A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR,TALBO BLAZING FIRE

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TOKAI GAKKI COMPANY LIMITED, JAPAN, CIRCA 1985
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR,TALBO BLAZING FIRE
Bearing the logo decal at the headstock Tokai BLAZING FIRE / THE NEW LEGEND OF THE GUITAR HISTORY, and Talbo on the treble horn, the aluminum body with red sparkle finish, maple neck, East Indian rosewood fingerboard, with original hard-shell case
Length of back 15 3⁄4 in. (40 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Despite never gaining mainstream acceptance, this unusual aluminum-bodied Talbo Blazing Fire has served Rodgers well over the years. "They are really good guitars. But they’re so peculiar, they’re so quirky, that I don’t think that they really ever caught on….[but] they’re hip!...it’s very resonant, and very sustain-y. It’s a great rock-and-roll guitar. The blazing fire’s a really good name for it....And performing, I mean, it really…if you’re into that thing, it’ll do that thing really well!"

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