Per Gade... ever heard of him?

equalsql

Apparently he's a Dutch guitarist.



Very cool jazz/fusion player...  and can anyone tell me what guitar he's playing here with Billy Cobham?

ChrisMusic

Great groove, nice playing too !

The guitar is most probably a Roland GR808, the GR logo is prominent on the headstock.
Check out the Joness website for all things Roland guitar synth oriented.

http://www.joness.com/gr300/G-808.html

In 1977, through a joint capital investment between Roland Corporation and Fujigen, FUJI ROLAND CORP is established, based in Matsumoto. Together they developed the world's first guitar synthesizer (GR-500).

Some have noted the the Roland basses have the logo "F Roland" on the headstock, for Fuji Roland. And the Roland guitars have "GR" on the headstock, perhaps for "Greco Roland." The 1981 Greco Catalogue shows every Roland guitar synth product in production at that time. The Roland G-808 is a modified version of the Greco GO1000.

Fujigen Gakki built a lot of guitars, for a lot of people, including Greco Guitars. Greco Guitars were sold almost exclusively in Japan. Fujigen Gakki also built guitars for Ibanez, Fender, Fender/Squire, Yamaha, and of course Roland.

Contractors could provide their own designs to Fujigen Gakki, but often they would consult with the Fujigen Gakki engineers, and make modifications of existing designs. This explains the similar designs and features of Roland and Ibanez guitars of the same era.