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I went looking for the most expensive new and non-limited edition guitar that I could find tonight. Looks like the winner is the CF Martin D-45 V Dreadnaught Vintage Series Acoustic Guitar with a list price of $9,599.00. Sam Ash generously offers a 25% discount however, so you can get it for the low low price of $7,199.99. It gets a pretty good rating on Harmony Central, but I think just spending that amount of money on a guitar would compel me to give it a 10.
If you’re willing to include limited editions, the Martin D100 Deluxe, signed by Martin Chairman Martin IV is a uh bargain at $96,000.
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Update: Looks like Eric was right and I was pretty far off. A guitar called La Venezia lists at $26,250 and the most expensive I’ve found it for is $21,000 here.
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lavaflow123 on The Most Expensive Guitar
November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
im a beginer but my cousin has about 14 guitars i think
.Gibson sg
.Gibson sg robot
.Gibson flying v robot
.Gibson firebird
.Gibson les paul 1968
.Gibson les paul 1981
.Gibson les paul 1976
.Gibson explorer
.Fender Jazz bass
.Fender stratocaster 1963
.Fender stratocaster 1979
.Fender telacaster
.Fender mustang
A Jackson and an Ibenez of somesort there all in mint exept his first guitar Epiphone les paul
Eric on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 28, 2005 at 2:17 am
I have a feeling you’re pretty far off, here, Brad. Benedetto (which I believe is Fender-owned), makes acoustic-electric jazz archtops. According to their price list, their most expensive guitar, La Venezia, is $26,250. (List price, presumabely)
habnem on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 28, 2005 at 4:17 pm
I have five of ‘em. They’re tasty.
JB on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 29, 2005 at 10:10 am
I wipe my ass with those guitars.
I throw them like candy to orphans on parade routes.
They can do *anything*.
Leon on The Most Expensive Guitar
October 1, 2005 at 12:51 pm
there is a esp guitar which is 40,000 http://www.esp.co.jp and look under artists , the band is alfee
bob on The Most Expensive Guitar
November 4, 2005 at 7:41 am
2 fucking expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isaac on The Most Expensive Guitar
November 16, 2005 at 2:16 pm
Thats Bull
Jake on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 3, 2006 at 11:17 pm
EHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Wrong. The most expensive is a handmade PRS Dragon that goes for 90,000! One in New York sold for 896,000. It was one of a kind and had a Metal dragon made of gold coming out of it, It was awsome…
Norton on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 18, 2006 at 8:29 am
THAT IS ONE EXPENSIVE GUITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 23, 2006 at 4:56 pm
There is a Jimi Hendrix guitar, which was played by him, on sale for 5 million dollars…(Fender Strat.)
jam on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 25, 2006 at 4:23 am
the paul mccartney epiphone is more expensive isnt
mike n on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 29, 2006 at 1:58 pm
How about a framed,signed,Mcartney guitar to view and “Imagine” ….auction cost about $4000. This saves a fortune …
Dan on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 1, 2006 at 2:29 pm
I’ve found a non- limited edition Martin Acoustic for a mere $80,000.00 Yea… $80,000.00… geeze
Dan on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 1, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Here’s the link…
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Guitar/Acoustic?sku=514682
It doesn’t say it’s special edition but it looks like it is… It’s listed as $100,000.00 So you get a $20,000 break. The artwork is beautiful.
dunc-_tha_funk on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 9, 2006 at 11:57 am
if i ever found someone who paid that much for a guitar i’m pretty sure i’d kick them in the nuts for being such a dumbass.
Guitar_Guy on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 9, 2006 at 10:37 pm
Those are some fucking expensive guitars
gekko81 norway on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 14, 2006 at 3:27 pm
About that $100.000 guitar, its a martin D-100 Deluxe and limited for the 50 first guitars…
Bearing the first 50 sequential serial numbers following the millionth Martin guitar (1,000,001 to 1,000,050) the D-100 Deluxe – also a Dreadnought – draws inspiration from Larry Robinson’s unprecedented inlay work on the Martin 1,000,000th guitar. This guitar features many of that instrument’s Victorian and Baroque embellishments lavishly inlaid in select pearl on its back, pickguard, headplate, fingerboard and bridge. Herringbone pearl inlay encircles the top, and the rosette features the same herringbone pearl inlay, flanked by two pearl rings in select abalone. Even the neck and headstock feature borders inlaid in select pearl.
The D-100 Deluxe is crafted with Adirondack spruce and C.I.T.E.S. certified Brazilian rosewood, hand-selected specifically for this edition. Golden Era® appointments like scalloped 5/16″ Adirondack spruce top braces, a 1 3/4″ modified V neck with square, tapered headstock and diamond volute share the spotlight with unique touches like Waverly gold hand-engraved tuners with butterbean knobs, gold color frets and fossilized ivory bridge and end pins topped with green tourmaline dots in 14-karat gold settings. The nut and saddle are fashioned from fossilized ivory.
Each D-100 Deluxe guitar in the edition of 50 bears a custom printed interior label personally signed by Martin Chairman C.F. Martin IV and is numbered in sequence. In keeping with the instrument’s exalted place as the fanciest Martin model ever, the D-100 Deluxe will be presented in a special black five-ply case covered in genuine leather and fitted with a black crushed velour interior.
First Quality is proud to present serial #1,000,007. This guitar features a very rare “hand-selected” set of Quartersawn Brazilian Rosewood.
jimpunkskitz187@yahoo.com on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 22, 2006 at 5:59 pm
i found a martin that is originally 100,000 but they marked it down to 80 thousand look a tthe reviews for it! some dude bought it for his duaghter who was just begging to take lessons
david on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 25, 2006 at 11:17 pm
wow, and i thought my gibson paul les was expensive…
nicolas on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 25, 2006 at 11:50 pm
there is a guitar used by eric clapton it sold at auction for $959,500.00 USD on June 25 2004.
i know the websit has the longest name)))
Dan on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 27, 2006 at 12:12 am
The D45 is pretty expensive, but it is the best acoustic guitar you can get. I have played one and, if you are a professional musician, it will pay you back 10 times that in value. If you are buying it for a kid you should be killed, but if your playing is good enough to demand that much guitar, it is worth it. It is like buying a Ferrari if you can only drive 55. If you are racing, you need the extra horses, though…
stiQ on The Most Expensive Guitar
May 4, 2006 at 9:39 am
Omg. Thats not the most expensivest guitar. Someone bought Eric Claptons guitar for over 900’000 U.S dollar.
greg hemmings on The Most Expensive Guitar
May 18, 2006 at 9:48 am
Does anyone know anybody who owns a Martin D 100? Im producing a TV series and one episode is focused on this guitar and Id love to find an owner to interview. Please email me at info@greghemmings.com
Ben Dover on The Most Expensive Guitar
June 14, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Hey greg
ya i own one!
i live in canada though…im eric claptons nephew.
When jimi hendrix died he left eric his estate, by the way they were great buddys! Uncy Eric gave me half(about 9.6 million) and i went and bought two.
if anyone wants to buy one contact me at: Coffeeordeath@hotmail.com
Geoffro on The Most Expensive Guitar
July 26, 2006 at 7:09 am
Dudes – thats seriously a fuckin expensive guitar,
i got my balls chopped off when i took out a house loan mortgage to buy one, then i played it 4 times, it got stolen, i couldnt pay back the loan and now my life is destroyed because of the D100.
but hey, dont let that stop u wasting 100,000k – fuck that ill take the ferrari!
Dylan on The Most Expensive Guitar
July 27, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Yeesh. “Well, you could buy a guitar…or you could buy a Lahmbroghini!”
I’ll take the 100 grand to spend on more practical things.
Cameron on The Most Expensive Guitar
August 22, 2006 at 12:00 am
And I thought the $1,500 Ibanez Jem7h I want to buy was expensive.
If I was going to spend $100,000 on a guitar, I would get theft insurance right away.
nora on The Most Expensive Guitar
August 24, 2006 at 10:05 am
I am writing a screenplay, the object of desire is the most coveted guitar in the world. Which guitar do you think it might be? Who owns it? Price value not necessisarily the most important thing. Thanks for help.
nora on The Most Expensive Guitar
August 24, 2006 at 10:48 am
that would be necessarily.
Pancho Villa on The Most Expensive Guitar
September 10, 2006 at 2:48 pm
hahaha $9,599.00 thats pocket change
tom on The Most Expensive Guitar
September 21, 2006 at 4:08 am
a guitar signed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfer, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus & Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leppard, and Bryan Adams, (goes weak at the knees thinking of all those solos) has generated $2.7m
Pablo Loco on The Most Expensive Guitar
November 9, 2006 at 11:31 am
The guitar Tom mentions, actually generated $3.7 m as royal family of Qatar bought it 1st for Tsunami relief fund & then donated the guitar back to the fund & was resold for $ 2.7m—Charity begins with an ‘Axe’ & ends up on the chopping block of peace,love,& locofication~
http://most-expensive.net/guitar-in-world
frankie on The Most Expensive Guitar
December 31, 2006 at 7:12 pm
No way. The most expensive guitar is my old Silvertone.
jeff on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 26, 2007 at 8:44 am
pls sponsor us here in cebu for our band!
Benjamming on The Most Expensive Guitar
April 18, 2007 at 2:13 am
I own a few martins and I absolutely love them. I have a limited ’66 OOO which was my mothers and is now worth a pretty penny… I spent $4500 on a martin, which took my whole salary for a few months (I was a student). I would LOVE a D-100. If anyone has any spare…
However, I think for the most coveted of all guitars, in my mind anyway, you need something a little more obscure… Try looking at a REALLY rare Weissenborn. Probably not worth anywhere near as much… but then again, may well be priceless.
danimal on The Most Expensive Guitar
April 22, 2007 at 1:03 pm
the used hendrix guitar is the single most valuable guitar besides the guitar that was signed by a bunch of artist for the tsunami relief. The tsunami relief guitar sold for 2.5 million and is signed by the stones, livnig memebers of floyd among many others. New guitars, I can’t recall the maker but if you look for hand made classical guitars out of south america and Europe, some list from 40,000 to 85,000 out of the box. Every inch is hand made and they only produce 40 a year or so.
Daniel on The Most Expensive Guitar
April 23, 2007 at 7:57 am
OK THE most expensive guitar in the wolrd its the one named blackie its about 950,000 usd and its gorgeous
paladin on The Most Expensive Guitar
April 25, 2007 at 5:11 pm
hm, the Gibson Custom Shop Engraved Les Paul Special sells for $9999.99 this isn’t a famous guitar even, this is a production model.
caroline hughes on The Most Expensive Guitar
June 9, 2007 at 6:04 pm
i own a 30 year old smashed up gold top guitar smashed up by pete townsend trying to get it signed at next tour any idea on price email me c7hughes@btinternet.com would love to find out
caroline hughes on The Most Expensive Guitar
June 9, 2007 at 6:16 pm
ok
daniel on The Most Expensive Guitar
June 17, 2007 at 8:13 pm
okay i need a fucking electric acoustc under 100 fucking doller’s i will get on ebay a stipjount even one that was possion or sperm on it I NEED A FUCKING GUITAR!!! ty for being ass holes and putting you guitars for 100,00 w.e fuck more then 1000 doller’s so u can eat my shit!
Rob on The Most Expensive Guitar
July 3, 2007 at 3:14 pm
The Greatful Deads lead gitarist jerry garcia’s alembic’s tiger & wolf went for 1.5 million each ! your all wrong…..
jeff on The Most Expensive Guitar
August 22, 2007 at 2:18 pm
blacky a guitar sighnd bye all guitarist 3.7miljon dollars
Chris on The Most Expensive Guitar
October 9, 2007 at 7:22 pm
a guitar that expensive wont play any better, you might aswell pay for jimi’s hands.
lilloulou04 on The Most Expensive Guitar
December 10, 2007 at 11:40 pm
i have the most expensive guitar ever made.. a yamaha..so back off and forget about the price because there are so many zeros at the end that they won’t fit on this page..
..peace
eggnog on The Most Expensive Guitar
December 11, 2007 at 8:26 pm
The reviews of the really expensive guitars, especially the d-100 are ridiculous. The one serious review says that the owner practices two hours a week, and the other ones say they bought it as a starter guitar, or for a child that has never played. I think that its all crazy. you dont need a good guitar to be a good player. hell, i have a cort m200, but i play a good two hours a day, some of these people are insane…
Tim on The Most Expensive Guitar
January 2, 2008 at 5:52 pm
That’s really not that much.. ive seen a guitar that sold for 2.7 million.. hows that brad??
Heri on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 18, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I have the most expensive guitar ever so yall wrong. It is a stolen yamaha I bought in the streets for 10 bucks!! take that… brad
Dano on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 19, 2008 at 7:49 am
I have the most expensive guitar ever! haha the robot guitar :P
Alex Stratton on The Most Expensive Guitar
February 28, 2008 at 10:10 pm
some of u ppl are too stupid to know the difference between a custom stratocaster and an old, cheap as dirt replica. The difference in sound is COMPLETELY different! And the price of that 2.7mil guitar is now acually 2.8mil, the price of it is still going up and always will as long as it exists.
PS. Dylan i dont think its exactly practical to buy a Lamborghini, either, considering that the speed limits are nowhere near 300MPH.