1953 Fender Telecaster — "The Piranha Blanket"
Price: €47,500

This guitar has a story few can tell. It was found in a small town in Idaho — Challis — where the original owner kept it for 25 years under a porch, wrapped in a torn bedsheet he swore was a blanket.

But the story doesn't end there. The porch sat next to a river — not just any river, but a river full of piranhas. Yes, piranhas. The original owner insisted they were salmon. Nobody had the heart to correct him.

The guitar survived. The piranhas didn't.

The finish is original — with moisture damage, checking, flaking, and a refinished fretboard by our luthier, who did such a convincing job it almost looks like he didn't do it.

The pickups are original — and survived the piranhas.

The solder joints are original — they survived too.

The blanket — lost. The torn bedsheet — also lost. But the story — that's worth €47,500.

Jared James Nichols played it and said:

"This thing's sick. I can hear my fingers under the strings. This could be yours."

And it could be. As long as you pay €47,500 — and promise not to ask about the piranhas.

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Oh yes!!! That guitar was MADE for fingerpicking!