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A David Bowie stage and studio used custom chrome Steinberger L-series guitar, serial number 7712, with a pack of Steinberger double ball guitar strings and guitar picks signed by David Bowie and Tin Machine members Reeves Gabrels and Tony Sales. With graphite and carbon fiber body and faceplate, with micrometer style tuners for use with double ball strings and double EMG pickups. The guitar is one of two custom chrome-finished guitars created by Ned Steinberger. Gabrels first requested the "tin" guitar. He recalls receiving the guitar only to discover that a silver Mylar covering was used to completely cover the neck and frets of his guitar as well as the body. This unfortunately made the guitar virtually unplayable. He used it for one televised performance of one song and subsequently donated it to the Hard Rock Café in Shanghai, China. Bowie liked the look of the guitar and requested his own from Steinberger. Steinberger sent to Bowie another L-series that had been used for the test run of the chrome body treatment. The Bowie guitar did not have a Mylar-covered fretboard and was a playable guitar. Bowie used the guitar for the 1991-1992 Tin Machine tour and during the recording sessions for the 1991 album Tin Machine II . The guitar is accompanied by the original case, a video of Tin Machine Live featuring Bowie playing this guitar, and a DVD of the video “You Belong In Rock and Roll.” Categories: David Bowie


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