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Rory Gallagher: A Mosrite Joe Maphis Doubleneck Electric Guitar, circa 1968, guitar 42in (107cm) long image 1
Rory Gallagher: A Mosrite Joe Maphis Doubleneck Electric Guitar, circa 1968, guitar 42in (107cm) long image 2
Lot 49Y

Rory Gallagher: A Mosrite Joe Maphis Doubleneck Electric Guitar, circa 1968,
guitar 42in (107cm) long

17 October 2024, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £14,080 inc. premium

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Rory Gallagher: A Mosrite Joe Maphis Doubleneck Electric Guitar,

Body with cream finish, 6/12 string, four pickups with two volume/tone controls and three switches, six-string with tremolo, Brazilian rosewood /aluminium tailpiece, maple necks, Brazilian rosewood fingerboards with small dot markers, headstocks with Kluson Deluxe machine tuners, in original plush-lined, rectangular hardshell case with transit labels,
CITES 24GBA10F89TQ9,

Footnotes

Rory purchased this guitar in London in the 1980s.

MOSRITE:
Mosrite of California was founded in 1954, by brothers Semie and Andy Moseley. At the age of just 19, Semie had built a doubleneck guitar for country music guitarist, Joe Maphis, known as 'The King Of The Strings'. The guitar offered here is a 1960s limited edition re-issue of that early innovative design.

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