Duane Allman Skydog

DUANE ALLMAN

"SKYDOG"

Duane Allman's 1957 GIBSON LES PAUL Goldtop

And one of Duane's shirts. BIG HOUSE MUSEUM

The ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

"In MEMORY of ELIZABETH REED"

Featuring DUANE ALLMAN on Lead Guitar

LIVE at The FILLMORE EAST

March 2, 1971 

New York , NY

ARETHA FRANKLIN

"The WEIGHT"

With DUANE ALLMAN on GUITAR

Recorded in MUSCLE SHOALS

Duane Allman

"AMAZING GRACE"

On Acoustic Guitar

LAYLA

Eric Clapton & Duane Allman

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DUANE ALLMAN

Playing a GIBSON SG

                       DUANE ALMANS 1950 FENDER TELECASTER                                        with a STRATOCASTER Neck

Duane acquired this Telecaster while playing with the Allman Joys around 1966, and it remained his main guitar with the Hour Glass until 1967.

The most interesting part about this guitar is that it had a maple Stratocaster neck installed on it, most likely dating somewhere between 1954 and 1958 – at least based on the small headstock shape. It also originally featured a black pickguard but it was replaced with a white one at some point by Duane. Another custom thing on this guitar was a fuzz/distortion box which was connected to two broom holders, which were screwed onto the body. The exact model of this box was most likely a V8161.

According to Gregg Allman, this guitar was traded for a Gibson J-45 acoustic that Duane gave to Gregg, but according to Paul Hornsby, the Tele/Strat was stolen during the short mid-west “Power of Love” tour in early 1968.