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Jonathan Horsley

“I said, ‘Well, Rory, look, you’ll probably kill me for this, but I spotted they had a guitar”: Rory Gallagher’s 1963 Gretsch Corvette was a pawnshop find that cost just $150

Rory Gallagher's 1963 Gretsch Corvette.

In the year 2024 we associate vintage electric guitars with astronomical fees and instruments that are the sole preserve of blue-chip pros and the kinds of people who have the monetary firepower to buy a baseball team. 

But there was a time when you could still get a bargain, like when Rory Gallagher’s brother, Donal, popped into a Los Angeles pawnshop in search of a quality guitar case and emerged with something considerably more special.

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