Iconic Bee Gees guitar at auction

The guitar that set the Bee Gees on the road to disco stardom is to go under the hammer.

The Gibson J45 acoustic was used by Maurice Gibb to compose the band’s 1975 breakthrough disco hit Jive Talkin’, which gave the chance to write the soundtrack of the hit 1977 film Saturday Night Fever.

The guitar will be sold at Gardiner Houlgate next month in the UK’S largest ever auction of guitars. Jive Talkin’ was regarded as the Bee Gees’ comeback after a lull in popularity in the early Seventies.