NEWS: Wanna buy Gary Moore’s 1958 Les Paul?
Here’s a 1958 Les Paul that was owned by Gary Moore from 1991 to 1994. For a mere $295,000 it can be yours. This isn’t ‘the’ famous Gary Moore/Peter Green Les Paul but it’s still provenancy as all get-out.
According to the eBay listing:
This guitar is considered to be the Holy Grail to many guitar enthusiasts, collectors and musicians. Sunburst Les Pauls were and are played by the most iconic rock stars of any era. Billy Gibsons, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Duane Allman, Ace Frehley, Jeff Beck, Paul Kossoff, Joe Walsh, Gary Richrath, Steve Lukather, Gary Moore, Michael Boomfield, Peter Green, Gary Rossington, Ed King, Slash, Edward Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Rick Nielsen and many many others. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a vintage Les Paul that has a history that is traceable back to the 1960′s AND was owned by Gary Moore. This guitar is in spectacular condition and has made appearances in numerous magazines and books. The color is fantastic and the top has a very pleasant mild flame. Guitar plays and sounds fabulous. I personally dealt with Gary Moore’s management and tech to acquire this guitar for a collector in 1994 and the experience of working with Mr. Moore’s staff was a great pleasure.
History
This Les Paul was used for all of Gary Moore’s “After Hours” CD photo shoot. It was used for Gary’s 8X10 B&W glossy photos. It was used in two Gary Moore videos: “Cold Day in Hell.” and Since I Met You Baby.” This guitar has been featured in NUMEROUS books and magazines. (ie: “The Electric Guitar, an illustrated history.” Pages 93 and 147.)
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Is Gary Moore quickly trying to offload the "stolen" Les Paul that Ronnie Montrose wants back?
http://guitarcollecting.co.uk/2009/05/20/ronnie-monrose-sues-gary-moore-over-theft-of-59-les-paul/
That's about the same question I was about to ask.
Gary's had the alleged Montrose guitar over 20 years, so it's not this one. Plus that's a '59. This is a '58.
LJ
Exactly – so get your facts right next time…
The problem is with ageing rock stars is that most of them were so wacked on drugs that they
paid drug dealers with whatever they had in hand, that of course includes guitars.
These guitars were of little value at the time.
Nowadays, most of these dudes have very little to show for and suddenly, out of the haze they realise their old BURST is now worth a lot, and then comes the story that it was stolen.
If it was stolen ,there should be a record of the
theft filed with the police at the time of the event.
Secondly , there should be a record of the insurance claim (also at the time of the claim for stolen property).
If the insurance paid for the loss of the guitar, it is the insurance that has a claim for the instrument.
In that case there's a time limit that varies from country to country, and of course the insurance company must still exist.
If the insurance failed to pay the claimant, there must be a written record of why the insurance failed to pay.
If the insurance refused to pay it must be because the claimant failed to prove his stolen property claim.
With no police report and/or insrance documentation, the usual story " THAT WAS STOLEN FROM ME , I WANT IT BACK" will be just that ,
a story from an old drughead who's past is somehow hazy but mostly long gone.
Good luck