Best quotes by Rory Gallagher on Guitar

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  • If somebody needed a guitar player for a tour and I was free and it was the right situation, I'd do it and it would be good fun. There would be much less pressure if I just had to stand there and play leads.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • The best slide guitar, unless you're playing the Muddy Waters-style, is the old '52 Goldtop Les Paul.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • You can play slide on any guitar, but to be serious about it you have a tough set of strings, otherwise you don't get the full attack - you can't dig in.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • There was nobody in the city I came from - Cork, Ireland - that I could link up with to teach me the guitar.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • As a kid, I loved any guitarists, whether it was Elvis Presley, Lonnie Donegan, Chuck Berry or even the cowboy guitarists like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. The image of the guitar appealed to me.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • Basically, I try to treat the electric guitar like an acoustic guitar. What you have to do is attack the instrument and know that your feelings aren't controlled by the controls of your guitar.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • I've been playing a Fender since 1963, and before that it was my dream guitar. I can't endorse it more than that.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.
    - Rory Gallagher
  • I started on acoustic guitar after I heard Leadbelly and Big Bill Broonzy.
    - Rory Gallagher