Collector alert!

Denmark Street Guitars in London says it is selling the black 3-pickup LPC that Keith used from 1969-81 and which is documented on page 314 of the STONES GEAR book. Offers at $1m considered.

Mathijs, thoughts?

Mathijs

Mathijs! Buy this one! You are a good gutarist, you can play it well!

What I would like to know is if this really is the guitar he used on the 1969 to 1971 tours. I always considered this LP Custom a guitar he bought later in the 1970's, and can only be briefly seen during some posed press pictures from 1978 or 1980 (I forgot).

The Custom he used on the tours was, according to Ted Newman Jones, gutted for its pickups that were used in Micawber and in the first TNJ 5-syring guitar. The guitar ended up with Steve Marriott, who used it with Humble Pie and is now in the hands of a collector.

But comparing this guitar to high resolution pictures from 1970 and 1971 I can't say it is or is not the same guitar.

Mathijs

A pity Imgur doesn't work anymore hence this link:


[jottacloud.com]

Could it be this guitar although the middle pickup is reversed?

This is what I know -this guitar is from the personal collection of Alan Rogan, and comes with a letter of Rogan stating Keith gifted the guitar to him in 1981. There's no reason to doubt any of this.

The statement of Rogan is that the guitar 'can be seen in various film footage of the band', without any further details. I do not think this is the guitar used by Keith from 1969 to late 1971:

1. Ted Newman Jones stated he took the pickups from the guitar in 1971 to be used on a guitar he would build for Keith. The pickups ended up in Micawber and the first TNJ 5-string. The gutted guitar ended up with Steve Marriott, who used it with Humble Pie and the guitar now is in the hands of a known collector.
2. Keith's Custom was known to be a '57, this is a '58.
3. The Rogan guitar is in mint condition, whereas a guitar that Keith toured with in 69-71 is expected to have dings and scratches. The way they toured back then was very amateurish, and there are many pictures of the guitar leaning against brick walls, lying on floors and on top of amps, and with guitars basically basically being thrown together.
4. The hardware is really shiny gold, whereas on most pictures with Keith the hardware looks worn, with the gold worn out on the pickups to show the nickel.
5. The mother-of-pearl neck inlays do not match up. As far as I can tell, all the inlays of the Rogan guitar look different to the guitar Keith used in 69-71.
5. There are promotional pictures taken around the Some Girls album release where Keith is holding a mint Custom, with shiny hardware. I believe that to be the same guitar that Keith gifted to Rogan in 1981.
6. I have various pictures and statements from the collection of Alan Rogan through Jim Barber. Rogan was a custodian to Keith's collection since the mid-1970's. All guitars he kept appear to be from after 1972, there were no guitars from before the Nellcote robbery except for Micawber.

Mathijs



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026-03-04 10:25 by Mathijs.

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Mathijs
This is what I know -this guitar is from the personal collection of Alan Rogan, and comes with a letter of Rogan stating Keith gifted the guitar to him in 1981. There's no reason to doubt any of this.

The statement of Rogan is that the guitar 'can be seen in various film footage of the band', without any further details. I do not think this is the guitar used by Keith from 1969 to late 1971:

1. Ted Newman Jones stated he took the pickups from the guitar in 1971 to be used on a guitar he would build for Keith. They ended up in Micawber and the first TNJ 5-string. The guitar ended up with Steve Marriott, who used it with Humble Pie and is now in the hands of a known collector.
2. Keith's Custom was known to be a '57, this is a '58.
3. The Rogan guitar is very mint, whereas a guitar that Keith toured with in 69-71 is expected to have dings and scratches. The way they toured back then was very amateurish, and there are many pictures of the guitar leaning against brick walls, lying on floors and on top of amps, and basically being thrown together.
4. The hardware is really shiny gold, whereas on most pictures with Keith the hardware looks worn, with the gold worn out to show the nickel.
5. The neck inlays do not match up. As far as I can tell, all the inlays of the Rogan guitar look different to the guitar Keith used in 69-71.
5. There are promotional pictures from Some Girls where Keith is holding a mint Custom, with shiny hardware. I believe that to be the same guitar that Keith gifted to Rogan in 1981.
6. I have various pictures and statements from the collection of Alan Rogan through Jim Barber. Rogan was a custodian to Keith's collection since the mid-1970's. All guitars where from after 1972, there were no guitars from before the Nellcote robbery except for Micawber.

Mathijs

Have you ever considered publishing a book about the Stones' guitars? I'd really like to.
I, and I suppose many others here, would be interested.

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Mathijs
This is what I know -this guitar is from the personal collection of Alan Rogan, and comes with a letter of Rogan stating Keith gifted the guitar to him in 1981. There's no reason to doubt any of this.

The statement of Rogan is that the guitar 'can be seen in various film footage of the band', without any further details. I do not think this is the guitar used by Keith from 1969 to late 1971:

1. Ted Newman Jones stated he took the pickups from the guitar in 1971 to be used on a guitar he would build for Keith. They ended up in Micawber and the first TNJ 5-string. The guitar ended up with Steve Marriott, who used it with Humble Pie and is now in the hands of a known collector.
2. Keith's Custom was known to be a '57, this is a '58.
3. The Rogan guitar is very mint, whereas a guitar that Keith toured with in 69-71 is expected to have dings and scratches. The way they toured back then was very amateurish, and there are many pictures of the guitar leaning against brick walls, lying on floors and on top of amps, and basically being thrown together.
4. The hardware is really shiny gold, whereas on most pictures with Keith the hardware looks worn, with the gold worn out to show the nickel.
5. The neck inlays do not match up. As far as I can tell, all the inlays of the Rogan guitar look different to the guitar Keith used in 69-71.
5. There are promotional pictures from Some Girls where Keith is holding a mint Custom, with shiny hardware. I believe that to be the same guitar that Keith gifted to Rogan in 1981.
6. I have various pictures and statements from the collection of Alan Rogan through Jim Barber. Rogan was a custodian to Keith's collection since the mid-1970's. All guitars where from after 1972, there were no guitars from before the Nellcote robbery except for Micawber.

Mathijs

I thought they might have it refurbished:

[jottacloud.com]

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TheflyingDutchman

I thought they might have it refurbished:

[jottacloud.com]

The Rogan guitar seems original and in fairly mint condition to me.

Mathijs

Not sure I would want a refurbished guitar. Would that not diminish its value? Give me with all the scratches, blemishes, and whatnot.

Keith' 57 Les Paul was sold in 2001: [www.guitarworld.com]

Plus there's an intersting article on Keith's Le Psul/Gibson guitars: [garyrocks.wordpress.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026-03-05 16:06 by Meise.

Update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogi5LXGigwI