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Lot 52†
Gary Moore: A Gibson X-Plorer Studio Electric Guitar, 2003,
20 November 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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Gary Moore: A Gibson X-Plorer Studio Electric Guitar,
2003,
serial no. O2123411 impressed to back of headstock and Made In U.S.A., swamp ash body with customised orange, blue and black Blues Power artwork, twin exposed humbuckers, three clear black barrel controls parallel to edge of guitar, three-way selector on lower treble horn, no scratchplate, mahogany neck with unbound Indian rosewood fingerboard, dot markers, headstock with mini Grover tuners and logo inlay, in Gibson plush-lined rectangular hardshell case with strap, lead, unopened Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom strings and Rotosound Winner 73 plectrum, guitar 42in (106.5cm) long
serial no. O2123411 impressed to back of headstock and Made In U.S.A., swamp ash body with customised orange, blue and black Blues Power artwork, twin exposed humbuckers, three clear black barrel controls parallel to edge of guitar, three-way selector on lower treble horn, no scratchplate, mahogany neck with unbound Indian rosewood fingerboard, dot markers, headstock with mini Grover tuners and logo inlay, in Gibson plush-lined rectangular hardshell case with strap, lead, unopened Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom strings and Rotosound Winner 73 plectrum, guitar 42in (106.5cm) long
Footnotes
This Gibson X-plorer was used on the 2004 album, Power Of The Blues (Sanctuary SANCO267), for the solo on the title track and various takes of other tracks. Originally a natural Swamp Ash finish, its current appearance is the work of Brighton-based collective RareKind, who designed the artwork for the album.
It also featured on the front cover of the first edition of Gary's official biography by Harry Shapiro, I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow BMG, 2017, and was used as the artwork of the box set, Blues And Beyond, BMG BMGCAT105BOX, 2017.
RareKind:
RareKind was founded in 2003 by David Samuel as the UK's first dedicated graffiti art gallery. The gallery became a vital platform for a generation of artists, hosting exhibitions that brought underground culture into a wider public conversation. Since, RareKind has expanded into a full creative agency.