sale exhibition in London until Wednesday, 22 January. Entry is free and open to the public.

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