Pink Floyd guitar sold for record-breaking $14.6m

The guitar was used by David Gilmour on some of Pink Floyd's best-known albums, including Dark Side of the Moon.

Pink Floyd Guitar Is Sold for a Record $14.55 Million

The black Fender Stratocaster, played by David Gilmour on six of the band’s albums including “The Dark Side of the Moon,” broke the record for the most expensive guitar sold at auction.

By Francesca Regalado

Pink Floyd rocker David Gilmour's go-to guitar fetches record-setting $14.55M US at auction

The Black Strat, the go-to electric guitar David Gilmour used for decades on seminal Pink Floyd albums and as a solo artist, sold for $14.55 million US on Thursday, leapfrogging to a new record for most expensive guitar ever sold at auction.