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I can put the same effort into a Gibson and get back twice as much. If I pull the strings, I don’t get as much out of it as I put into it. I like the sound of a Strat, but just can’t play one. Johnny once described his main ax, the Lazer, as follows: “It’s really the closest thing I’ve found to sounding like a Strat and feeling like a Gibson. I was never a big fan of humbucking pickups, but the mini humbuckers on the Firebird have more bite and treble.” It feels like a Gibson, but it sounds closer to a Fender than most other Gibsons. “When I played it, I discovered I liked the way it sounded too. “I was initially attracted to the Firebird because I liked the way it looked,” Winter told Guitar Aficionado in early 2014. He performed the album’s stunning guitar work using a 1966 Fender Mustang, but the following year he adopted what would become his main guitar for many years: a 1963 Gibson Firebird V that he purchased in St.

Winter came to the forefront of the electric blues scene in 1969 with the release of his major-label debut, Johnny Winter.

But it is, of course, the guitars that will, in all likelihood, be the stars of the event.

The auction is a significant trove of Winter’s personal effects, offering a rare opportunity for fans to see and purchase relics from the career of the celebrated electric blues guitarist.

Other personal items include notebooks of handwritten music, a pair of purple velvet bell-bottom pants with a matching button-down jacket, a rattlesnake hat, a pink dragon kimono and, oddly, beard clippings. Zelinsky prototype, respectively-will be included in the auction.

Gibson Firebirds, Erlewine Lazers and even Winter’s very first and last guitars-a ukulele and a Dean B.