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'And there are funny stories that are linked to Johnny Marr later in life after Slowdive split up. Neil used to have a blonde 12-string Rickenbacker and he had to flog it to a pawnshop in London. And who bought it? Johnny Marr went in and bought this 12-string Rickenbacker. It was still in the case and it had ‘Slowdive’ written on it.

I was at a mutual friend's birthday party a few years ago. Johnny had come to see Mojave 3 a couple of times over the years, but it was only at this friend's party that I really spoke to him in depth. I think we were the first people to arrive, so we were chatting and talking a little bit about Slowdive, and I talked to him about my love of The Smiths. Then he mentioned this Rickenbacker, and he said, ‘Didn’t you used to have blonde 12-string Rickenbacker?’ I said, ‘Yeah’ and he said, ‘I bought that for my son!’

I checked with Neil and he was like, ‘Yeah, I did have to flog it to a pawnshop for money.’ Johnny's just released his book about his guitar stories about his guitars and that guitar is in it! That’s quite cool story really.'

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