Topic: Guitar
Over the weekend, "Hockey Night In Canada" did its annual "Hockey Day In Canada" broadcast. It's a once a year event which features a triple-header broadcast, usually featuring all the Canadian-based teams in action. They base the show in a small-ish town (Winkler, Manitoba this year) and fill the space between games with features about hockey being part of the Canadian cultural fabric, players talking about influential coaches growing up, etc.
A couple of weeks ago on "Hockey Night", they came back from commercial for the regular Ron and Don wrap-up after the early game, and Don Cherry was holding a Gibson guitar. Turned out it was an auction being done in relation to "Hockey Day". Gibson had done a custom guitar for them. Interested, I looked for more info on the Net. This isn't a guitar I would buy or bid on, but I was just interested in getting a better look at it, and reading a bit about it.
It's a 2008 Les Paul Studio, with "Hockey Night" themed art work that features a picture of Ron & Don, kids playing hockey, snow flakes, and a stylized maple leaf. On the side, along the top, is printed "Hockey Day In Canada 2008". The artist is Ray Bishop, who has done art work for the masks of various pro goalies (Belfour and Hasek, among others).
The auction is closed now. The guitar drew 81 bids, and had a closing price of $6,120.
The auction page for it (with pictures) is here: http://auction.nhl.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=90845762&prmenbr=12717464&aunbr=91192472
Posted by planet/zerofret
at 2:11 AM EST
Updated: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:24 AM EST
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Updated: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:24 AM EST
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