Kristin Hersh recently decided to clear out some stuff from her storage unit. Included in this clear out was a custom made Collings SJ acoustic guitar which was made in 1999. It was one of her back-up guitars which she used mainly for writing, although she toured with it in 2001 whilst her main C-10 Collings guitar was in for repair. This specific guitar has a cut-away for high fret access. It also has a built-in Fishman Natural 1 piezo pickup and features Kristin’s “KH” logo — I love that logo — custom inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the headstock. There was also a custom Calton Roadcase engraved with Kristin’s name and an additional padded roadcase cover and carrying bag made by Blue Dog.

In the interests of posterity, and the fact that Ebay don’t keep all their auctions on-line forever, I’ve included one of the pictures here.

Went on auction overnight with a reserve of $5K. Sold to some lucky person (a Throwing Muses fan, but not me) in the UK for $6K.

There’ll be a 1966 Strat going sometime too.