On these pages we share
vintage photos of musicians with their instruments. If you can identify
any of the musicians,
please let us know. We are indebted to Guy Mackenzie, Paul Day,
John Doyle and Tommy Dunne for their very
generous expertise in identifying most of the guitars.
Noel Morrison
of Sligo's Savoy Swing Seven pictured with his
Burns Bison bass
c.1963.
Two members of
Waterford's Atlantic Showband with their
Burns Jazz bass
c.1964 and
Burns Split Sonic
guitar c.1963. Do you
know their names?
Seamus Carew of The Blue
Aces with his Candy Apple Red Fender Jazz bass (thanks to Charlie Cheevers)
This is a
Fenton-Weill RP1/B
bass c.1960-61 played by Sean Hunt of The Clefonaires.
A Framus Star
semi-solid bass (c.1959-'61)
played by Des Kelly in The Capitol Showband.
Garret Brown of Demon Duck (1974) and Medium Wave
Band (1975) with his
1969 Fender Jazz bass
Cha Taylor
(The Works) playing his
1964 Fender Jazz
bass in
1974.
Dick Close of
Ballymena's Cossacks Showband with his
Fender Precision
bass.
(thanks to Billy Swan)
Maxie McEvoy
of The Strangers playing his
Burns
Burns
Marvin bass c.1964-'65
(thanks to Maxie)
The Zodiacs'
bassist played a
Burns Artist
bass c.1961-'62
Torry McGahey
of The Freshmen with his sunburst
Fender Precision bass
(c.1965)
Joe Barrett (The Doves)
with his Fender
Competition Stripe Mustang bass c.1970-'72.
Another
Fender Mustang
bass - the band is Jed & The Southern Express
Brian Woodfull of The
Casino Showband off to the USA with his
Hofner 500/5 bass
c.1960-'61.
A
Dallas Tuxedo bass
c.1959-'60 played by Jim O'Dwyer of The Black Aces from Kilkenny.
Jim Ruane of The
Swingtime Aces with his rare Hopf bass c.1958 (thanks to
Jimmy Reilly).
This is a
Hofner 500/5 bass
c.1960-'61 owned by the bassist in The Royal Viceroy Showband
Noel McGann of The
Cadets with one of the very few Hofner "violin" basses as used by The
Beatles' Paul McCartney. Shift yer head Eileen!
Take a close look! Tom
Dunphy of The Royal Showband playing his
Fender Bass VI
with FIVE strings!
This is a
Burns Sonic bass (thanks to BigRedX)
Pat Hoey (The
Drifters) with his rare
Fender Telecaster
bass.
This is a Framus
Strato Star 5/156-52 bass c.1963 used by a member of The Slick Six from Cloughjordan, County
Tipperary.
Steve Travers of The Miami
with his (not vintage!)
Groovetools 7-string bass
c.2007
Poor photo but
rare bass! This is a
Vox Mark IV
(c.1965)
played by Bobby Hastings of The Trixons.
The Heartbeats'
bassist with his
Burns Vista Sonic bass
(c.1962-'63). If you know his
name, please let us know.
Bassist with
Tuam's Olly Maloney Showband - what is it?
A
Hofner 500/5
c.1960-'61
hollow-bodied bass owned by a member of Dundalk's Young Vikings.
