A SEMI-HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SST, CHET ATKINS CUSTOM SHOP EDITION

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GIBSON GUITAR CORPORATION, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 1988
A SEMI-HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SST, CHET ATKINS CUSTOM SHOP EDITION
Bearing the logo Gibson at the headstock and Custom Shop / Edition / 80068600 / MADE IN / U.S.A. at the reverse of the headstock, of a burgundy finish, together with a Gibson hard-shell case
Length of back 19 ¼ in. (48.9 cm.)
GIBSON

Sale room notice

Mark Knopfler plans to donate no less than 25% of the total hammer price received, to be split equally between The British Red Cross Society (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 220949, Scotland with charity number SC037738, Isle of Man with charity number 0752, and Jersey with charity number 430), Brave Hearts of the North East (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1006247) and the Tusk Trust Limited (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1186533).

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Lot Essay

Mark Knopfler received this Chet Atkins Custom Shop Edition SST as a gift from Chet Atkins circa 1988. Mark joined Chet in Nashville in 1988 to record an instrumental duet of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ for Chet’s 1988 studio album C.G.P. The album initials stood for the designation ‘Certified Guitar Player’ which Chet assigned himself and a handful of other guitarists he admired.

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