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It was while writing the 2023 book Marr’s Guitars that he first decided to offload some of his treasured possessions.

“Making that book gave me an excuse to take all the guitars out and photograph them and take them to a few events. When that came to an end, that period, the idea of them all just going back into storage just seemed very weird,” he said.

He realised it would be better if the instruments could continue to provide inspiration for other musicians.

“I thought about people in Belfast or in Dundee or Tokyo owning one of these guitars for the rest of their lives – coming down to breakfast in the morning and really loving and cherishing this instrument.

“Once I got that idea in my head, I thought it was really much, much more, more appealing than them being in some glass case.”

And if the auction clears some space to fill with new guitars, all the better.

“I like your thinking,” he laughs. “I wasn’t going to say that, but I like your thinking.”