David Gilmour's Charity Guitar Auction Result

[matt986]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Jim Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts' owner, bought both the Black Strat and the Martin. Wow.

As soon as I saw the subject line of this thread I kind of figured that those guitars would be headed here to Indianapolis. Jim Irsay has been buying up iconic guitars for a while now.

Meet Jim Irsay, the Man Who Bought Les Paul's Black Beauty

He own guitars from Jerry Garcia, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Prince and others.

He also owns the piano that John Lennon used on the Sgt. Pepper's album and Ringo's drum kit.

He owns the original Jack Kerouac On The Road scroll.

The good thing about Irsay owning these is that he plays them and allows them to be played by others. In 2016 he let Warren Haynes play Garcia's Tiger:

Jerry Garcia’s Famed ‘Tiger’ Guitar to Return to Stage

[AX17609]

I wonder if the acoustic guitarists here are aware of the enormous affection for the Comfortably Numb leads in the electric guitar community. Go to YouTube sometime and search "Comfortably Numb solo". There are literally hundreds of videos of people playing the leads from that tune. It's particularly popular among teenage girls, for some reason, but there's also a video of an Australian 9-year-old playing it blindfolded.

[Dru Edwards]

What a collector. Great that he plays them too. I bet if Jimmy Page ever auctions his Les Pauls or double neck Irsay will be ready.

Originally Posted by matt986

As soon as I saw the subject line of this thread I kind of figured that those guitars would be headed here to Indianapolis. Jim Irsay has been buying up iconic guitars for a while now.

Meet Jim Irsay, the Man Who Bought Les Paul's Black Beauty

He own guitars from Jerry Garcia, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Prince and others.

He also owns the piano that John Lennon used on the Sgt. Pepper's album and Ringo's drum kit.

He owns the original Jack Kerouac On The Road scroll.

The good thing about Irsay owning these is that he plays them and allows them to be played by others. In 2016 he let Warren Haynes play Garcia's Tiger:

Jerry Garcia’s Famed ‘Tiger’ Guitar to Return to Stage

[robj144]

Originally Posted by AX17609

I wonder if the acoustic guitarists here are aware of the enormous affection for the Comfortably Numb leads in the electric guitar community. Go to YouTube sometime and search "Comfortably Numb solo". There are literally hundreds of videos of people playing the leads from that tune. It's particularly popular among teenage girls, for some reason, but there's also a video of an Australian 9-year-old playing it blindfolded.

The solo for Comfortably Numb is probably my favorite solo of all time. It's so tasteful.

[AX17609]

Originally Posted by robj144

The solo for Comfortably Numb is probably my favorite solo of all time. It's so tasteful.

I agree completely. That solo represents everything I loved about playing electric guitar -- the raw power of the pentatonic scale, the heartache evoked by a well bent string, and the beauty of proper vibrato. I want Comfortably Numb to be the song track to the last 6 minutes of my life and that solo to carry me away as I drift off into the beyond.