What guitars does Mike Oldfield have in his collection?

There's a list of all his instruments at the following website:

http://tubular.net/instruments/

Tubular Bells git built-in speaker, presented to him by Virgin Records Germany for his 10th anniversary
Veilette-Citron
Gordon Smith
Aria SB1000 (Pro II) 1982
Danelectro Coral SITAR
5-string Wal Bass Guitar
UBO II
Futura II bought in 1964/65
Eko first guitar bought in 1963/64 by his father
Ovation acoustic
Ovation acoustic with single cut-out
Ovation 12-string
Ovation Adamas electroacoustic guitar, sold to a Spanish fan Feb 06
Washburn Mirage Deluxe handbuilt, serial No. 833908, presumably 1983, used on 1984 Discovery sold to Alexander Müller
Zemaitis Acoustic Bass
Zemaitis steel-string custom-built for Mike. Can be seen at Hard Rock Café Guangzhou
“1975 custom Zemaitis 6-string acoustic guitar with mother of pearl acorns and squirrels on neck and sound hole, owned by 'Tubular Bells' composer Mike Oldfield.”
Martin D-35 swapped for Manson in 1980
Martin D-28-12 1974, #335787, sold to a German fan Feb 06
Manson ~1980 GBP 439 worth £ 439, swapped for Martin D-35
MGO acoustic
(Kohno)
Aria acoustic
Vox mandolin
Mike Vanden F5 mandolin bought from John Alvey Turner
Epiphone 5-string banjo
Wal Custom 4-string bass guitar April 1991 #W3557, sold to a German fan Feb 06
1985 Taylor K22 acoustic guitar
Martin 00.21 Steel String Acoustic 1960
Knight jumbo steel string acoustic guitar BBC performance of Tubular Bells in 1976
Shaftesbury Ned Callan Cody Bass 1973-1974

He was recently selling off a load of his guitars at Chandler Guitars in Kew, near Richmond, Surrey, UK including the Strat used on Tubular Bells…

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