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Rick Nielsen’s guitars are going up for auction – including his bonkers five-neck Hamer

September 29

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and Cheap Trick guitar legend Rick Nielsen is auctioning off some of his most recognizable and off-kilter guitars, of course.

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