Bob Dylan

In this interview, with Martin Guitar employee Dick Boak, it says, "On his duet with Johnny Cash – that was a pretty famous performance – he played a 000-18 on “Girl From the North Country.”"

In the Bob Dylan autobiography "Chronicles," Dylan says, "First thing I did was go trade in my electric guitar, which would have been useless for me, for a double-O Martin acoustic. The man at the store traded me even and I left carrying the guitar in its case. I would play this guitar for the next couple of years or so."

"Bob Dylan playing an electric guitar on stage for the first time at Newport Folk Festival in 1965 Photograph: Alice Ochs/Getty Images" - The Guardian

According to Gibsons website "Dylan has reverted to playing a sunburst J-45 since the mid-1990s. Dylan first owned a J-45 in 1962 and the sound of a J-45 is all over Dylan’s early albums."

In this photo, Bob Dylan can be seen playing a blonde Fender Telecaster.

In this picture from "Bringing It All Back Home" sessions in 1965, you can see Bob playing this guitar with rosewood fingerboard It's quite possibile that this was one of the first Dylan's guitar when he went electric

Bob Dylan can be seen playing a Gibson Hummingbird in this photo.

In this photo from February 19th, 1985 you can see Mr. Dylan playing a modified Fender Mustang, and it looks like a shark is painted over the Fender logo.

Bob Dylan has played an SJ 200, according to this article, by Premier Guitar, which says, "After years of design and development overseen by the artist’s personal guidance, The Bob Dylan Autographed SJ-200 Collector’s Edition is an exact replica of Bob’s personal highly-customized SJ-200."

In this interview with writer and Martin Guitars employee Dick Boak, he says, "Well, to my knowledge, Dylan’s first guitar from his early days, when he showed up in New York City, was a 1949 00-17."

Bob used this guitar during his time with the travelling wilburys, as you can see in the photograph.

In this photo you can see Mr. Dylan playing a Fender Kingman acoustic.

"Joan Baez introduced Bob to big audiences...here is Dylan at Newport 1963 with a Washburn 5250 with slotted headstock and tailpiece"

" Cesar Diaz, Bob’s guitar technician in the nineties acquired many stock and Custom Martin guitars for Dylan and thanks to Dick Boak from Martin & Co. we can see the specifications asked for his guitars like the Spruce Top Specified...Thinline Goldplus Acoustic Pickup System...and their serial numbers!!!!.. between august 25th and the end of september 1992 Cesar paid for 5 Martin guitars...

INVOICE August 25th, 1992 Payment in full has been received from Cesar Diaz (representing Bob Dylan) 473 North Courtland Street East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 for the following: 1 each Martin HD-28 with Case Serial # _______________ Sunburst Top PAID IN FULL / CHECK (Diaz Amplifiers) Thanks to dick boak Artist & Public Relations, Limited Editions, Exhibitions and Archives C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company) Web: www.martinguitar.com or: www.dickboak.com"

In this picture you can see Bob Dylan playing that guitar during Tom Petty's gig on 1st March 1990

I sold this guitar to Dylan right before his show at the Fox Theater in Atlanta in 1981. I was working at Metro Music Centre. Dylan's guitar tech called the store and asked me to bring our best acoustic electric down to the show. I picked out the Tanglewood, and Dylan tried it out right before going on. He strummed a couple of chords and bought it on the spot. He used it that night. It appears on the cover of "Bob Dylan Real Live" from 1984.

Bob Dylan played a white National Glenwood - now housed in the Hard Rock cafe London [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ca/90/36/ca903673be9d9257a277b51e2fc0f57d.jpg] - just once that was ever photographed or taped. He started using it during the second iteration of the Rolling Thunder Review and can be seen in the clip playing it for an amped up version of 'Shelter From The Storm' broadcast on the Hard Rain TV Special that aired in 1976. It's also one of the few instances I know of him playing slide guitar in concert. The recording can also be heard on the accompanying Hard Rain live album.

In a 1970s photograph from Nymag, Bob Dylan is seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar.

Early sixties with a natural Gibson J-50 with rosewood soundboard.

In this picture from a 2004 gig, you can see Bob playing his sunburst Telecaster Thinline

In this photo, Dylan is playing a Fender Electric XII 12-String.

Back in 1988, the "Never Ending Tour" began and this SG Original was one of the first guitars that were used during this tour

Bob Dylan played the Epiphone Casino on his epic 40-date tour with The Band in 1974. The photo is an still from that tour.

"The fall tour of 2001 was an exception when he appeared with a Martin "negative". Martin had made a special HD-28 for Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s anniversary giveaway a year ago or so. It was designed like a photographic negative: the top was black and everything else, that would normally be black or dark, was made white. Dylan saw it and asked Martin to make him one, only with a duel white pick guard on both sides of the sound hole."

1997.'Time Out of Mind' front cover with a Gibson acoustic L-00

"1986 Promotional shot with a Martin 00-18 guitar..."

In this interview, long-time Martin Guitar employee Dick Boak says, "In Newport with Joan Baez [Dylan] used her 0-45 – her famous Martin guitar."

Dick Boak, lone-time Martin employee, says, in this interview, "For MTV Unplugged, [Bob Dylan] did a performance with a D-28. He performed at Bangladesh with Leon Russell with a D-28."

In this picture you can see Bob Dylan playing his sunburst Fender Jazzmaster @ Forest Hills on 28 August 1965

In this photo, you can see Mr. Dylan playing a Dusenberg Starplayer TV Electric Guitar from recent years.