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Casey Cooper-Fiske

Jeff Beck guitars used in Bowie performance and with The Yardbirds up for sale

Jeff Beck playing the Oxblood Les Paul which will go to auction (Barrie Wentzell/Christie’s/PA) -

Guitars used by “maestro” Jeff Beck at the beginning of his career with The Yardbirds and in a 1973 performance with David Bowie are to go to auction.

The guitarist, who died aged 78 in January 2023, had wanted his guitars to be sold to other musicians after his death, his wife said, as she put the items on sale at Christie’s, saying she hoped the winning bidders would be able to “move closer to the genius who played them”.

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