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“The guitar that killed folk”: Mike Bloomfield’s butchered Fender Telecaster – which was used during Bob Dylan’s infamous 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance – is up for sale

Mike Bloomfield Newport Folk Festival Telecaster.

Less than a week after Mike Bloomfield's extravagantly painted 1966 Fender Telecaster made its way to the second-hand market, the Tele he played during Bob Dylan's infamous Newport Folk Festival set in 1965 has now come up for sale.

However, some rather choice and stomach-turning mods have been made to the heavily butchered electric guitar.

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