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Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Schecter Telecaster-Style Guitar, circa 1979, image 1
Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Schecter Telecaster-Style Guitar, circa 1979, image 2
Rock & Pop
Lot 266*

Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Schecter Telecaster-Style Guitar,
circa 1979,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£10,000 - £15,000

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Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Schecter Telecaster-Style Guitar,

circa 1979,
all-natural wood finish, single cutaway body, two replacement pickups with two rotary controls and three-way selector, white plastic scratchplate, gold-plated hardware, fingerboard with black dot markers, headstock with Schecter decal and Schaller machineheads, in hard, plush-lined stickered Fender case with original pickups in box and strap, guitar 38 1/4in (97cm) long

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Provenance:
Property of Alan Lancaster (1949-2021). Best known as a founding member of the rock band Status Quo. Lancaster contributed to songwriting, and vocals on albums and live concerts, taking the lead on tracks such as "Backwater", "Is There A Better Way", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" and "Roadhouse Blues" etc. Having formed the band in 1962 with schoolmate, Francis Rossi, his final performance as a full-time member of Status Quo was at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985 for the opening of Live Aid. Alan joined the original line-up of the band for reunion concerts in 2013 and 2014.

This guitar originally belonged to Rick Parfitt from 1979 to 1985, when he swapped it for a Gibson EB3 bass guitar owned by Alan. It was used by Rick for various recordings and concerts. There is film on Youtube of Francis Rossi playing it for a TV performance of Jealousy with Bernie Frost in 1985 - Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YddwDWN5BY. Post-Quo, the Schecter was played on Alan's band The Party Boys' No. 1 single He's Gonna Step On You Again and on the band's eponymous, first studio album.

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