1963 FENDER TELECASTER

The only other Fender in The Final Encore collection is this modded firecracker of a Tele

- Words Jamie Dickson Photography Phil Barker

Though Gary Moore clearly gravitated to Gibsons for much of his work, Fenders nonetheless play a significant role in his music, including this intriguing '63 Tele.

Acquired by Gary at some point prior to 1988, it has a '63 body with a replacement neck and was used on the opening track of Moore's much-loved Still Got The Blues album, a song entitled Moving On. Steve Clarke picks up the interesting story of this modded workhorse. He begins by explaining that he initially recorded quite a mismatch in the outputs of the bridge and neck pickups, which gave readings of 6.32k and 3.59k respectively.