A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, ELECTRAJET

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DON GROSH, BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, CIRCA 2014
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, ELECTRAJET
The logo decal, Don Grosh / USA applied to the headstock, the neck plate stamped DG and engraved Electra Jet / #3202, the body of a metallic grey finish, together with original hard-shell case
Length of back 16 in. (40.7 cm.)
DON GROSH

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

Don Grosh gifted this Electrajet to Mark Knopfler in May 2014. Just a few months prior, Knopfler had remarked to Vintage Guitar magazine that the Grosh guitar had caught his favour: 'I really like the Grosh Electrajet – it’s a great guitar.' As mentioned by Knopfler’s guitar tech Glenn Saggers in the April 2015 issue of Guitarist magazine, Mark owned two Electrajets – a white model and the present metallic grey example. Guitarist Richard Bennett used this Electrajet to record the unusually upbeat and funky ‘Nobody Does That’ for Knopfler’s 2018 solo studio album Down The Road Wherever, proceeding to play the guitar for live performances of the song on the subsequent Down The Road Wherever Tour in 2019.

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