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Post subject: Does Gary Moore's collection include a stolen 1959 Les Paul?
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:04 am
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"Guitarist Ronnie Montrose is claiming that legendary blues guitarist Gary Moore has his stolen 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard... " ... and won't talk to him about it! :shock:

http://www.guitar-collector.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=120

It could be an interesting court case.


Just to be clear... he's not saying Mr Moore actually stole it. :roll:

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Hard to take his post seriously when he hallucinates that Ronnie Montrose wrote those Edgar Winter hits.

He wasn't even a member of the Edgar Winter Group when those tunes were recorded, and a BMI search confirms what I thought I knew: Dan Hartman wrote "Free Ride" and Edgar wrote "Frankenstein."

Of course, that doesn't have anything to do with the guitar. Just fixing bad information, as is my wont.
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Post subject: Re: Does Gary Moore's collection include a stolen 1959 Les P
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Red Paul wrote:
"Guitarist Ronnie Montrose is claiming that legendary blues guitarist Gary Moore has his stolen 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard... "


I never heard about Montrose's loss. I wish him good luck with recovering his stolen property. I wonder what kind of documentation he has? Old receipts, photos, and police reports, I imagine.

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Funny how this is just now coming up after 35 years?

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Why would he steal a 59 and give greeny's 58 away???

Dont ring right to me.

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nikininja wrote:
Why would he steal a 59 and give greeny's 58 away???

Dont ring right to me.


Excellent question.

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nikininja wrote:
Why would he steal a 59 and give greeny's 58 away???

Dont ring right to me.


OP wrote:
Just to be clear... he's not saying Mr Moore actually stole it.

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nikininja wrote:
Why would he steal a 59 and give greeny's 58 away???


I believe Gary was paid a sizeable amount for Greenie's old guitar; probably not exactly what it was worth, however, but that's the way these guitar dealers operate, ain't it?

Gary didn't steal anything!

I knew Gary had a couple Les Pauls from that Golden Era.
It's not impossible that he could have bought a guitar that was once stolen from Ronnie Montrose. There are only so many late '50s Sunburst Les Pauls, a couple thousand at most.

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orvilleowner wrote:
nikininja wrote:
Why would he steal a 59 and give greeny's 58 away???


I believe Gary was paid a sizeable amount for Greenie's old guitar; probably not exactly what it was worth, however, but that's the way these guitar dealers operate, ain't it?

Gary didn't steal anything!

I knew Gary had a couple Les Pauls from that Golden Era.
It's not impossible that he could have bought a guitar that was once stolen from Ronnie Montrose. There are only so many late '50s Sunburst Les Pauls, a couple thousand at most.


Wasn't the selling price for Greeny's guitar somewhere around 2.5 million?

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CAFeathers wrote:
orvilleowner wrote:
nikininja wrote:
Why would he steal a 59 and give greeny's 58 away???


I believe Gary was paid a sizeable amount for Greenie's old guitar; probably not exactly what it was worth, however, but that's the way these guitar dealers operate, ain't it?

Gary didn't steal anything!

I knew Gary had a couple Les Pauls from that Golden Era.
It's not impossible that he could have bought a guitar that was once stolen from Ronnie Montrose. There are only so many late '50s Sunburst Les Pauls, a couple thousand at most.


Wasn't the selling price for Greeny's guitar somewhere around 2.5 million?


Who bought it? Ronnie Montrose? If not Gary's got another for sale now.

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Wasn't the selling price for Greeny's guitar somewhere around 2.5 million?


You think Gary Moore got about $2.5M from Maverick Music for the Greeny Sunburst? It's been a while, but I don't remember a number that HIGH!

Maybe that's what Maverick ended up selling it for.

I sort of remember a figure less than $1M.

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Ronnie Montrose was part of the Edgar Winter Group. Here is a link to his biography on his own website:

http://www.anti-m.com/montrose/ronnie.htm

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