“This thing is like a time capsule. It feels like home in my hands again”: Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley has been reunited with his beloved Iggy Pop Tele – after it spent 20 years on display
Phil Weller
created: Aug. 22, 2025, 11:59 a.m. | updated: Aug. 23, 2025, 11:37 p.m.
Sum 41 guitarist Deryck Whibley has been reunited with his beloved Iggy Pop Telecaster after it spent the last 20 years on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Florida.
Whibley had appealed for its return in February after successfully recovering his long-lost mid-’70s Gibson Marauder in time for the band's final world tour.
It feels amazing to plug it in again.”At some point, Whibley replaced its sole stock pickup with a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB humbucker.
“The coolest thing about this is that it came back in the original case I sent it in,” he continues.
The guitar he bought has featured on some of Ozzy Osbourne, Hole, Korn, and Social Distortion’s most iconic recordings.
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