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Greg Lake: A Takamine EF-455S Flat-Top Acoustic-Electric Guitar, 1982,
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Greg Lake: A Takamine EF-455S Flat-Top Acoustic-Electric Guitar, 1982, serial no. 82091014, black finish, body with abalone binding top and bottom, similar rosette, spruce top with Brazilian rosewood back and sides, fitted with Mimesis pickup, bound neck, ebony fingerboard with 'Tree Of Life' abalone inlay, headstock with three-a-side plated tuners and inlay, in shaped plush-lined hardshell case, with letter of provenance, CITES 24GBA10VHFMC5, guitar 41 1/4in (105cm) long Footnotes: Provenance: According to the statement accompanying this lot, this guitar is one of two matching guitars presented to Greg Lake and Gary Moore when in Japan, with Moore receiving the 12-string version. Lake then gifted this 6-string to someone involved with the production of his second, and final, solo album, Manoeuvres, released in July 1983. A photograph of Gary Moore with the 12-string is on www.groundguitar.com. In an interview with International Musician in November 1985, Gary Moore stated: 'I've got some Takamine guitars which I really like. I use a 12-string on stage...It's black, and they only made two of them so Greg Lake had one and I had one.' This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Greg Lake: A Takamine EF-455S Flat-Top Acoustic-Electric Guitar, 1982, serial no. 82091014, black finish, body with abalone binding top and bottom, similar rosette, spruce top with Brazilian rosewood back and sides, fitted with Mimesis pickup, bound neck, ebony fingerboard with 'Tree Of Life' abalone inlay, headstock with three-a-side plated tuners and inlay, in shaped plush-lined hardshell case, with letter of provenance, CITES 24GBA10VHFMC5, guitar 41 1/4in (105cm) long Footnotes: Provenance: According to the statement accompanying this lot, this guitar is one of two matching guitars presented to Greg Lake and Gary Moore when in Japan, with Moore receiving the 12-string version. Lake then gifted this 6-string to someone involved with the production of his second, and final, solo album, Manoeuvres, released in July 1983. A photograph of Gary Moore with the 12-string is on www.groundguitar.com. In an interview with International Musician in November 1985, Gary Moore stated: 'I've got some Takamine guitars which I really like. I use a 12-string on stage...It's black, and they only made two of them so Greg Lake had one and I had one.' This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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