Irish Showbands and Beat-Groups Rare Instruments (6) |
A feature of Irish '60s bands was their quality instruments. There was no shortage of Fender and Gibson guitars, Selmer saxes and Ludwig drum-kits. On these pages we share vintage photos of musicians with their instruments. Some we know, some we don't. If you can identify some of the musicians and/or their instruments, please let us know. |
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Take a close look! Tom Dunphy of The Royal Showband playing his Fender Bass VI with FIVE strings! |
Noel McGann of The Cadets with one of the very few Hofner "violin" basses as used by The Beatles' Paul McCartney. |
Derek Kennedy of The Swingtime Aces with his vinyl-covered (red) Hofner Colorama (thanks to Jimmy Reilly) | ||
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Brendan O'Connell of The Cadets with his white Fender Stratocaster (c.1968) |
Art Supple (Fender Jaguar) and Wolfgang Nordt (Gibson 335) of The Victors. |
The most famous Strat of them all! Rory Gallagher with his (almost) sunburst Strat which once belonged to Jim Conlon of The Royal Showband. | ||
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Pat Hoey (The Drifters) with his rare Fender Telecaster bass. |
Top session-drummer Ian McGarry of The Action behind his Ajax drum-kit. |
Guitarist with the Pat Campbell Showband pistured with his Gibson SG with Bigsby tremolo. |
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Steve Travers recently sent me a photo of his new Groovetools 7-string bass. Here's a description of it:
Groovetools GTBD-7 Natural Curly Maple
Top Swamp Ash Body Wings, 7 Piece Maple/Purpleheart
Neck-Through, Purpleheart Fingerboard, Bartolini "Bill Dickens"
Model Pickups, Custom Bartolini Parametric Frequency Selector,
Brilliance Control, Volume, Blend & 3-EQ, Gold Hardware.
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Johnny Murphy (Plattermen) with his rare Trixon drum-kit featuring a "kidney bass-drum" |
Jim Prendergast with his 1964 Gibson ES175 and Joe with his Fender Jazz bass. Both brothers joined The Victors Showband. Sadly, Joe died in 2006. | Garret Brown of Demon Duck (1974) and Medium Wave Band (1975) with his 1969 Fender Jazz bass | ||
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