Rory Gallagher guitar back in Ireland

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Entrepreneur Peter Drayne paid thousands for specially crafted Gallagher guitar

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/rory-gallagher-guitar-back-in-ireland-1.1766650

 

[polecat]

Brilliant guitarist. My brother in law toured with him in the early nineties.

http://www.eamonnmccormack.net/index.php/biography/

 

[MikeO]

Brilliant guitarist. My brother in law toured with him in the early nineties.

http://www.eamonnmccormack.net/index.php/biography/

Most obvious plug of a relative ever.

 

[polecat]

Most obvious plug of a relative ever.

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[g.s.john]

Shame he is not there to play it.

 

[cookie]

Surely there's only one guitar associated with Rory Gallagher, and that ain't it.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Cookie, that is mentioned in the article, I suppose you could ask how much did he play this one:

Gallagher, who died in 1995 aged 47, was reknown for playing a battered Fender Stratocaster as a substance in his sweat reacted to the lacquer which caused its finish to peel but the JS Berlin Legends guitar is notable for its fine figured maple finish and mother of pearl inlay.
Auctioneer, Kevin Kendall of 1818 Auctioneers said he was delighted with the price obtained for the guitar which was custom built in 1992 to suit Gallagher’s playing style and is distinguishable by its gloss finish and the initials ‘RG’ on the 12th fret of the fretboard.

 

[Blackal]

I followed the link, which took me on to Brian Robertson (ex Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Wild Horses and Stevie Miller Band), and bought his solo album..........

He still owns the hollow-bodied Les Paul, built specially for Les' wife Mary (to be lighter). Wonder how much that one would be worth today?

If the album's shite - it's going on ebay

Al