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A Leo Fender Guitar

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A Leo Fender Guitar
Serial No. A 007675, in natural finish, double cutaway body, maple neck with skunk-stripe routing, twenty-two fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, two pickups, three rotary controls, selector switch, two additional switches, combination bridge/tailblock and black pickguard, signed and inscribed on the body in black felt pen To Chips Leo Fender and silver tape label applied to the back inscribed in black felt pen Chips Moman; and rectangular hardshell case with orange plush lining

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This guitar is one of a very limited number (no more than six) personally built by the legendary guitar-maker Leo Fender as a prototype. He personally dedicated the guitar to Chips Moman - the only one of this series to be signed. Chips Moman subsequently used the guitar in a 1980s U.S. TV show featuring famous guitarists, made by Dick Clark. The show featured Carl Perkins, who also owned one of these prototypes.

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