The Bob Dylan Autographed SJ-200 Collector’s Edition

In this new Gibson Acoustic's advertisement Bob apperars playing his autographed SJ-200 collector's edition.

MARTIN 000-18

Live Aid 13 July 1985
Philadelphia
Ron Wood: ‘In New York, towards the middle of 1985, Bob Dylan rang to ask if I wanted to do a charity gig with him. "Sure," I said.
He showed up at my house to talk about what songs we might do.
Bob was showing me chords when I suggested getting Keith involved. Dylan agreed, so I rang Keith, two hours later the doorbell rang, and there was Keith saying: "So what do you want?"
I said: "Bob is downstairs, be nice to him." He followed me in and threw open his arms: "Bob...So great to see you!"
The three of us started rehearsing and got through pretty much the whole Dylan catalogue.
On the day of the gig, a limo came to pick up Keith and me. Before we got in, a truck pulled up with Dylan on board – the driver was his daughter.
Keith looked at me and said: "This better be f****** good."
It was better than good, it was Live Aid.
There were 72,000 people at Wembley Stadium in London, and 92,000 when we played at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, plus 1.5billion people watching on TV in a hundred countries, all to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
On the stairs up to the stage, Bob said: "Let's do Blowin' In The Wind." I said: "What?" But by then it was too late to argue. I couldn't believe it: that was the only song of his we hadn't rehearsed.
Right in the middle of it, one of Bob's guitar strings broke. I thought fast and handed my guitar to him, leaving me there in front of all those people, playing air guitar.
I was eventually handed another guitar, and when we finished our last song we turned around to find the entire cast on stage behind us’.

DON MUSSER DREADNOUGHT GUITAR

Live Aid 13 July 1985

Philadelphia

Live Aid was a dual-venue concert and an ongoing music-based initiative to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. The European concert was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium.

When Bob Dylan broke a guitar string on his Musser guitar while playing with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, Wood took off his 000-18 Martin guitar and gave it to Dylan.

Ronnie was left standing on stage guitarless. After shrugging to the audience he played air guitar, even mimicking Pete Townshend by swinging his arm in wide circles until a stagehand brought him a replacement.

Thanks to @robbolger who pointed out this guitar that Bob bought at @normansrareguitars

FENDER STRATOCASTER SIGNATURE

Thanks to Dag Braathen who let us know some of the mistery to this Fender Stratocaster built for Bob Dylan.
Commissioned by who, we don’t know.
Dag Braathen sent us a picture from the 2003 Fender Frontline catalog where the work at Fender Custom Shop in Corona, California is in progress, probably a photo from 2000 or 2001, as the guitar appeared on stage in 2001 at the Spring USA Tour.
The black pickguard was finally changed to a white one.

NATIONAL RESONATOR GUITAR

Los Angeles 2001
Photo by Herb Ritts
This portrait of renowned photographer Herb Ritts (1952-2002) was featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s exhibit, Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits on 2015.
Ritts photographed some of the world’s biggest music stars. He made startlingly intimate portraits that showed artists as the world had never seen them. Never-before-seen photographs of artists were featured in The Rock Portraits exhibit including David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Elton John, BB King, Prince, Rod Stewart and many more.
Herbert "Herb" Ritts Jr. was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.

FENDER STRATOCASTER

October 7, 2016
Desert Trip Festival
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Empire Polo Club, Indio. California
Soundcheck
It was in 2011 that Dylan played guitar live for the last time and since then he only played keyboard and harmonicas.
Rumors talked about some kind of illness in his hands or back that took him to avoid playing guitars.
But the soundcheck at Desert Trip Festival left the image of him rehearsing with an electric guitar and the hope that soon the axes are back on action again.

MARTIN D-28

1963 Newport Folk Festival 

backstage photograph by Jim Marshall.

MARTIN 00-42

MARTIN 0042

Freebody Park

Newport, Rhode Island

24 July 1964

“Broadsides (Topical Songs) Workshop”

with Joan Baez’s guitar.

Two days later, on Sunday 26, Dylan is the major performer and he presents a new image to an audience of over fifteen thousand.

His set contains no topical songs but his new All I Really Wanna Do, To Ramona, Mr. Tambourine Man and Chimes Of Freedom.

For the encore he invites Joan Baez and they sing With God On Our Side.

Reviews are mainly unfavorable.

GIBSON J-45

GIBSON J-45

Freebody Park

Newport, Rhode Island

24 July 1964

Photograph by David Gahr

David Gahr (1922–2008) was an American photographer born in Milwaukee to Russian immigrant parents.

His book, The Face of Folk Music (Citadel Press, 1968) with writer Robert Shelton captured the exploding American Folk music scene, with hundreds of images including Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, among many others. 

His work appeared prominently in Crawdaddy.

BUTTERSCOTCH BLONDE FENDER TELECASTER W/ Black Pickguard

Tour 1974 with The Band.

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BLACK WASHBURN TANGLEWOOD

Opera House

Washington, District Of Columbia

20 January 1986

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Bob played two guitars: a sunburst Washburn Tanglewood and a Black Washburn Tanglewood with rosewood soundboard pictured above.

SILVERTONE ARISTOCRAT 642

SILVERTONE ARISTOCRAT MODEL 642 ARCHTOP GUITAR. SINGLE CUTAWAY.
Dylan Room, Hibbing Public Library. The guitar Bob played in a student talent show.

Bob Dylan signature Gibson J-200

MARTIN D-28

Early sixties with a Martin D-28.

GIBSON LG-1

In 2006  musician and photographer Aaron Warren was touring the Gibson Bozeman plant. He spied something different in the final setup area: there were two guitars with Bob Dylan’s work order attached.
The guitars are labelled as Gibson LG-1, a model that has not been made since the 1960s.

The LG-1 is a small body guitar with spruce top and mahogany sides and back, similar to the J-45 but smaller.

In 2006, Dylan was probably trying to find a smaller guitar that would accommodate the rumored arthritis he has. It is quite common for guitar players to get arthritis in their 60s due to over use.

GIBSON J-50

Early sixties with a natural Gibson J-50 with rosewood soundboard.

Gibson SJ-200 Bob Dylan Autographed Collector’s Edition (SJBD2AGH1)

Limited to 175 worldwide

The Bob Dylan Autographed SJ-200 Collector’s Edition is an exact replica of Bob’s personal highly-customized SJ-200, fashioned from highly figured Indian rosewood and AAA Sitka spruce. The headstock features an inlaid artist’s eye logo with a Bella Voce mother-of-pearl inlay in the fret board. The double pick guards are ornately decorated with an inlay of abalone.
Each model features an autographed label by Bob Dylan and is numbered in the series. The head block also bears a matching number in the series. Only 175 guitars will be made and distributed for worldwide sales.
These guitars will also include a unique limited edition hard-shell case with embroidered artist eye logo.

Gibson SJ-200 Bob Dylan Player’s Edition (SJBDVSGH1)

The SJ-200 Player’s Edition is a high-performance model based on Bob Dylan’s personal guitar. This model is constructed with Adirondack red spruce and hand-selected AAA flamed maple. Featuring vintage style hide glue top bracing. The headstock features the artist’s eye logo with a Bella Voce Mother-of-pearl inlay on the fret board. Double pick guards feature an engraved design, with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.

BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER

June 30, 1999
Bob joined Clapton on stage with one of Eric's guitars a Black Fender Strato with rosewood soundboard and matching black headstock.

Eric Clapton put together a stellar band and invited a few friends--Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, and David Sanborn--to perform a one-night-only concert in New York City's Madison Square Garden as a benefit for Clapton's Crossroads Centre at Antigua.
Dylan played 6 songs, plus the "all-star" encore.

WASHBURN 5250 ARCHTOP

Joan Baez introduced Bob to big audiences...here is Dylan at Newport 1963 with a Washburn 5250 with slotted headstock and tailpiece

BLACK FENDER STRATOCASTER

Playing a black Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and white pickguard.

FENDER BLONDE TELECASTER

playing a Fender blonde Telecaster with  threaded steel “barrel” saddle

GIBSON L-00

1997.'Time Out of Mind' front cover with a Gibson acoustic L-00

KRAMER ACOUSTIC BASS GUITAR KFB

Traveling Wilburys...Bob with a 1987-88 Kramer Ferrington acoustic bass KFB

GRETSCH RANCHER ACOUSTIC GUITAR

with a Gretsch Rancher acoustic guitar...The richly resonant Rancher first appeared in the early 1950s with its highly distinctive triangular sound hole and sweepingly elegant pickguard

GIBSON DOVE GUITAR

Universal Amphitheater
Los Angeles, California
23 March 1994
The Rhythm, Country & Blues Concert

Playing 'Tomorrow Night' with Trisha Yearwood and a black Gibson acoustic Dove guitar

GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD

1993 With a natural vintage acoustic Gibson Hummingbird

FENDER JAZZMASTER

Forest Hills, 28 Aug 1965 (Harvey Brooks on bass and Levon on the drums) with a sunburst Fender Jazzmaster with rosewood soundboard

SUNBURST FENDER STRATOCASTER 70s style

1998..Doctor Music Festival (Escalarre,Lleida)...with a three color sunburst Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard, sparkle pickguard and large 70's headstock style....

GIBSON J-45 with soundhole pickup

Messing around with a Gibson J-45 with double pickguard and soundhole mounted pickup

1963 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman

Bob playing the George Harrison's country gentleman Gretsch guitar....

WHITE FENDER STRATOCASTER

National Building Museum, Washington, District Of Columbia, 17 January 1993
Jamming with Stephen Stills with a white Fender Stratocaster with rosewood soundboard...

BUCK OWENS SIGNATURE TELECASTER GUITAR

11 March 2005, Portland : Buck Owens has taken Dylan one of his famous red,white and blue guitars to give to him, Buck had something of a history of handing out his signature guitars to people he respected and admired - and always with an inscribed gold pickguard.


The Buck Owens signature Tele was manufactured in 1998 and discontinued in 1999. It was a Limited Edition Run as only 250 examples were made.
This guitar sported a solid basswood body, a pair of Texas Special single-coils, 4-way switching, gold hardware, brasss pickguard and a maple neck
with rosewood fingerboard and 21 vintage frets.


Buck Owens:"I designed it along with Simie Mosely. The idea came to me in 1965 from all the unrest and people burning the American flag.
By 1966 I had designed the entire guitar and put it on the market for people if they wanted one. I also got Don [Rich] to paint his fiddle red,
 white and blue; and Doyle Holly had a red, white and blue bass. It was my way of saying I loved America''

FENDER JAZZ BASS

Promotional shot with a Fender Jazz Bass...

MODULUS GRAPHITE GUITAR

Bob with the Grateful Dead on stage playing Bob weir's modulus graphite guitar

TAKAMINE F455s

1981 tour.....with a Takamine F455s.....since 1978 and through the 80s the japanese acoustic guitars were the ones on stage (Yamaha,Takamine)...you can tell in this beautiful F455s that the logo on the headstock reminds a lot to the Martin guitars logo...more than a lot the american brand wished for sure...

The Takamine F455S was used as the one & only acoustic guitar in Europe 1981. Apart from Verona 1984 this Takamine was one of only two acoustics used in Europe 1984 (the other was a Washburn Monterrey).


thanks to Frank Witt

State of Alabama Guitar (Gibson custom shop)

Here is Dylan at the 2010 rehearsals with a Gibson Custom shop guitar: the State of Alabama Guitar

The state of Alabama are celebrating 2011 as the Year of Alabama Music and have commissioned the Gibson Custom Shop to craft a guitar in the shape of the state.

Bob Harrison, from the state’s marketing agency, explained that the idea is to use the guitar over the next year to bring attention to Alabama’s rich musical tradition.

“We want people to be aware of Alabama’s musical legacy from blues to country, Muscle Shoals, jazz and so on,” he said.

Television spots and print ads will feature musicians playing the Alabama guitar. Also, bands and artists playing in Alabama next year will be offered the opportunity to play the unique guitar at their concerts.

OM-28 PERRY BECHTEL AND HD-28 MARTIN GUITARS

...'George Harrison borrowed the Perry Bechtel OM-28 for a televised Dylan tribute Concert at Madison Square Garden ... Bob played his leather-stained herringbone.'
from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book      
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

OM-28 PERRY BECHTEL MARTIN GUITAR

...'In 1993, a PERRY BECHTEL Commemorative OM-28 was conceived to pay tribute to the man who is credited with the development of the 14-fret neck on Martin guitars...

...For several years, Cesar Díaz was Bob's guitar technician and amplifier specialist. Cesar was also a great player and joined in with Bob's band for a time, during which he often visited Martin to stock up on plenty of strings and to acquire a variety of stock and custom guitars for the tour. A few HD-28s and an OM-28 Perry Bechtel were purchased.'
 from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book      
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

MARTIN CUSTOM DREADNOUGHT GUITAR WITH BOB'S SIGNATURE

A custom 14-fret slotted head Dreadnought Martin guitar with ''Tex Fletcher'' style letters commissioned by Cesar Díaz (Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties) for Bob Dylan

'through a good bit of custom experimentation, it became clear that Dylan liked the full-sized Dreadnoughts with full-thickness necks and bright Engelmann spruce tops. In reverence to Jimmie Rodgers, Bob had a particular appreciation for slotted headstocks.
There is a ''Tex Fletcher'' Dreadnought in the Martin Museum with thin block lettering on the fingerboard. Cesar conveyed to me that Bob liked that style of lettering, so I drafted a special ''Bob Dylan'' fingerboard that was subsequently inlaid by David Nichols of Custom Pearl Inlay. The fingerboard  found its place on a Custom Dreadnought that Cesar delivered to Bob, but by the time it was completed , Cesar's role in the band was changing. Eventually, Cesar stopped working with Dylan altogether and there was some question whether  the Custom Dreadnought remained in the corral of Dylan instruments.'
 from Dick Boak's MARTIN GUITAR MASTERPIECES book       guitar's picture by John Sterling Ruth
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

MARTIN 00-18

1986 Promotional shot with a Martin 00-18 guitar...

The People Speak HOWARD ZINN's A People's History of the USA

January 2009.

Performance of Woody Guthrie's "Do Re Mi" with Ry Cooder & Van Dyke Parks from the "The People Speak" Project, with a Gibson Country Western.

Hank Williams' Martin D-28 Guitar

This Old Guitar - Hank Williams Martin D-28


A one hour radio program of an interview with Neil Young on CD called Companion contains extensive insight into Prairie Wind's recording, as well as, much other interesting stuff. In the interview by JODY DENBERG, Neil is asked about the Martin guitar that belonged to Hank Williams.
NEIL YOUNG: Yeah. I bought it from, uh, uh, off a friend of mine Grant Boatwright (sp?) put me together with, uh, this fellow Tut Taylor (sp?) he had an old, uh, collection of guitars. And, uh, I went down there and there it was, and he took it out of the back and brought it out and I bought it. I couldn't believe that I could buy it. That I, you know, but I did. And now I have it. And, you know, I've got it for a while and I'm taking care of it.


JODY DENBERG: But you're generous with it. You've lent it to some of your friends?


NEIL YOUNG: You know, Bob Dylan was using my bus. He, he didn't have his own tour bus yet. And he was just getting into using buses, and, uh, so I let him use mine and, uh, when I gave it to him I, I told him that, uh, Hank was in the back and that if he wanted to use Hank, that Hank would be there for him. And so I don't know what he did with it, but he had it with him for a long time. And I don't know what he wrote or what he did, but I know, you know, something must have happened back there.

1993 Fender Stratocaster

1993 Fender Stratocaster owned by Bob Dylan. One of the very first aluminum Strat's. Dave Stewart owns one exactly like this one. Original shipping documents to Dylan's guitar tech, Cesar Diaz. OHSC.


This picture and its legend appears like this at  http://www.abalonevintage.com

SUNBURST GIBSON J-200

France 1992...with a Gibson J-200...this is not the same guitar pictured on the 'Nashville Skyline' album...you can tell the difference between the Nashville 'moustache' bridge with pearl inlays and the empty one...

Martin HD-28 Sunburst Top

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...Thinline Goldplus Acoustic Pickup System...and their serial numbers!!!!.. between august 25th and the end of september 1992 Cesar paid for 5 Martin guitars...


INVOICE
August 25th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
for the following:
1 each      Martin HD-28 with Case
Serial # _______________
Sunburst Top
PAID IN FULL / CHECK (Diaz Amplifiers)
Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin MC-28 Serial # 518513

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..

INVOICE
September 24th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
for the following:
1 each      Martin MC-28 with Case Serial # 518513
(Thinline GoldPlus Installed Inclusive)
PAID IN FULL / CHECK # 862 (Diaz Amplifiers) 

Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin OM-21 Limited Edition G.O.M. Guitar of the Month Serial # 510291

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..


INVOICE
September 24th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street 
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 
for the following:
1 each      Martin OM-21 with Case 
Limited Edition G.O.M. Guitar of the Month
Serial # 510291 
PAID IN FULL / CHECK # 862 (Diaz Amplifiers) 
Dealer:  David Sheppard
Stringed Instruments & Repair
1820 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(919) 274-2395 
Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517887

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..


INVOICE
September 24th, 1992
Payment in full has been received from
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan)
473 North Courtland Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
for the following:
1 each      Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517887
Engelmann Spruce Utilized But Not Specified
Aging Toner On Top
(Thinline GoldPlus Installed Inclusive)
PAID IN FULL / CHECK # 862 (Diaz Amplifiers)
Dealer:  David Sheppard
Stringed Instruments & Repair
1820 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(919) 274-2395 


Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517031

Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...thinline Goldplus...and their serial numbers!!!!..


INVOICE:
Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan) 
1 each      Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # 517031 
Engelmann Spruce Top Specified 
(Thinline GoldPlus Installed Inclusive) 
PAID IN FULL / CHECK (Diaz Amplifiers) 
Dealer:  David Sheppard
Stringed Instruments & Repair
1820 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(919) 274-2395 


Thanks to dick boak
 Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives
      C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)

   Web: www.martinguitar.com         or:   www.dickboak.com

30th Anniversary Concert - 16 October 1992 NYC

The Bob fest celebrated with a  MARTIN "HD-28"