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Richard Gere’s extensive guitar collection is to be auctioned by Christies on 11th October and proceeds will go to fund humanitarian causes across the world. The whole collection of 110 guitars is expected to fetch in the region of $1m. It includes a 1958 Gibson Flying V once owned by Albert King, guitars owned by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, a 1931 Martin D-28, and one of legendary luthier James D’Aquisto’s archtops. Source: BBC

Illinois wants to rescue John Lennon’s guitar from the defunct Peace Museum. The guitar and other stuff has been sitting at storage sites, one of which may have “suffered significant water and mold damage,” Attorney General Lisa Madigan says. Madigan says that since no one, including museum administrator Melissa McGuire, has reregistered as a museum trustee, its valuables should to be handed over to “bona fide” charitable organizations. In her complaint in Cook County Court, Madigan says, “The Peace Museum…

According to the press release “These top of the line guitars are painstakingly perfected to maximize performance; and in the true spirit of the Ramones, they’re affordably priced, without compromising quality, in an effort to make them accessible to all who will truly appreciate them. Remaining authentic to their vintage roots, the all-new official Johnny Ramone guitars are brought to you by Hallmark Guitars USA, a company founded in 1965 by one of the core designers of Johnny’s famed 6-string…

FORT WALTON BEACH — A 36-year-old man was arrested Sept. 18 on charges of battery after attacking his girlfriend with multiple items. The couple were mid-argument when the man threw a lit, scented candle in a glass jar at the woman. The candle landed on the couch and spilled wax on the cushions, but did not hit the woman, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s report. The woman attempted to retreat to her bedroom, but the man followed her into…

Dubai, no stranger to tall buildings, is about to shatter the record book’s tallest category once again. Hard Rock Café says it is building the world’s tallest guitar at 118 feet (approximately 36 metres) high to mark the café’s re-opening at its new location in Dubai Festival City (DFC) this coming October. The original Hard Rock Café closed in March 2009. “In keeping with the tradition of Hard Rock Café, the new restaurant will incorporate an iconic electric guitar. This…

Thieves broke into Rock Bottom Music in the 700 block of Broad Street early this morning and stole two electric guitars. Deputies found a hammer used to smash the window of the store lying on the counter and two empty guitar stands when they arrived, according to a Richmond County Sheriff’s Office report. They took a gold sparkle Fender Stratocaster and a ESP Cherry Sunburst guitar. Each are valued at $1,000. Source: http://chronicle.augusta.com/

The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga will serve as a temporary home for Gibson, a guitar fish that was located inside the Nashville Aquarium. The restaurant was damaged as a result of the flooding brought by record-breaking rains in Nashville and surrounding areas in Tennessee in early May. The Nashville Aquarium Restaurant was home to more than 100 species of colorful, tropical fish from the Caribbean Sea, Hawaii, South Pacific and the Indian Ocean that resided in the 200,000-gallon centerpiece tank….

A BROKEN guitar was a key piece of evidence in an assault case heard in the Coffs Harbour Local Court heard this week. The guitar was found discarded in an Arrawarra caravan park by police investigating an alleged assault. The officers were called to the park on the morning of October 5 last year by a man who claimed he had been assaulted by a fellow camper. The victim told police he and his elderly father had got into an…

Watertown, NY – Police say a regular visitor to Re-Sale America Inc., 302 Court St., helped himself to 10 guitars between February and April, causing a loss of $1,990 to the store. Peter J. Thuman, 43, of 1212 Superior St., Apt. G-12, was charged Monday with fourth-degree grand larceny. He awaits grand jury action. Police said that when he visited the store, he arrived with an empty guitar case. While store personnel were distracted, he placed a guitar in the…