{"id":5639,"date":"2016-09-16T10:20:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=5639"},"modified":"2016-09-16T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:27:20","slug":"for-auction-personal-john-5-guitar-signed-by-john-5-rob-zombie-friends-for-the-ruben-velasco-legacy-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/09\/16\/for-auction-personal-john-5-guitar-signed-by-john-5-rob-zombie-friends-for-the-ruben-velasco-legacy-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR AUCTION: Personal John 5 guitar signed by John 5, Rob Zombie & friends for the Ruben Velasco Legacy Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As many of you will recall, a few months ago, John 5’s good friend Ruben Valesco – also his guitar tech on many tours – passed away after a valiant fight against stage 4 cancer. Since then the\u00a0Ruben Velasco<\/a>\u00a0Legacy Fund has been set up in honor of him and his love of\u00a0protecting the health and safety of animals.<\/p>\n

John 5 has given away this very personal gift to the charity to be auctioned – a gold Squier Telecaster named “Son of Goldie” (in reference to his main gold Telecaster people see him with) and has got a bunch of friends to sign it too.<\/p>\n

This was\u00a0his personal instrument for many years, played on stage while on tour with Rob Zombie. Several marks on the guitar show the instrument\u2019s well-worn patina and recall his frenetic head-banging style. Accompanying its authentic marks are autographs from his fellow musicians: Rob Zombie<\/em>, Billy Idol<\/em>, Duff McKagan<\/em> (Guns N\u2019 Roses), Steve Jones<\/em> (Sex Pistols), and John 5<\/em><\/span> himself.<\/p>\n

This rare piece of music memorabilia is a vision in gold, and comes with a matching headstock, hardware, and a mirrored pickguard. Sales from this guitar will benefit\u00a0The Fur and Feather Animal Sanctuary<\/a> and Ruben\u2019s Legacy.<\/p>\n

You can bid for it here:\u00a0ifonly.com\/music\/squier-telecaster-guitar-signedjohn-5-rob-zombie<\/a><\/p>\n

Auctions ends\u00a0end of September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For auction: John 5, Rob Zombie, Duff McKagan, Billy Idol, Steve Jones, stage used Gold Squier Telecaster, raising funds for The Fur and Feather Animal Sanctuary and Ruben Velasco Legacy Fund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90,701,102,702,13,14,566,335,703],"class_list":["post-5639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-auction","tag-billy-idol","tag-charity","tag-duff-mckagan","tag-john-5","tag-rob-zombie","tag-ruben-velasco","tag-squier-by-fender-telecaster-electric-guitar","tag-steve-jones","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/john-5-ruben-gold-guitar-auction.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1sX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5496,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/05\/19\/john-5-donates-stage-worn-gear-to-help-raise-funds-for-guitar-techs-cancer-fund\/","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":0},"title":"John 5 donates stage worn gear to help raise funds for guitar techs cancer fund","author":"Dillon - 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