Kenny Wayne Sheppard’s Guitars

Kenny Wayne Sheppard’s Guitars It started out as a simple request from a Social Media follower of Kenny Wayne Sheppard.

Would you post a picture of all the guitars you have?

The embarrassment of riches became obvious when he replied about the impossibility of that picture. “After my post yesterday several people asked if I would post a pic of all my guitars. I don’t have a pic of all of them together. I don’t even have all of them in the same place to be able take a pic of them together… but I do have a more recent pic of some of them in storage together!”

I know several rich people. When you say, “You are rich,” they often reply, “I’m not rich, Bill Gates (insert another name) is rich.” Kenny Wayne’s response to the size of his collection sounded very familiar. “There’s definitely a lot of them but I have several friends who have many more guitars than I do!”(Check out the pic)

The upside of the revelation is that he is now thinking of selling some of them.

I’m looking forward to seeing what comes on the market and how he will handle the sales.

I bet it will not include his favorite, a 1961 Fender Strat.

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Hofner Just Filed For Bankruptcy

How could an instrument be more famous than to constantly be on stage with The Beatles for so many years? Well, it could be stolen and then found 50 years later. That would do it. I love answering rhetorical questions while reminding everyone of the iconic “Violin Bass” that Paul McCarney always seem to have in his hands.

That was the Hofner 500/1 bass guitar, designed by Walter Hofner in 1955. Sir Paul bought one in 1961 for $45.

The company was founded by Karl Höfner in 1887. Hofner was bought, sold and traded a few times over the years. World War II was an earthquake for most German companies.

Hofner made a large variety of instruments over the years. It sold a lot of Verithin semi-hollow electrics, but the association with Paul McCartney will always stick in everyone’s mind. He still plays one today.

Sadly, last week, December, 11, 2025, Hofner filed for Bankruptcy.

For collectors, it will be a new dividing line. Is that a pre-2025 Hofner?

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Queen’s Brian May Guitar

The guitar we all heard on Queen’s hits through the ‘70s and ‘80s

is called The Red Special. Gibson? Fender? Another brand?

Nope. It was built by Brian May himself with the help of Harold, his father.

At the time, Brian couldn’t afford a major brand guitar.

He got mahogany from an old fireplace mantle. He made an oak fingerboard.

He made neck inlays with mother of pearl buttons. The sound of Queen began

as a father/son project and that guitar stayed with him on stage and in studio.

Last week, Brian gave a special gift to his old friend, Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath..

He had a replica of The Red Special made for his left-handed buddy.

Now there are two one-of-a-kind guitars, a right handed and a left handed.

That pair would be the ultimate collector set played by two of the greatest.

Brian May Queen's Guitar

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