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Journey guitarist and band cofounder Neal Schon has consigned 112 guitars from his impressive, expansive collection to auction.

Journey guitarist Neal Schon consigns 112 guitars to auction

Journey guitarist and band cofounder Neal Schon has consigned 112 guitars from his impressive, expansive collection to auction.

Journey guitarist and band cofounder Neal Schon has consigned 112 guitars from his impressive, expansive collection to auction.

DALLAS – It has been nearly 50 years since Neal Schon, then not yet 20, co-founded the band that would come to be called Journey. And almost 50 years later he knows that somewhere at this very moment, someone is singing at the top of their lungs a song he played on, sang on, probably co-wrote, too. A song that climbed the charts like King Kong atop the Empire State Building; a song that ruled radio like a benevolent monarch. A first-dance song. A first-kiss song. A lighters-in-the-sky song.

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Julien’s to auction guitars from Gretsch family archive, March 26-27

Silvertone Danelectro guitar owned by Tom Petty who gifted it to George Harrison, $20,000-$40,000. Image courtesy Julien’s Auctions

LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions will present “Property from the Gretsch Family Archives Benefiting the Gretsch Foundation,” a two-day tribute to one of the most celebrated names in music instrument history, on Friday March 26 and Saturday, March 27, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers. Read more