Rick Parfitt/Status Quo

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Rick Parfitt/Status Quo
A Gibson Chet Atkins Celebrity Series limited edition guitar, Serial No. 90172352, in black finish, single round cutaway body, ebony neck, twenty-one fret ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl star inlays, ebony pin bridge with mother-of-pear star inlays, three upper bout roller controls and white pickguard; and a brown hardshell contour case with pink plush lining; accompanied by a note in the roadie Tonto's hand, signed by Rick Parfitt and a colour photograph of Parfitt playing the guitar on stage with the Beach Boys and Francis Rossi -- 8x10in. (20.3x25.4cm.) (4)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

According to the note which accompanies this lot, this guitar was purchased in the U.S. in 1993 from Stuart Mathewman who was a guitarist on Sade's Love Deluxe tour by Status Quo's roadie Tonto...Rick Fell in love with it....and used [it] ever since on Gurd Und Ulla, also used on the Status Quo and Beach Boys video "Fun, Fun, Fun".

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