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Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Steinberger L2 Bass Guitar, 1983, image 1
Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Steinberger L2 Bass Guitar, 1983, image 2
Rock & Pop
Lot 267*

Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Steinberger L2 Bass Guitar,
1983,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Status Quo: Alan Lancaster's Steinberger L2 Bass Guitar,

1983,
serial no. 598, early Brooklyn production, wedge-shaped moulded body with additional custom, lock-on twin cutaway body, two active EMG pickups with three rotary controls, fingerboard with dot markers, headless neck, with original wedge bag with accessories contained in padded gig bag; together with a copy of Alan Lancaster's Bombers LIVE! picture disc, LP showing Alan with the guitar, guitar 39in (99cm) long

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Provenance:
Property of Alan Lancaster (1949-2021). Best known as a founding member of the rock band Status Quo.

This guitar was used to record single releases and the album Back To Back, Alan's last with the band. It was used extensively on Alan's post-Quo concerts and recordings with The Bombers and The Party Boys, including the latter's No.1 single, He's Gonna Step On You Again, in 1987.

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