Gallotone guitar
The Gallotone Champion Guitar was an acoustic guitar manufactured in South Africa by the country's largest record company, Gallo Africa, during the 1950s and '60s. It was a cheaply made instrument intended for the beginner market and was exported to many countries. • Illustration — Gallotone Champion Guitar • Illustration — Headstock showing labels The Champion model is a 3/4 size steel string flat-top acoustic made from laminated woods, and was "guaranteed not to split". Perhaps the most famous of all Gallotone Champion players was John Lennon, whose guitar was sold for £155,500 ($251,700) at a "Rock'n'Roll" memorabilia sale by Sotheby's London in 1999.
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- 1.Babiuk, Andy. Beatles Gear - All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio. Backbeat Books. 8. 2002. 0879307315.
- 2.Lock, Brett. On a Gallo Guitar and a homemade speaker box.
- 3.BBC. £155,000 picks up Lennon guitar. News report. September 14, 1999.
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