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GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, CIRCA 1955
GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, CIRCA 1955
GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, CIRCA 1955
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GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, CIRCA 1955

A HOLLOW-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SUPER 400 CESN

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GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, CIRCA 1955
A HOLLOW-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SUPER 400 CESN
Bearing the logo Gibson inlaid at the headstock, labelled internally Style S-400 CES / Gibson GUITAR / Number A 22087 is hereby / GUARANTEED / against faulty workmanship and materials / Gibson INC. / KALAMAZOO, MICH / U.S.A., and stamped W 1508 internally, of a natural finish, together with a hard-shell case and a set of D’Addario XL guitar strings
Length of back 21 13/16 in. (55.4 cm.)
GIBSON
Literature
The Official Mark Knopfler Guitar Styles: Volume I, London, 1993, p. 3 (ill.).
Sale Room Notice
Mark Knopfler plans to donate no less than 25% of the total hammer price received, to be split equally between The British Red Cross Society (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 220949, Scotland with charity number SC037738, Isle of Man with charity number 0752, and Jersey with charity number 430), Brave Hearts of the North East (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1006247) and the Tusk Trust Limited (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1186533).

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One of three Super 400s acquired by Mark Knopfler in the mid-1980s from Pete’s Guitar in St. Paul, Minneapolis, this guitar was likely used during recording of the 1990 Notting Hillbillies album Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time at Mark’s home studio from mid-1988 to late 1989. Guitar tech Ron Eve recalls that the guitar was present in the studio from time to time during this period. This Super 400 was carried on Dire Straits’ On Every Street Tour from August 1991 to October 1992 for the use of second guitarist Phil Palmer. Knopfler recalls that he and Palmer played their Super 400s side by side during occasional performances of the song 'Fade To Black'.

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