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Rory Gallagher: A 1983 Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire Electric Guitar, 1983, guitar 39in (99cm) long image 1
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Rory Gallagher: A 1983 Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire Electric Guitar, 1983,
guitar 39in (99cm) long

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

Sold for £7,040 inc. premium

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Rory Gallagher: A 1983 Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire Electric Guitar,

Serial no. 3041636 inked to back of neck at body, pearl white finish, three pickups with two controls and five-way selector, large teardrop-shaped white pickguard, body with two medium-short pointed horns, maple neck and fingerboard, dot markers, bone nut, headstock with logo and six-in-line Kluson branded tuners, in original blue/silver, plush-lined rectangular hardshell case,

Footnotes

This guitar was gifted to Rory by Tokai. He used it for the track 'Road To Hell' on his 1987 Defender album.

"Rhythm guitar was the Gretsch Corvette. We wanted to build it up without turning it into an orchestra thing, so I added a dulcimer instead of acoustic. Lead guitar was a white metal body Tokai Talbo - a very under-rated guitar. That went through an octivider - there's that inconsistent harmonic in them. And if you play harmonics with your nail as well, you can get all three going."
- Rory Gallagher, Making Music, 1987.

Literature
Jon Lewis, 'Rory's Story', Making Music, 1987, www.muzines.co.uk/articles/rorys-story/13205

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