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A 1968 Gibson Les Paul played by Free's Paul Kossoff is up for auction
By Janelle Borg published
The guitar was owned by Arthur Ramm from the British prog rock band Beckett, and was originally a Les Paul Gold Top before being converted to a Burst around 1969-70

“The best news I have heard all year”: Rory Gallagher’s prized 1961 Strat to be donated to the National Museum of Ireland
By Janelle Borg published
Joe Bonamassa, who threw his weight behind the movement to keep the guitar in Ireland, publicly expressed his approval of the decision

“The paint was starting to come away in chips – he was almost crying”: How Rory Gallagher's 1961 Strat got its now-iconic relic’d finish
By Janelle Borg published
Gallagher's brother, Dónal, recalls the time Rory noticed that the paint on his beloved guitar was chipping away

Joe Bonamassa throws his support behind the movement to keep Rory Gallagher's famous Strat in Ireland
By Janelle Borg published
Bonamassa was previously rumored to be one of the big-name guitar collectors interested in bidding on Gallagher's 1961 Strat

George Harrison’s rare Bartell fretless electric guitar sells for more than $300,000 at auction
By Richard Bienstock published
The ‘60s-era instrument is also believed to have been played by John Lennon

Ian Curtis’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” Vox Phantom VI Special guitar is up for auction
By Richard Bienstock published
The Joy Division frontman's pentagonal-shaped electric is expected to sell for close to $100,000
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