Rory Gallagher on a Tele

bluescube · May 12th, 2008, 10:56 AM

Must be a pre-production Nashville tele from the 70's

Telemarkman · May 12th, 2008, 11:59 AM

Believe it or not, but that is a '59 Esquire

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It was originally "cream" colored (blonde?), and in addition to having it refinished in black, he added different pickups at different times, even a Strat pickup in the middle position like the Nashville (plus a 5-way switch).

Dave_O · May 12th, 2008, 12:20 PM

The first I heard of Rory Gallagher was on a "Guitar Player" compilation record, mid 70's sometime. And the photo was him playing said Esquire. In a later GP feature (80's???) RG talks about his guitars. I think most of his slide work was on the Esquire.
I saw him in 81 and 91 here in Melbourne, 81 was the "Photofinish" album tour. I don't recall any other guitars apart from the Strat and Esquire. 91 tour I saw he had added a 335 (possibly... all Gibson semis look kinda alike to me!!!)

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Dave_O Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 490 6 Photos	we're not worthy... The first I heard of Rory Gallagher was on a "Guitar Player" compilation record, mid 70's sometime. And the photo was him playing said Esquire. In a later GP feature (80's???) RG talks about his guitars. I think most of his slide work was on the Esquire. I saw him in 81 and 91 here in Melbourne, 81 was the "Photofinish" album tour. I don't recall any other guitars apart from the Strat and Esquire. 91 tour I saw he had added a 335 (possibly... all Gibson semis look kinda alike to me!!!) __________________ The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods www.myspace.com/hardwayband www.myspace.com/mojobros2mantrio http://www.soundclick.com/davemilesandthehardway ... and preface everything I say with IMO,FWIW... and WTF

May 12th, 2008, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Telemarkman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Age: 61 Posts: 3,839	Believe it or not, but that is a '59 Esquire . It was originally "cream" colored (blonde?), and in addition to having it refinished in black, he added different pickups at different times, even a Strat pickup in the middle position like the Nashville (plus a 5-way switch).