Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: 5F6-A on August 25, 2007, 08:54:03 PM
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Enjoy!!
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Whoa - serious shots there!
Gary Moore must be having a fit if they're out in public. He loved that guitar so it must be like seeing your ex-missus in Playboy...
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Cool, look at the size of the caps. Wonder what they are?
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Someone's going to have to clue me in: why did Gary sell it? Not only was it a one in a million guitar, it was a piece of history, and if I remember correctly he didn't even sell it to a guitarist!
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I am afraid to say that floor covering is not pleasant. The guitar, however, has that mojo going.
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Someone's going to have to clue me in: why did Gary sell it? Not only was it a one in a million guitar, it was a piece of history, and if I remember correctly he didn't even sell it to a guitarist!
The story I heard was that he wracked up alot of debt after having to cancel alot of dates on his last tour due to illness and that he had to sell the guitar to make the money back.
Could be right, could be wrong, but that's what I heard/read somewhere
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Cool, look at the size of the caps. Wonder what they are?
They're Sprague "bumblees", probably the original 50's caps. Vintage Les Paul dudes love 'em.
The story I heard was that he wracked up alot of debt after having to cancel alot of dates on his last tour due to illness and that he had to sell the guitar to make the money back.
That's what I heard too. It was very much a regretable sale.
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I am afraid to say that floor covering is not pleasant. The guitar, however, has that mojo going.
:lol: +1
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Great shots. Hotel room floor? On the road? Sale negotiation meeting?
The story I heard was that he wracked up alot of debt after having to cancel alot of dates on his last tour due to illness and that he had to sell the guitar to make the money back.
Very sad, if true. I thought he'd have insurance for the possibility of cancelled dates due to illness.
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I seriously doubt he sold it to cover debts from cancelled tour dates. The story going round at the time of the sale was that he thought it didn't play as nice as his other '59 and there was a tasty offer on the table to sell.
The details are the sale are also a bit dodgy - seems the person he sold it to was just a front for the 'real' buyer (a dealer) and he wasn't too happy at all once these details surfaced.
Do a search over on the LPF - theres a LONG thread on that story.
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Also didn't it's neck get snapped? I think I heard something about the LP being in Gary's boot and someone crashed into him, snapping the headstock.
Or am I making that up?
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Also didn't it's neck get snapped? I think I heard something about the LP being in Gary's boot and someone crashed into him, snapping the headstock.
Or am I making that up?
Nope, you're not making that one up - someone rear-ended him on the way to a session and the neck broke at the headstock.
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Bet Gary shat himself. Then murdered the woman who drove into him
(female driver joke? YEAH! I went there.)
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its what you expect to happen to gibsons!!
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There was another story that the guitar wa a bit of a liability becasue it cost so much to insure.
Basically he couldn't really get playing it for real and some of his copies played better too, so I suppose, it made sence to free up some cash.
Though from his reaction I think he would rather have done without selling it in the long run.
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I am afraid to say that floor covering is not pleasant.
Looks like a hord of rats with diarrhea have run across it.
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I think that I have a mag at home with a Gary Moore interview in. I'm 99% sure that it says why the guitar went and it's fairly innocent. If I remeber, I'll have a look.
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I bet he just got ahold of a prototype set of BKP PG Blues pickups and decided he didn't need the guitar any more.
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I bet he just got ahold of a prototype set of BKP PG Blues pickups and decided he didn't need the guitar any more.
He probably got quite a few prototypes - I think he was the one who commissioned them in the first place.
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I am afraid to say that floor covering is not pleasant.
Looks like a hord of rats with diarrhea have run across it.
He's living in a crack den, after spending all is money on the guitar.
Hmmm I keep on thinking about an SG with something like Stormy Mondays (and now wondering what would an SG with a PG set sound like)
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Also didn't it's neck get snapped? I think I heard something about the LP being in Gary's boot and someone crashed into him, snapping the headstock.
Or am I making that up?
In the 4th photo you can see the repair job at the back of the headstock, running diagnal from the base of the headstock to the High E tuning gear, running past it actually.