The Kooks signed guitar on display at Uni

A ONE-OF-A-KIND guitar replica signed by award-winning band, The Kooks, has proudly gone on display at Buckinghamshire New University.

The 10-ft-high multi-coloured guitar, entitled 'A Disarming No. 7', was one of 25 giant Les Paul guitars exhibited on the South Bank in 2007, as part of the London Guitar Town Exhibition and signed by a host of household names, including KT Tunstall and Queen's Brian May.

Its owner, Phil Dudderidge, Managing Director of international High Wycombe-based firm, Focusrite Engineering, has lent the exhibit to the University, in recognition of the company's ongoing education partnership.

The limited edition guitar is now housed on the second floor of Bucks New University's £40 million Gateway entrance building, alongside a plaque marking the donation from Focusrite and its division, Novation.

Phil said: "It's on long-term loan to the University from my private collection.

"It's an art work that symbolises the common bond we have with the University, the students and the Faculty of Design, Media & Management.

"I hope the symbolism will inspire.

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