When he came down to Jamaica in the early 70's I happened to be in his hotel room (long story), and commented on how many guitars he'd brought with him. He very graciously hauled them out of their cases and invited me to play them. I didn't know a lot about guitars at that time, and my memory is a bit foggy, but I seem to remember at least one Martin, a Guild, and a Dobro. I can't remember the others. So, if The Boxer was recorded before then, it might have been one of those guitars.
I do remember thinking, wow, these are a lot nicer than the piece of junk I own! (Hmmm...maybe I have Paul Simon to blame for starting my GAS.)
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