This item was featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars. It was for that film the most famous guitar solo in history made its first appearance as played on Flicks cello-bodied Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe Guitar. Accompanied by additional parts, a document listing the numerous songs it was played on, and a hardshell case.

The original switch has been changed to a five-way switch. The neck dates are 10/61, indicating October of 1961, and the potentiometer codes are 3046134, indicating the 34th week of 1961. It has been refretted, and a new nut has been installed. This guitar was played by Flick on numerous popular recordings, including “Ringo’s Theme (This Boy)” from the classic Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night (Proscenium Films, 1964) both the score and the Shirley Bassey theme song for the hit James Bond thriller Goldfinger (Eon Productions, 1964) “Downtown” by Petula Clark “Shout” by Lulu “It’s Not Unusual” by Tom Jones and was even sampled in FatBoy Slim’s 1998 hit “Rockafeller Skank.” This guitar was originally factory Olympic White, but was later repainted non-factory white. Below is the footage of the sale of the guitar by Rick. Tons of playing pleasure, fun, charm and 100 pure positive energy.

Vic was asking USD 70,000 for the piece initially, and settled on a sale price of USD 55,000. A 1961 Fender Stratocaster, Olympic White, owned and played by guitarist Vic Flick. In 2013, the guitar was sold by Vic Flick to Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars. A 1961 Fender Stratocaster, Olympic White, owned and played by guitarist Vic Flick.

Vic flick guitar sale