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Rock & Pop
Lot 284Y

Judas Priest/K.K. Downing: A Bolt Custom 'V' guitar,
1990/1991,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Judas Priest/K.K. Downing: A Bolt Custom 'V' guitar,

1990/1991,
bound top with brown-toned airbrushed line graphics, single Di Marzio Super Distortion pickup with volume and tone controls, Kahler tremelo, bound neck, rosewood fingerboard with diamond markers, locking nut, angled headstock with six-a-side tuners and logo inlay, in case, accompanied by letter of provenance

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Provenance:
Property of Ken (K.K.) Downing of Judas Priest.

Bolt operated from 1989-1991, founded in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania by Wayne Bolt and Jim Dala Pallu. They supplied necks and bodies to Kramer and BC Rich before producing their own guitars. It is thought that just 100-125 were built, including around 40 with graphics, like the example offered here. This was not stage-used but Ken Downing describes it as having a great action and "a real player's guitar".

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