{"id":379284,"date":"2026-09-16T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/johnny-marr-on-the-guitars-that-changed-his-life\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:00:05","slug":"johnny-marr-on-the-guitars-that-changed-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/johnny-marr-on-the-guitars-that-changed-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Marr on the guitars that changed his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WpgNUvHz_U8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Marr on the guitars that changed his life\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpgNUvHz_U8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation. As a founding member of The Smiths, his distinctive playing helped create some of the most enduring songs in British music.<\/p>\n<p>He joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy, surrounded by the guitars that have soundtracked more than four decades of his life, including the legendary Gibson ES 355 1960, the Gibson Les Paul Standard 1984, and the Martin D28 1971, as he prepares to let much of his collection go.<\/p>\n<p>They talk about the magic of writing with Morrissey, how The Smiths found their sound, why a new generation is discovering their music, and the strange relationship between musicians and their instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Marr also discusses his new album The Age of Everything, politics, inequality and why he believes so many of the world\u2019s problems come back to \u201cunregulated greed and unfairness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The auction &quot;Marr&#8217;s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection&quot; is taking place at Christie&#8217;s in London on 17th September 2026. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Introduction and highlights<br \/>\n0:45 Johnny Marr on selling his guitar collection<br \/>\n3:32 Why Marr wants his guitars to be played, not collected<br \/>\n4:45 1960 Gibson ES-355 and \u201cHeaven Knows I\u2019m Miserable Now\u201d<br \/>\n9:17 Gibson Les Paul: Marr\u2019s most-used Smiths guitar<br \/>\n13:46 The Rickenbacker and escaping the blues-rock sound<br \/>\n15:54 Rejecting 1970s rock and finding a new guitar sound<br \/>\n20:43 How Marr built The Smiths as a guitar band<br \/>\n23:20 Writing songs with Morrissey: \u201cIt was magic\u201d<br \/>\n26:21 Why a new generation is discovering The Smiths<br \/>\n29:11 Andy Burnham, Manchester and \u201cRusholme Ruffians\u201d<br \/>\n31:38 The Age of Everything and Marr\u2019s new worldview<br \/>\n36:40 Politics, defiance and \u201creclaiming the world\u201d<br \/>\n38:08 Martin D-28: \u201cThere Is a Light That Never Goes Out\u201d and The Queen Is Dead<br \/>\n40:34 The guitars Marr is keeping and his signature Jaguar<br \/>\n42:42 The nine-pickup guitar, Noel Gallagher and Kraftwerk<br \/>\n44:42 How Johnny Marr would change the world<br \/>\n48:06 Gretsch Super Axe and the earliest Smiths songs<br \/>\n49:49 The guitars with the most personal history<br \/>\n50:51 \u201cHow Soon Is Now?\u201d, \u201cThe Headmaster Ritual\u201d and the final guitars<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation. 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