Johnny Marr is to auction almost 100 of his guitars, including the ones he played on The Smiths’ This Charming Man and the Billie Eilish song No Time To Die.
The sale also includes a 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355, given to Marr by music mogul Seymour Stein as an incentive for The Smiths to sign to his label, Sire Records.
The first song Smith played on it was the classic indie anthem Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.
Marr said he was letting go of his guitars because, “I didn’t like the idea of my studio space becoming a museum”.
