The post Rare Guitars: Rory Gallagher’s 1968 Mosrite Joe Maphis Double Neck appeared first on | All Things Guitar. So I think part of it must have been Rory thinking, ‘Yeah, okay, they do look cool… but I can’t get a fancy Gibson one! I’ve gotta get the Mosrite!’”Ĭheck out more of Rory Gallagher’s jaw-dropping collection here. those wacky double-necked guitars for pickers like Joe Maphis and Larry Collins.

“I could never imagine Rory being a double-neck player live! For someone like Jimmy Page, it’s obviously cool as hell, but for Rory it’s just a bit too pompous. This unusual Mosrite double-neck is on eBay right now with the auction. Today, Lawman Guitars is Presenting.A 1966 Mosrite Joe Maphis Double neck in Sunburst with a 6 and 12 string Neck. “I’ve seen him talk about having this, but I haven’t found any references to him actually playing it for anything, so I think it’s definitely ‘one for the collection’! We might think of the double-neck guitar as the domain of stadium rockers of the 1970s: Jimmy Page astraddle the stage in. Country guitarist Joe Maphis famously played a double-neck Mosrite instrument that had a regular 6-string neck on the bottom and an octave guitar for the. “He’d no doubt have gone, ‘That looks mad… four pickups – okay, just break off the tremolo arm and we’ll be sorted! “He liked Joe Maphis, but this is definitely out of the ‘looks cool’ section as opposed to anything that was particularly useful!” Daniel chuckles. And at first glance, it doesn’t seem to be the most ‘Rory’ of guitars… This prototype is your one-in-a-lifetime chance to own a piece of guitar history. Perhaps the most leftfield guitar Daniel Gallagher shows us from his uncle’s collection is this double-neck Mosrite – “Double Ramones!” as Rick Zsigmond, owner of New Kings Road Vintage Guitar Emporium, exclaims when the guitar comes out of its case. Mosrite Doubleneck Guitar This guitar is the Prototype for the new 6/12 doubleneck from Mosrite.

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As of this writing, the bidding is up to 3550 with no reserve, but I suspect it will go for a much higher price. Rare Guitars: Rory Gallagher’s 1968 Mosrite Joe Maphis Double Neck 1958 Mosrite Custom Double-Neck This unusual Mosrite double-neck is on eBay right now with the auction scheduled to end on Sunday, December 22.

Mosrite double neck guitar