“I saw it on the wall in a store in Chicago and thought it looked interesting, as it was so distressed to look like his old guitar”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on why he opted for a guitar legend’s signature model as his “workhorse” instrument

Fontaines DC Carlos O'Connell playing the Rory Gallagher signature strat.

Over the past five years, Fontaines D.C. have cemented themselves as one of Ireland's biggest musical exports. It is perhaps fitting that guitarist Carlos O'Connell's workhorse instrument, then, happens to be the signature guitar of fellow countryman Rory Gallagher.

While recording their upcoming album Romance, O'Connell opted for two ’60s Fender Mustangs and a Fender Rory Gallagher Strat, which he says “records brilliantly.”