Mike Adams gets a VIP view of the kind of rarified instruments that most of us only get to read about. As the in-house guitar appraiser for Julien’s Auctions, he has worked on guitars owned and played by Prince, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon – and that’s only in his first year in the job.
It’s a dream role for any guitar geek, but then Adams is not just any guitar geek. From living on beans to buy his first vintage models, to founding a vintage shop (Mike and Mike’s Guitar Bar – of which he’s no longer affiliated), and becoming the internet’s go-to offset expert, he has dedicated his life to understanding guitars and has a particular soft spot for Fender oddballs.
