hey Rick I have a guitar for you okay
oh this is your guitar yes okay
it's a 1961 Fender Stratocaster
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that's a big WOW factor right there it
is yeah my earliest memories of as a kid
you know watching old videos of Jimi
Hendrix play a white early 60s
Stratocaster but played it upside down
pretty damn good shape so where did you
get this thing this guitar has been with
me for years I've worked on records with
Nancy Sinatra and Petula Clark Tom Jones
it's not unusual alright so were you
like a studio miss I was I was from 1958
till about 1983 did you play with any
rock bands it's up to I I did well I
mean I was part of the Herman's Hermits
yeah I've heard of Herman's Hermits yeah
okay with the silhouette with you here
the silhouette let's be playing the solo
I actually worked a little bit with the
Beatles to probably might have heard if
the film a hard day's night yeah well
when Ringo's walking around at the end
of that film this guitar is playing
Ringo's theme which is the one he's
walking about too so it does it does
have quite a good history it's got a
hell of a history on it yeah I have a
partial list of the the records that I
played on this is 36 pages this is how
many albums you've been on albums and
films and this is your dad right here
Vic flick big flick that's my name yeah
so you worked on films too I've worked
on films I worked on Goldfinger James
Bond I actually played the James Bond
theme which you you played the James
Bond theme yes
of all the movie themes that would
probably be the most recognizable one
period a 1961 Fender Strat is worth five
digits at least they're extremely
desired and one that actually played on
big movie scores could be worth 10 times
that amount but it's all whether or not
the story checks out so how much you
looking to get out of it
$70,000 whoo
it's a 61 stress so that makes it worth
5 figures I've been too low five figures
by itself
I'm gonna call someone up who knows
everything about a guitar knows
everything in the world about music I'm
just basically gonna ask him is does
your name make it worth that much OSE
okay so Jesse store is just a few blocks
away so I'm used to people not knowing
who I am I have to ask myself that
sometime so you don't know this guy yeah
this is the guy that Jimmy Page would
look over his shoulder in the studio and
like figure out what he was doing and so
he'd get back Thanks honor to meet you
well thank you justice you helped teach
Jimmy Page I helped Timmy page um I
advised him on a couple of things you
know I was pretty stoked when they
called and told me that Vic flick was in
the shop one of my heroes from the 60s
and 70s there's very few songs that he
didn't play some guitar on so I
basically need to know this being his
guitar obviously a very influential guy
in the music industry so what do you
think it's worth you know a really good
condition
61 an Olympic white probably be about a
$35,000 guitar on its own okay let alone
with the pedigree of this guitar you've
heard this guitar probably more times
than you even realize you've heard this
particular guitar probably true yeah
I could see this going to a collector at
auction it easily easily 60 70 thousand
dollars this is cool it's like beyond
cool okay well thanks a lot if you say
it's cool you say it's cool yeah that's
a good one all right you guys you're me
thank you pleasure meeting you
as far as selling the guitar I'm sure
there's plenty and collectors out there
would love to own that guitar I mean not
just simply because I'm as big flicks
but because of the number of songs and
recordings that the guitar was used on
it's pretty significant rock and roll
history all right we take 50 grand for
it I'm looking more towards the 70 maybe
65 it's nothing personal I'm just
thinking I mean you're sort of a rock
star and that's my quandary when I go to
sell this do you go 60
I will go $55,000 III think that's a
fair price I take all the risk all right
deal yeah okay
let's go do some paperwork okay I was
surprised I thought he was gonna go down
to the 30s or something like that
I knew he'd probably go for 55 and I'm
happy now I've got the money in my back
pocket I think the wife and I will just
pop out for a beer or two and celebrate
the occasion
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