1997 Taylor Limited Edition Cujo 14 acoustic guitar, made in...

Estimate

£3,000 - £4,000

1997 Taylor Limited Edition Cujo 14 acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: black walnut; Top: natural spruce, one minor ding to treble edge; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebony inlaid film storyboard to the length; Frets: good; Hardware: good; Case: original hard case and papers; Overall condition: very good


*This model is a limited run of one hundred and twenty-five guitars, made from the famous four hundred year old black walnut tree that appeared in Stephen King's 1983 horror film Cujo, based on his novel of the same name. The movie was filmed on a ranch in California and when the tree died, the arborist contacted Bob Taylor who then had the idea to make a run of limited edition guitars out of it. This would become one of Taylor Guitars most elaborate projects with the fingerboard inlay being one of the most intricate that has ever been placed on a guitar. This fingerboard serves as a mini storyboard of the film, depicting the bat silhouetted against a full moon, the branches of the walnut tree, the barn from which Cujo launches his attacks and Cujo himself. The guitar's label is hand signed by both Bob Taylor and Stephen King. Sold with a VHS copy of the film.