Roy Orbison/The Traveling Wilburys

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Roy Orbison/The Traveling Wilburys
An early 1970s Gibson 335 semi-acoustic guitar, Serial No. 110051, in black finish, double cutaway laminated maple body with 'f' holes and white binding, 22 fret rosewood fingerboard with block inlays, two humbucker pickups, four rotary controls, selector switch, Tune-O-Matic bridge, trapeze tailpiece and black pickguard; and black hardshell contour case with red plush lining; accompanied by a letter regarding the provenance (3)

Provenance

Ex-Lot 260, Pop, Christie's, South Kensington, 14th May, 1993

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Lot Essay

The accompanying letter from musician S.M. Gallifent states that he...learned of the guitar when the Travelling [sic] Wilbury's [sic] made their album at Dave Stewart's house in Los Angeles...The guitar was purchased from "Voltage Guitars" off Sunset Boulevard...
Gallifent was in a band called Pleasure with Dave Stewart who apparently, were recording at Stewart's house at the time the Traveling Wilburys were making their first album, Traveling Wilburys Vol.I, in 1988. Roy Orbison's fellow Traveling Wilburys included George Harrison and Bob Dylan - tragically, Orbison died only a few weeks after the album's release.

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