This guitar was specially crafted for Eric by Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Todd Krause and features artwork by graffiti artist John “Crash” Matos, who had previously decorated two of Eric’s guitars – the first in 1996 and the second in 2001.
The guitar was used for a relatively short period of time, from March 15, 2004, to around mid-June that same year. The main reason for this was that Eric organized an auction on June 21st [1] through which he sold a huge number of his guitars, among them being this Crashocaster.
The guitar ended up selling for $321,100, which was surprisingly high considering how short Eric had used it. The fact that it was after all a unique instrument painted by Crash probably played a huge role in setting that price, along with the fact that Eric played it during the 2004 Crossroads Festival.
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