Continuing my loft clearance, I came across an old book- 'The Complete Guitar Guide' by David Lawreson, from 1982. Probably bought at a charity shop several decades later. Basically a bunch of reviews of acoustics/electrics/bass's from that period. It's a pity the pics are B+W, but I thought i'd share a few of the more obscure ones..
Anyway
Chris Eccleshall Falcon
Manson Flying V (stripey yew,holly,ash,mahogany,paduak)
Similar spec Manson Merlin
Another Manson (kestrel)
Hamer Prototype -with triple coils
Guild
S 60 D- my mate had the bass version of this
Moonstone Eclipse Active
Peter Cook Axis
Explorer meets Strat in the Washburn Stage A 15
Westone Paduak with active boost (cost £123)
Yamaha SC 1200
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Great pictures though and I wonder where all those guitars are now.
Isn't there a a bit of a write up near the back in the players' section about an up and coming youngster called The Edge?
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I'd imagine they were pretty dead-sounding too (as was the fashion), but I can't tell you what anything sounded like on that day because I tried them all through a Burman amp, whose triple cascading gain stages made even the '58 LP they had in stock sound like someone next door was Hoovering up spilled blancmange.
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