Chicago rockers Wilco are doing a little spring summer sale where they will be selling a variety of items including rare guitars, tour posters, instruments, and “mystery” boxes. All items for sale will come with a certificate of authenticity signed by Jeff Tweedy or Nels Cline.
The sale is set for July 18 will be available on the Official Wilco Loft Reverb Shop.
Jeff Tweedy spoke on the sale saying, “I love having these Wilco Loft sales on Reverb. My guitars are like my children; I love them so much. That said, I am thankful there is a place I can easily and safely sell the children that no longer bring me joy.”
Items for sale include:
Merlin Arthur “Boogie Guitar” Smith Country Squire
A rare 1960s Framus “Big 18” double-neck electric guitar
A 2011 Breedlove Revival OMR Deluxe acoustic guitar
Mystery boxes of effects pedals as well as mystery poster tubes featuring three posters each, one of which is signed by Tweedy.
a 1962 Martin F-55
a Tele-style Jolana and an aluminum-body acoustic from an unknown maker.
There are also several acoustics, electrics, and acoustic-electrics modded with rubber bridges
Vox Mark IX ’60s, owned by Jeff Tweedy
Framus Big 18 double-neck guitar, owned by Jeff Tweedy
A Harmony Buck Owens H169 “American” red, white, and blue acoustic guitar.
A six-keyboard Wurlitzer MKS-470, a teaching “organ” built in the ’60s-’70s that has six keyboards connected around a small, fold-up table, allowing six people to play at once.