Rory Gallagher - History of his Guitars

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[@suekelley4466]

What a great musician, person, friend to all. I'm here in Arizona, America, listening to Rory and I can't find another who has moved me this much. Such an original sound, voice for the ages!

[@misterknightowlandco]

So Rory Gallagher not only was a legend player and songwriter, but the inventor of the “Nashville tele”. Awesome.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure thanks for watching

[@lisaweaver986]

Who cares of the Nashville name. This Squire was awesome born and self taught to his own.

[@sirjellybeans1st19]

You have to give credit to the Late Mick Crowley of Crowleys music shop in Cork. He Played a big Part of Rory's Career. He was a very nice Man with a Passion and knowledge in selling musical equipment in Cork in the early Days. Unfortunately Cork lost Mick a Few years ago but he won't be forgotten for playing a Part in Many Successful Bands in Cork throughout the years. Crowleys was a Staple in Corks Musical History

[@DiggingFrance]

Hi. He was my granddad's brother. So sad to hear he passed. I heard the shop had closed, but not that he died. Rip!

[@triplesevensix291]

Thanks Ramon. Such a shame what happened to him but he was his own man Rory. He played by his own rules. What a giant though. What a player. To see him on stage in his element is a sight to behold. What a guy. He lived ate breathed & probably slept with his guitar just like Jimi did when he was a young lad. R.I.P. Rory. So inspirational. Keep it up Ramon. ;)

[@stevesyverson8625]

I can remember arriving in Gas Town, BC Vancouver Canada with my friend in the late 60s or early 70s. If you can remember the time, you were truly not there. Anyway we proceded to a record shop that had booths with glass windows to give everyone a chance to hear great music and to interchange with everyone around you. Yes we were listening to Rory Gallagher and Taste and the Canadian couple next to us was asking “Who is that”. Yes , most of everyone does not have a clue who Rory Gallagher is and was. A tragedy most assuredly.

[@billparrish9200]

Rory's original wooden guitar was bought from Woolworths in Cork. It was a Christmas present.

[@JohnJanuary]

Well Done. I’ve been fascinated by Rory’s tone for a long time, and would love to see a feature on his amplifiers and Efx boxes, most of which I know were treble boosters. How Rory ganged two separate amplifiers with the boosters also mystifying. Thank you for this!

[@marksc1929]

...Rory was a very special guy/player....just wish I had known this in my early years.

[@cliveburgess4128]

As a long time fan, I had no idea he went through so many guitars, I always put him with the classic Rory strat, saw him in 72, this was quite interesting, thank you, Clive.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Clive glad you liked it!

[@kerrybayton8356]

Thanks for another great post ramon.. As always lots of info and details on the guitars.. Looking at the condition of the strats internals it's surprising he got anything out of it you can barely see the pots for solder lol.. Looking forward to more in the future.. Cheers.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Kerry I think most of the work was probably done mid tour on the fly hence the pickup wiring looked a little ragged. Thanks for watching

[@FluxHorizon]

Fantastic job!! Thanks for doing this video!

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

AGAINST the Grain is the essential RORY!

[@vincentwolting8506]

Great post, thanks! The red Guyatone from 1991 has an alder body, a rock maple neck and Indian rosewood fingerboard. It has a Telecaster neck pickup and a Gibson mini-humbucker bridge pickup.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the info Vincent

[@nasticanasta]

That's no SG Junior, that's a Special

[@danmartin50]

I NEED Gerry Mcavoys book Riding Shotgun!!

[@jonnybeck6723]

Thanx Ramon... that wuz awesome as per usual... cheers

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure brother 🎸🙏

[@fantinijacques]

So informative! Thank you very much! Love Rory...

[@robertcaffrey6097]

This is great. I never knew that Rory played such a diverse collection of lesser known instruments. A true maestro he could get a great sound out of just about anything with strings. He had no musical snobbery whatsoever. One of the very few players who plugged straight into the amp no pedal board full of effects to make him sound better or more interesting. Well researched. Yes a vid on his acoustic guitars would be very nice indeed. Many thanks. PS I wonder where the Buddy Holly Sunburst strat came from.. I know that Buddys first strat got stolen from a van when he was gigging in Detroit maybe sometime around 1958 That would be the strat that he played al the early hits on. Anyway I love the respect that Rory had for Buddy. Elvis was the king of Rock n Roll but Buddy invented ROCK.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great comment thanks

[@stevesyverson8625]

Really a great and truly wonderful comment about Rory Gallagher! Thank you for bringing him to the forefront of musicality. He is in my mind always one of the greats!

[@elvis_cehany8887]

Superb material man I was honoured to see his guitars last years

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks - that's so cool would love to see it also one day!

[@hoboroadie]

Saved the best for last! Lots of nice stuff but that last strat said a lot before you even described it. Beautiful.

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure

[@ollekassman6301]

I really enjoy watching this fantastic movie..... Thankyou...!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Olle

[@zakman1964]

Cheers for sharing.Greg

[@shaunw9270]

Brilliant stuff Ramon. SO many guitars ! The SG at approximately 15.10 is an SG Special ,I believe. Thanks again 👌

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks you are right about the SG thanks Shaun

[@frantisca]

Interesting video. I didn't know about the 3 pickup Telecasters. I also started on an East German parlor guitar in 1960, in open tuning ! Later, my first electric was an Egmond in 1966 :) I have a 1962 reissue Strat that I acquired in 2018 and modded: the bridge pickup was too harsh so I connected the lower tone pot to it. The middle pickup runs directly to the output jack w/o tone correction and gives it a "Teleish" tone. The neck pickup has a woody, powerful tone with a bit a sparkle as Starts have. Cheers PS: looks like Marroly LGX has inspired the the Fano SP6 ...

[@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414]

I enjoyed this very much. Good to hear my trainer Chris Eccleshall get fair mention. Chris would wax lyrical about his encounters with Rory. He was particularly proud of Rory's reaction to the electric Eccleshall mandolin. I have the Eccleshall router patterns that Chris used for the Telecaster work undertaken. Thanks again!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the great comment - be great to see those plans!

[@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414]

You may find this interesting? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3StgKZ6adpmhMk

[@mrtmop1]

Fantastic vid. Rory was amazing.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks 🙏

[@twentyonetwentyguitars9344]

Great information Ramon. Rory was a phenomenal Guitar player!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Agreed what a player thanks for watching

[@jltrem]

Very well done, Ramon and highly researched. Had know idea Rory went through so many guitars. One of the loveliest necks I ever wrapped my hands around was the first version of the Fender Roy Gallagher strat, not the custom shop version. Didn't buy it but still remember it.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure, I must get my hands on one would love to try one!

[@deeman1]

Man, thanks for this lots of infos, really appreciate what you tellin about these artists and their instruments !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure bro

[@francovani2359]

Well done and thorough . Didn't know he had so many guitars . Another great who relied on his fingers and the instrument rather than pedals . He does a jaw dropping rendition of Too Much Alcohol on a dobro blows my mind

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure yes sad he left us too early

[@francovani2359]

Did I tribute to that song after seeing it ! It was an alcohol driven one off original called Dirty Basement Blues

[@joegoosebass3958]

Excellent video, thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks bro

[@daviemcf]

Great video Ramon and nice too see some of the guitars that he owned.I never knew Guyatone made a signature guitar for him. :-)

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure David. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alejandramarquez235]

Thanks a million for the information. So many guitars.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@willashfordpayne8354]

Great Guitarist

[@crisslastname9417]

Really enjoy the history. Thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks! - Criss are you a coder? from you {} looks like you know how to code! Python or Javascript?

[@crisslastname9417]

@@TheGuitarShow Sorry, I don't know how to code. I majored in American Legal History and Archaeology in college. Which means, I wasn't going to live fast but I was certainly gong to die poor! : )

[@francescoflematti47]

genuine rocker

[@chriso5374]

The greatest! Rory was also a very humble man and was NOT a drug addict or an alcoholic contrary to what some ill advised people assume or believe. Read Riding Shotgun by Gerry McAvoy... Band of Friends with Gerry McAvoy, Brendan O'Neill and Davy Knowles{on tour} are as close to Rory as we'll find live these days. Long live Rory and his memory. Also thank you to the rrhof for excluding Rory ,Johnny Winter and Roy Buchanan. They were to name a few , way too good for those idiots. Thanks for the story and my apologies for my rant.

[@owendureke5148]

A year later. You're right Chris. Rory was the business.

[@danielhorsley2259]

Excellent man! Thank you

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Daniel

[@lievenbousard7351]

Great video! Now, I could be wrong, but I think that I saw on a Belgian tv-show Rory's brother handing over the legendary strat to Rory's good Belgian friend and blues-guitarist Roland.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this Lieven

[@peterperigoe9231]

@@TheGuitarShow Joe Bonamassa played Rory's strat at the Royal Albert Hall and the Hammersmith Apollo covering his version of Cradle Rock

[@elliotwright8996]

​@@peterperigoe9231 bernie Marsden played it aswell

[@peterperigoe9231]

@@elliotwright8996 Yes, I'm not sure but did he play with the 'Band of friends' using Rory's strat ?

[@emmanuelbertrand176]

Thank you for sharing these knowledges

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@streetrockusa]

Great video, I also love you Hendrix and SRV one.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks indeed

[@evets1968]

Way to be.Thanks for this!

[@MyGryder]

It's nice to see a picture of Crowleys music shop!.I bought my first "real" guitar there in 2004,a US Standard Strat in white which I still have.What a shame,Crowleys is now a upmarket burger restaurant.There is now only one guitar shop in Cork,ProMusica,except for a fairly decent pawn shop which is actually right across the road from where Crowley's once was.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the comment

[@MK_2023.]

That’s horrible to hear Crowleys is a burger place now. I was down in Cork about 10 years ago when it was still a guitar shop, bought myself a packet of strings.

[@sidneysnottley6414]

Great vid - Very informative - Cheers

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you

[@strat0871]

Thanks again Ramon.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure!

[@lisaweaver986]

I dont care how he acquired . All I see and feel that Rory was a master player. One of the Best!

[@markferguson3745]

No kidding about the acidic sweat; looks like it's been hit with stripper, followed by a heat gun, - finish, plastic, metal, - whole 9.But some of the original nitro seemed to come off fairly easily, including on the maple fingerboard necks. The phase switch is a good Tele mod, - useful on Jazzmasters in place of the " rhythm " circuit , as well. Everyone had a DanElectro.All those sounds you can't get with anything else, and they always cut through the mix.

[@lucyfuir6386]

Something about Irish sweat will eat the Chrome off of metal and the paint off of wood. I knew an irish guy that his sweat turned his new white tees yellow the same day.

[@user-ci2gq7xd2e]

Well researched & nicely done.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks indeed

[@jensk4140]

The Rosetti was also made by Egmond in the Netherlands.

[@karinmars7664]

Thank you....🌹🌹

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Karin

[@gloomsdoom649]

“Acidic sweat” holy shit

[@TheWashboardResonators]

We bought a 1931 National Triolian as it was the same year and finish as his. Would love to know more history of that instrument!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes - I should of done his acoustics but the video was getting a bit long - maybe I can do another soon!

[@TheWashboardResonators]

The Guitar Show Please do. We’ve got the same Triolian and Stella 12 if you need them for the video. 👌🏻

[@hardyharhar9]

I am curious about the tele from the beat club sessions. It had a black pickguard with carvings on it and a well-loved maple board.

[@jensk4140]

2:38 fiesta red:)

[@ohrofax]

yeah I been there in Cork Mc. Curtain street where he bought his first fender stratocaster. unfortunately doesn´t exist this music shop anymore. in lived 10 years not far from Macroom where rory played many gigs.

[@TheGuitarShow]

So cool

[@williamashford2057]

Rory Gallagher was a Awesome Guitarist and Gary Moore was a Awesome Guitarist.

[@putzengiler]

i never heard the 2nd version of Rory's '61 Strat acquisition , I've only heard the Fontana Showband version..interesting..

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Dan

[@billygoatgruff2554]

You said you don't have a photo of a Hofner Colorama and showed a Hofner single cutaway guitar, probably a Club model. 40, 50, and 60. Well the Colorama was a solid body double cut model similar to an SG in shape but with squared edges rather than the chamfered ones. Hope that helps 🤗

[@PaddyByrne931]

Brilliant

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks bro

[@JeffSolidRock]

Hi Ramon. Another good post. However the Gallagher Strat had a heavy duty brass bridge fitted from the late 1970's to the mid 1980's (Di Marzio, Mighty Mite or other) How about his Martin 'A' series mandolin, his Martin Dreadnought acoustic and his 1933 National resonator guitar ? Cheers Jeff.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the info, it's great to get thud info correct so thank you

[@snogglemonkey]

I had no idea that Rory owned so many guitars and weird ones at that!

[@charliewallace54]

I actually saw a picture of him in the late 60’s playing a BURST. I don’t know if it was just on loan or what not, but you should look it up.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Hi Ninja yes I saw those photos but pretty sure he just borrowed it there were some other Les Pauls he played which were loaners. Thanks for the info bro

[@richardbosworth6635]

Charles Wallace I saw Taste open up for Blind Faith and Clapton had a burst as a spare on stage that night (he played a single pickup firebird). Perhaps he let Rory use it on one of their gigs.

[@glenkepic3208]

6:40. "I do a trick, bending the string behind the nut...." I'm A Million Miles Away, The first song I ever heard from Rory, Irish Tour '74. yes, copped that years ago, just sad I never saw him play live. He apparently played SF a lot. btw,,,,story was this Strat was stolen but the guy knew, I can't play this anywhere, its the only Strat in Ireland so it was placed under a porch where it sat in the rain. Discovered and given back to Rory with the finish literally falling off. RIP, RG

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@Claymor621]

Same bend Jimmy Page did at the beginning of Dazed and Confused.

[@glenkepic3208]

@@TheGuitarShow I must have gotten distracted mid way thru this great vid...apparently it was Rory's sweat that ate the finish away.

[@jackieohehir3259]

great ...very informative.....i've seen a photo of rory playing or jamming with a Washburn eagle/falcon/hawk....he might not have owned it though

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for the comment I'll see if I can find the photo

[@jeffrogers5929]

Great post, Ramon and very informative. Just one point - you infer that Spencer Davis Group were a London band. Not so! Spencer Davis Group were from Birmingham, and what Stevie Winwood had his Guyatone those were the early days of the band. I remember seeing him playing it before they had their first hit record. Stevie subsequently went on to Stratocasters.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Jeffrey

[@Brandon-pf9wg]

hey man love the content, would you ever consider doing Mike Bloomfeild?

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes he is on the list. Many thanks for watching Brandon 🙏

[@dzyanist]

⚘I'm a Gibson man, but GOOD LORD.., You DO do some DAMN GOOD Vids.., (WOW..!!!), THANK YOU VERRY MUCH..!!! ✌🎸☠🎸🔥

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you

[@IrishBog]

I guess the replaced pickguard was a post 63 since the upper screw hole is near the middle pickup - until early 63 it’s higher between the neck and middle pickup

[@exebiche47]

15.12 - It's an SG Special, not a junior ( binding and two pickups).

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@williamgregory6684]

Looks like an SG Special

[@j.a.bunyan1317]

WELL DONE,I SAW Rory with a Patrick Eggle guitar . in a magazine.maybe a prototype. any info?

[@bobdeluxeandtheideals1356]

🔥🔥🔥

[@peterjohnson4932]

I had no idea Rory used so many different guitars. Fascinating vid. You made an error though. The Vox Guitar at 21:28 is a Teardrop, not a Phantom.

[@pepoloco27]

And the Dobro? The metal one he used in the acoustics sets?

[@evaneibach]

Please Do a video on Pete townshed’s guitars 🎸

[@notteryaki453]

dorothy eibach they’re all broken

[@stb2017]

He had a Gretsch Corvette too

[@michaelryan4495]

My favorite of all

[@kostengoldberg6248]

Awesome like always could you do mick Taylor next

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Andy I will definitely do Mick Taylor

[@dr.radical4152]

16:33 Can some please tell me what a maple pickguard is?

[@hanskung3278]

Wait, he played a duo sonic also.

[@vibroscope]

The black Burns guitar he's pictured with looks more like the Nu-Sonic model than the Bison.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes that is true

[@greghenderson4856]

What about the natural Telecaster with a neck Humbucker that Rory used on his last shows ...that was one amazing sounding tele ..it had a black pickguard and a rosewood fingerboard ? And it did not squeal !!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this - I did notice this instrument in my research but the video was getting a little long so I knew I had made some sacrifices - thanks though for bringing this guitar up Greg.

[@greghenderson4856]

@@TheGuitarShow Do you know what happened to this guitar and why it sounded so amazing other than who was playing it .....it seemed to be a favorite of his cause he played it alot in that video of his third to last performance ....!!!

[@greghenderson4856]

@@TheGuitarShow here it is around 36 mins in it sounds amazing to me the best sounding of all his teles ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3nVoZJtqLCijaM

[@davidhawkins9206]

As far as i know that was a gift from a fan and was returned to them following Rorys passing away

[@vivsmith6668]

Is it true that Rory owned a Patric Eggle 'Jim sullivan Ledgend Berlin' guitar. ? These were a limited edition world wide to 150 guitars. I own number 020, from new .

[@willpayne6249]

Great Guitarist.

[@TheGuitarShow]

I agree Will

[@waynejones3428]

Good Job!!!👍 😰

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Wayne

[@danmartin50]

This videoIs the Shit....Whoooa Man...It has TONS more important In depth info that I was not aware of after all these years!! Thanks Very Much for this i Appreciate You Very Much! Now you wouldnt happen to have the Gerry Mcavoy Book would you? Thanks, Dave In Carlsbad,California

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks so much Dan

[@zordakAU]

Great stuff! Can you please do Rory’s amplifiers next?

[@TheGuitarShow]

I promise to!

[@davidwile1277]

55 bassman boom done

[@deepbhattacharya1253]

@@davidwile1277 Don't forget the AC30!

[@davidwile1277]

@@deepbhattacharya1253 I didn’t that’s why I have a Ad30 lol just because he had one

[@deepbhattacharya1253]

@@davidwile1277 Man that's so cool right ? Brian May uses one too, I believe he got inspired from Rory too!

[@williampayne7678]

Awesome Guitarist I'm a guitarist myself .

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@moonchild4806]

At 21:26 it's actually a Vox Mark III. The phantom was a weird pentagonal shape.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this!

[@polara1974]

Will love to see a Boackmore's guitar history and tone gear video!

[@DarkDays2023]

Crowley's is gone now Closed down my first guitar was a sunburst strat from the same guy

[@LostInTheDark1]

Is it just me or doesn’t Rory look exactly like a 70s wings era Paul McCartney in the thumbnail

[@tysonrinker5958]

It does until you look at the guitar lol

[@Johngonefishin]

15:10 ......later 60's Gibson SG Special.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks John

[@um9272]

Martin d 35 ? National ?

[@LTJR.]

20:38 Gibson Marauder and L6-S... Anyone?

[@moontheloon1969]

that was great .thanks

[@TheGuitarShow]

It's my pleasure!

[@moontheloon1969]

@@TheGuitarShow , appreciate the reaserch you must do to produce , i like the way if there is a "MYTH",regarding any detail, you present all option with no bias

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@moontheloon1969 Pleasure, the research for this video was suprisingly complicated in comparison say to other guitar players. Thanks for the appreciation!

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

And it’s Galla-her, not Galla-ger, but that’s excusable. He wasn’t known well enough for the real pronunciation, but I’ve been a follower since I got TATTOO on vinyl way back in 73-74.

[@williamashford2057]

Do Gary moore please.

[@TheGuitarShow]

I promise

[@billyrogers4855]

Rory wouldn't have found his Sound without the strat

[@toddflowers8052]

@Chick N Guitars

[@ChickNGuitars]

Thanks Todd ♥️ I never knew he took his neck off to dry out! Fascinating details here!

[@toddflowers8052]

@@ChickNGuitars I thought so too !

[@ChickNGuitars]

@@toddflowers8052 never heard of guyatone either!

[@toddflowers8052]

@@ChickNGuitars I am familiar with them cheaply made( mostly) but cool imo . You can find them on E -bay cheap sometimes .