Good News , Schenker gets the Signature “V”

I'm perfectly happy with my DEAN Schenker V. So Gibson, you can go... well. you know.



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Far Rider said:
I'm perfectly happy with my DEAN Schenker V. So Gibson, you can go... well. you know.



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Schenker said in an interview from 2022 he liked Dean. He had of course met Eliot and toured the factory. He was impressed.
He was always rough on his guitars. Bowing the necks to drop a note slightly.Back then he said Gibson didn’t do anything for him.
Gibson are well known for broken headstocks.
 
The video says you get a chunk of Mahogany with a Medallion on it , that’s part of the puzzle but the whole guitar he played before it was painted , a reissued would be cool.
After all , the songs that made him and the black and white guitar more famous were written and played on the red 71 medallion (same guitar )with the Medallion still attached. I just think of that guitar from all of the early video’s and it’s so unique.
 
I've been trying to find info on the guitar, and am coming up empty. It seems a base model Murphy Labs is in the 6500-7500 dollar range, so I'd also guess starting in the 10K or much higher range. Awful lot of money for a guitar that would be more of a collector piece than anything else.
 
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Mitch Pearrow SJMP said:
Maybe my memory has faded, but wasn’t Michael playing a white V in the late 70’s when they were touring with Rush ?
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I believe it was white before the black/ white scheme.
The early years like 67plexi said it was the red medallion (original)
I don’t remember the year Mitch, was it 77 or 78 ? For Rush, it was Farwell to Kings.
I think UFO was Obsession ? The same tour they recorded live possibly. After that , Schenker split.
 
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Yes , thats the one.
That guitar is the same one , he pulled the medallion off and if I remember correctly painted it. It ended up with a broken headstock and was sold, KK downing had the exact same model of course different number but he kept his original. Also sold it.
 
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gball said:
Not terribly surprised it would be so limited. As much as I revere MS, it's not as though he is at the current forefront of the musical landscape.
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No, but he bowed out of UFO at the wrong time. Super Stardom never happened.
Honestly I don’t even care for many of the current guitarist. Speed playing is awesome to see but it lacks soul.
 
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