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Gary Moore: A Gibson Les Paul Gary Moore/Dark Fire prototype guitar,
2008,

28 June 2017, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

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Gary Moore: A Gibson Les Paul Gary Moore/Dark Fire prototype guitar,

2008,
no serial number, Made In USA 2008 impressed to back of headstock, carved, two-piece maple top with orange burst finish, mahogany back and neck finished in satin black, carbon-fibre pickup covers, P-90 neck and humbucker bridge pickups, four volume/tone knobs and three-way selector, tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece, ebony fingerboard with carbon-fibre block markers, headstock with flowerpot inlay and Kluson Deluxe tuners, 'Gary Moore' on truss-rod cover, in hard shaped, plush-lined Gibson case with strap and original pieces of gold-plated hardware, guitar 39½in (100.5cm) long

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This is a prototype for a signature (?) model that did not actually make it into production and is possibly the only model of its kind. It originally arrived from Gibson fitted with all gold-plated hardware, but this was replaced by chrome (the original parts are in the case.)

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