Per Gessle

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As a big big per Gessle fan I regard myself as a bit of an expert of his guitars. I know he bought this guitar in 1997 while recording the world according to Gessle solo album. Pictures can also be seen in the sleeve for this cd.

Per bought tis metallic purple gretsch Brian Setzer hotrod in a guitar store in Stockholm in 2003. I first seen him use it on stage during Gyllene Tider’s GT25 live! Tour in 2004. I also seen him use it in 2013 on Swedish TV programs during Gyllene Tider’s 2013 reunion tour.

Per Gessle bought this Gretsch Chet Atkins double cutaway with bigsby in 1992 the first time I saw it was on the Roxette how do you do video which was filmed on a rooftop in Stockholm. I also seen him use the guitar on Roxette’s almost unreal video and if you look closely in the Crash Boom Bang album booklet it can be seen here and also on the face of the CBB single CD. I can’t remember if it was used on the 95 tour I will have to check and update.

Per Gessle first debuted this double cutaway Gretsch White Falcon 2 with bigsby during the single run of Roxette’s third album joyride. The guitar first appeared on “The Big L” video and again briefly during the “Spending My Time” video towards the end. It reappeared during the tourism days in the “Fingertips ‘93” video again later during the “Fireworks” video. Per also used this Gretsch on the “Join the Joyride” and “Crash! Boom! Bang!” Tours and TV appearances in the 90s. I hadn’t seen him use it since but when I met him in 2013 at Bromma Airport in Stockholm before the premiere of Gyllene Tider’s ”Dags att tanka på refrängen Ture” we talked about his guitars and when I asked about his Gretsch collection he assured me he still has them all.

Concert Brottet, Halmstad Sweden. Summer 2017.

Concert Brottet, Halmstad Sweden. Summer 2017.

Played two of them for all Tours since Charm School

Microphone stand with Pick Holder!

Played by him in this (what seems) semi Playback German TOTP Episode in 1999

"One of the synths I bought was an Ensoniq ESQ-1, and learning how to program it I wrote “The Look,” based on a sequenced bass-groove. The words in the first verse were basically guide lyrics that were made to remember the rhythm & phrasing, but I eventually kept it, changing only a few lines here and there. They made sense to me in an “I Am The Walrus” kind of way… I always liked that style."

Interview with Songwriter Universe in 2018

As seen in this perfomance on german TOTP in 1999