Ritchie Blackmore
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Ritchie Blackmore's Guitars
In this video at 0:38s Blackmore can be seen in his sound room as he shows us his signature Stratocaster.
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In this source, you can see a picture and a video of him using it during a jam and a little bit of early rainbow.
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Ritchie can be seen playing a Gibson ES-335 in this live performance of Deep Purple.
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In a promotional photo for Fender, Ritchie Blackmore is pictured with a Fender Lead I Electric Guitar.
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Ritchie Blackmore played a 1970 Fender Stratocaster in Sunburst with a Maple fretboard during Deep Purple's 1973 concert in New York, as seen in the full concert video on YouTube. He also used this model in 1977 with Rainbow in München. Known for its beautiful clean tone, this guitar pairs exceptionally well with the distortion from Marshall amps.
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In this live footage of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow on the "Shadow of the Moon" tour in Yokohama Japan '97, Blackmore can be seen playing a Black Single Pickup Custom Jazz Telecaster.
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In this photo, you can see Ritchie Blackmore with this guitar.
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Ritchie Blackmore is shown with the Fender Ritchie Blackmore Signature Set-Neck Stratocaster in a user-uploaded photo on Schidakov.
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Fairly early in the article Ritchie Blackmore starts to talk about the guitars he owned in his earlier days.
Under the heading What kind of guitar were you playing once you began playing in bands?, Blackmore says:
...and then I got a Höfner Club 50 when I was about 15 or 16
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In this advertisment for Fender, Blackmore can be seen holding a Fender 25th Anniversary Stratocaster.
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In this video we can see Ritchie Blackmore using his Gibson ES-335 in a cherry finish.
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In this 40 Second clip from January 31, 2023, Ritchie can be seen playing a Gretch D.E. signature hollowbody guitar, gifted to him from childhood hero Duane Eddy. Ritchie states:
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Duane! my all-time first-hero, when I was eleven, twelve, thirteen, I would often go to see him play, and everytime I did, I would miss him. So as I missed him, as a present he gave me this guitar. This is his model, fantstic, Duane Eddy Gretsch guitar, and thank you, thank you, thank you, Duane for this fantastic present."
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Ritchie used this "Machine Head" Strat as his main guitar between early 1971 and early 1973. This axe was used at the Beatclub show (Sept 71) and the Machine Head recording session (Dec 71) until summer or autumn 1972. Then during a heavy showcase, this fine guitar was rather damaged by Ritchie at the headstock. Nevertheless, Ritchie played this guitar until early 1973. Than the axe was finally destroyed by Ritchie and was replaced by a newer 1972s sunburst Strat with a scalloped, lacquered fretboard. This guitar carries all specs of a standard 72s Fender Strat like a bullet truss-rod at the nut and 3-bold tilt-neck.
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