A SOLID-BODY GUITAR SYNTHESIZER CONTROLLER, G-303 AND SYNTHESIZER, GR-300

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FUJIGEN FOR ROLAND, NAGANO, JAPAN, 1980
A SOLID-BODY GUITAR SYNTHESIZER CONTROLLER, G-303 AND SYNTHESIZER, GR-300
The guitar bearing the logo GR at the headstock, stamped F806145 on the reverse, together with a hard-shell case, tremolo bar, polish cloth, truss rod adjustment key and tuner instruction manual, the Roland GR-300 analogue guitar synthesizer module with serial number 960605, with original hard-shell case
Length of body 15 7⁄8 in. (40.5 cm.)
Width of synthesizer 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This guitar synthesizer and controller (guitar) were almost certainly gifts to Jeff Beck from Roland - likely acquired during his There and Back Tour of Japan in 1980. Having performed live extensively in Japan using an earlier model - the GS-500 (see previous lot) and GR-500 - during his previous tour with Stanley Clarke in 1978, Roland would have been eager to secure his endorsement for their updated version. It was shipped back to England following the tour, and, whilst the synthesizer and controller are not known to have been used for live performances, for many years the synthesizer case was employed by Beck as his personal guitar spares and parts box, itself touring the world, albeit without its original contents.

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