Most Expensive Electric Guitars In The World

The only acoustic guitar to make it on our list of the most expensive guitars in the world had to be something special and boy is it special.

Most expensive electric guitars in the world.

Formerly the most expensive guitar was the reach out to asia guitar sold at a charity auction on 16 november 2005. It was signed by a who s who of the world s greatest guitar exponents and. John lennon s 1962 gibson j 160 e electric acoustic was one of a pair of almost identical acoustic guitars. So it s no surprise that we ve got two of these beauties in the top 5 of.

It was sold for record breaking 965 000 at christie s auction house in 2013. Due to this many of these guitars are rare because of their history and not because of how many were produced. Often times the value of an electric guitar increases exponentially depending on how famous the musician who owned it was. There s not all that many of them still in existence and even for one not owned by anybody particularly famous you re going to pay six figures for one.

Keith richards 1959 les paul standard the 1959 les paul standard is on its own known as the holy grail of electric guitars. 5 most expensive guitar. Electric guitars are one of the most collected and valuable musical instruments in the world.