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TRENT REZNOR IS SERIOUS ABOUT THAT WHOLE “NO MORE NINE INCH NAILS” THING (FOR NOW)

 Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 11:30am by

nin guitar esp the fragileWhen Trent Reznor announced he’d be taking NIN on hiatus after this most recent tour we were naturally skeptical. But apparently he spoke the truth, at least for the immediately forseeable future — why else would he be selling hundreds of pieces of road and studio-tested NIN gear? According to a post on the NIN official website [sent in by TomB via Pitchfork], Reznor:

Hundreds of items will be listed over the next several weeks such as guitars, keyboards, amplifiers, drums, staging, anvil cases, cables, rack/outboard gear, guitar effects, and pedal boards. Check the eBay page regularly for new listings, or follow @nineinchnails on Twitter for updates. More information can be found in the descriptions of each item.

Props to Reznor for using eBay to once again utilize the power of the Internet to connect directly with fans and cut out all the middle-man bullshit. There are currently about 20 items listed on the NIN eBay page — all guitars — with more promised in the near future. For my money (or someone else’s… ahem! <cough>Axl<cough>Hanukkah<cough cough>), the coolest item currently posted is the ESP guitar custom-painted with The Fragile album cover artwork (pictured above). The bidding is currently at $2,274 with 18 bids already in and over 5 days left. Good luck to whoever wants to win that one.

Save up for those instrument cables that may or may not have once been used by Trent, kids!

-VN

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  • Gaia

    Oh dear, I just thought there would be no more live shows, which was heart-breaking enough, but this actually sounds like NIN maybe going away for quite a while which is really crappy. Come on Trent, you just got married surely you’ll want to get back out on the road again!

  • PD

    eBay IS the middle man. Ive never sold anything for that much, but I’m sure you’re looking at a couple hundred bucks fees on items selling above 2k. Still, it’s easier than anything else for sure.

  • DemonicLemming

    It sucks that they’re selling all the gear and seemingly cold-freezing NIN for now, but it is pretty damned cool that all the stuff is being sold on ebay, instead of being indefinitely mothballed in some warehouse, so normal people can have a shot at picking something up.

  • wormdrive

    I must have that E2 Explorer!!!!! Too bad I’m broke as fuck.

  • Ben

    You guys are retarded. In the original post they stated that this is basically all the stuff that they found that they were lugging around on tours and not even using.

  • dave666

    Half the stuff is broken or really well used. Still, for a collector or a diehard fan…