Walter Becker's 2014 Hahn Model 229
Musician
Walter Becker
(American, 1950 - 2017)
Maker
Hahn Guitars
Date2014
ClassificationsMusic
DescriptionWalter Becker's (Steely Dan) 2014 Hahn Model 229 Stratocaster style guitar, serial number 110408, in seafoam green sparkle finish with solid maple neck and three single coil pickups. The guitar is also hand inscribed to the head-stock in silver marker, the head-stock has also been affixed with two adhesive labels, one printed with "11's" and the other inscribed with "HG." In a custom road case.Despite an extensive collection of guitars, Becker routinely chose this guitar during later live performances with Steely Dan. He can be seen in several photographs playing the distinctive seafoam green guitar.
Walter Becker (1950-2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer who along with Donald Fagen was a co-founding member of the rock fusion band Steely Dan. Becker and Fagen began their musical careers as songwriters, before forming Steely Dan in 1971. Steely Dan began as a traditional band with a permanent lineup before Becker and Fagen retreated to the studio in 1974 as a duo. They hired session musicians for their subsequent releases, pushing the envelope in musical production with influences from rock, jazz, and blues - later described as part of the "yacht rock" genre. Steely Dan broke up in 1981, but reformed in the 1990s.
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