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There is no provenance shown that proves that this guitar was owned or played by Richards.
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There is no provenance shown that proves that this guitar was owned or played by Richards.
In the pictures on the seller's website, the Telecaster for sale has 4 knobs and 6 strings - but Keith's stage Telecaster has 3 knobs + 1 toggle switch and is a 5-string:
Picture from the seller: [www.GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com] . Minimum bid is: $20,000 - Estimate is: $50,000 - $100,000 .
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The Schaller six saddles bridge is a modern L-shaped, thick bridge plate.
The black custom for sale, is sporting a six saddles, thin ashtray bridge.
I don't recall seeing one in Keith's Tele arsenal.
it's either 3-saddle vintage or six saddle modern bridges.
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As far as known: From 1975 until 1983 Keith had one Telecaster Custom, a widely known and documented 1975 model he purchased on June 5, 1975 in San Antonio. Played stock until the 1978 tour when the 3-saddle bridge was replaced with a 6-saddle bridge and a new black switch tip, and in 1981 a new Schaller bridge and new gear heads were installed, and a new white switch tip. Jim Barber and Alan Rogan purchased another 1975 model in 1983 and replaced the parts to be an exact replica of Keith's main model. To be able to tell the guitars apart they put a Harley Davidson sticker on the back of No.1.
No.1 can best be recognized by the line pattern of the fretboard on the first and second fret, something that is fairly recognizable on most pictures and films.
As far as I know, he has always played his No.1 Custom, and never the replacement except possibly for one occasion: The 1986 Hail Hail RnR concert. They filmed two shows, and one show clearly is the No.1 (line pattern is seen, back sticker can be spotted several times). But there is footage where the neck shade turns a bit darker and the back sticker is gone. I am not sure if this is just the footage, or that he actually used his backup guitar. I only have two pictures of the backup guitar, both in a studio.
He played the No. 1 until the 1988 tour where it appeared in open-G setting. It shows up on pictures of all the instruments of the 1989 tour rehearsals in Washington, but as far as I know he never used it live until (if I recall correctly) 2006.
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As far as known: From 1975 until 1983 Keith had one Telecaster Custom, a widely known and documented 1975 model he purchased on June 5, 1975 in San Antonio. Played stock until the 1978 tour when the 3-saddle bridge was replaced with a 6-saddle bridge and a new black switch tip, and in 1981 a new Schaller bridge and new gear heads were installed, and a new white switch tip. Jim Barber and Alan Rogan purchased another 1975 model in 1983 and replaced the parts to be an exact replica of Keith's main model. To be able to tell the guitars apart they put a Harley Davidson sticker on the back of No.1.
No.1 can best be recognized by the line pattern of the fretboard on the first and second fret, something that is fairly recognizable on most pictures and films.
As far as I know, he has always played his No.1 Custom, and never the replacement except possibly for one occasion: The 1986 Hail Hail RnR concert. They filmed two shows, and one show clearly is the No.1 (line pattern is seen, back sticker can be spotted several times). But there is footage where the neck shade turns a bit darker and the back sticker is gone. I am not sure if this is just the footage, or that he actually used his backup guitar. I only have two pictures of the backup guitar, both in a studio.
He played the No. 1 until the 1988 tour where it appeared in open-G setting. It shows up on pictures of all the instruments of the 1989 tour rehearsals in Washington, but as far as I know he never used it live until (if I recall correctly) 2006.
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At what point was the wiring changed to move the location of the selector switch so that it wasn't in the way of the right hand ?
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So are they selling the No. 2 backup guitar then?
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As far as known: From 1975 until 1983 Keith had one Telecaster Custom, a widely known and documented 1975 model he purchased on June 5, 1975 in San Antonio. Played stock until the 1978 tour when the 3-saddle bridge was replaced with a 6-saddle bridge and a new black switch tip, and in 1981 a new Schaller bridge and new gear heads were installed, and a new white switch tip. Jim Barber and Alan Rogan purchased another 1975 model in 1983 and replaced the parts to be an exact replica of Keith's main model. To be able to tell the guitars apart they put a Harley Davidson sticker on the back of No.1.
No.1 can best be recognized by the line pattern of the fretboard on the first and second fret, something that is fairly recognizable on most pictures and films.
As far as I know, he has always played his No.1 Custom, and never the replacement except possibly for one occasion: The 1986 Hail Hail RnR concert. They filmed two shows, and one show clearly is the No.1 (line pattern is seen, back sticker can be spotted several times). But there is footage where the neck shade turns a bit darker and the back sticker is gone. I am not sure if this is just the footage, or that he actually used his backup guitar. I only have two pictures of the backup guitar, both in a studio.
He played the No. 1 until the 1988 tour where it appeared in open-G setting. It shows up on pictures of all the instruments of the 1989 tour rehearsals in Washington, but as far as I know he never used it live until (if I recall correctly) 2006.
Mathijs
At what point was the wiring changed to move the location of the selector switch so that it wasn't in the way of the right hand ?
I made a mistake above: the No.1 first appeared on stage again in 1993, he used it for How I wish. I have not seen any footage or pictures of if appearing on the 1988 or European 1993 tours, but these tours are not as widely covered as Stones tours so we could have missed the guitar on earlier occasions.
When Keith used it in 1993 the switch had relocated to the neck tone knob position, but the hole was not filled with a cap yet. That didn't happen until 2006.
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As far as known: From 1975 until 1983 Keith had one Telecaster Custom, a widely known and documented 1975 model he purchased on June 5, 1975 in San Antonio. Played stock until the 1978 tour when the 3-saddle bridge was replaced with a 6-saddle bridge and a new black switch tip, and in 1981 a new Schaller bridge and new gear heads were installed, and a new white switch tip. Jim Barber and Alan Rogan purchased another 1975 model in 1983 and replaced the parts to be an exact replica of Keith's main model. To be able to tell the guitars apart they put a Harley Davidson sticker on the back of No.1.
No.1 can best be recognized by the line pattern of the fretboard on the first and second fret, something that is fairly recognizable on most pictures and films.
As far as I know, he has always played his No.1 Custom, and never the replacement except possibly for one occasion: The 1986 Hail Hail RnR concert. They filmed two shows, and one show clearly is the No.1 (line pattern is seen, back sticker can be spotted several times). But there is footage where the neck shade turns a bit darker and the back sticker is gone. I am not sure if this is just the footage, or that he actually used his backup guitar. I only have two pictures of the backup guitar, both in a studio.
He played the No. 1 until the 1988 tour where it appeared in open-G setting. It shows up on pictures of all the instruments of the 1989 tour rehearsals in Washington, but as far as I know he never used it live until (if I recall correctly) 2006.
Mathijs
At what point was the wiring changed to move the location of the selector switch so that it wasn't in the way of the right hand ?
I made a mistake above: the No.1 first appeared on stage again in 1993, he used it for How I wish. I have not seen any footage or pictures of if appearing on the 1988 or European 1993 tours, but these tours are not as widely covered as Stones tours so we could have missed the guitar on earlier occasions.
When Keith used it in 1993 the switch had relocated to the neck tone knob position, but the hole was not filled with a cap yet. That didn't happen until 2006.
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Apparently tuned to open G for the first time? I always believed he first brought it back in 2005. Thanks
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If I get things correctly :
#1 you work for the band at a period of the band's history.
#2 you have a few genuine artifacts to prove it.
#3 you/your heirs manage to buy a guitar that looks like one played by Keith.
#4 by association they claim that guitar has been owned and played by KR and you put it for sale.
Nice scheme...
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DandelionPowderman
The guitar did «disappear» for a while, though. And Keith could have used #2 in 1993 and 2005. But what do I know?