Status Quo star’s guitar sells at auction for nearly £120,000 BT
Francis Rossi is finally parting with the green Fender Telecaster he used onstage with Status Quo for 46 years when it's auctioned at Bonhams in Knightsbridge, London on 17 December with an estimate of £100,000 - £150,000. Rossi has owned the guitar for more than 50 years and only retired it from stage use in 2015.
Status Quo Francis Rossi's legendary green Fender Telecaster guitar
"I'm only as good now as I should have been when I was 25," laughs Francis Rossi, the 64-year-old lead guitarist, singer, and co-composer in Status Quo. "That's why I practice at least two hours every night. I'll watch some guitarist in a band opening for us and think, 'I can't bloody watch this,' because I can't possibly follow him."
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Bonhams Status Quo Francis Rossi's legendary green Fender Telecaster
About This Listing. There has only been one official Fender Francis Rossi Signature Telecaster ever produced, the TL62-SQFR and this is one of them. Only available in 2003, in very small numbers, this is one of the rarest of all Fender signature models and as such, an original and genuine example like this, is very seldom seen on the.
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Get Total Guitar for print, iOS devices, Google Play and more: http://bit.ly/Buy-Total-GuitarQuo's icons show us their piledriving Fender Teles; the two batt.
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published 14 February 2023 Status Quo's Francis Rossi on baiting the purists, swapping guitars with Badfinger, and why he's not an all-time-great Tele player (Image credit: Andrew Benge/Redferns via Getty Images) We can't talk about the Fender Telecaster and its relationship with rock guitar without speaking to Francis Rossi.
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Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo . Early life Rossi was born on 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London.
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Rossi's Guitar is Headline Act at Bonhams. late 1965, original 'F' neckplate and screws, stamped with serial no. 110959 , the front of the ash body with Francis' famous custom green finish, sides retaining some of the first black re-finish, natural back, original 60s' CTS volume pot and replaced tone control, original three-way selector.
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Status Quo's Francis Rossi: "I put a Tune-o-Matic bridge on my Tele like the old Gibsons. I think all that stuff, and taking off the lacquer, added to the tone" By Jonny Scaramanga ( Total Guitar) published 14 June 2021.. "So I repainted the guitar and realised I was late for a gig. I put it back together quickly and just never got to.
Bonhams Status Quo Francis Rossi's legendary green Fender Telecaster
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Francis Rossi's classic 1957 Telecaster will go up for auction in December at the auction house Bonhams in Knightsbridge, London. It is expected to fetch between £100,000 and £150,000.. In a 2014 interview with Total Guitar, the Rossi revealed he originally purchased the instrument second-hand as a replacement in the late 60s. The Tele.
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Having fronted Status Quo as lead singer and lead guitarist for over fifty years, Francis Rossi might be forgiven for sticking to what he knows and keeping life simple.
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