by Pol » 28 Jul 2015, 11:38
Hi David, here`something i found up when browsing and reading some old magazines.
Dave Davies of The Kinks must have been the first UK musician to own a Gibson Flying Vee. Interestely, the "Beat Instrumental" monthly magazine wrote in a short column about his guitar, quote:
"You can`t buy Dave Davies guitar. So many people have been inquiring about the weird guitar Dave Davies has been using, that Selmers have contacted Gibson to find out about it. It`s called The Flying Arrow and was made for a speciality act in Americaa. Gibson felt that it was too way-out to be a success, and it was only by luck that Dave happened to get his second-hand in the States. As yet, there is no possibility of it being put on the market".[/i
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[i]Well, as we all know now, it took some additional twenty years before Gibson saw a market demand and launced a decent replica of this mythical instrument..
The same issue of the magazine , February 1966, featured The Shadows on its cover. Nice full colour closeup stagephoto of members playing their white Burns guitars.
The boys were interviewed,saying quote:
"Bruce Welch, greatest living authority on the Shadows sound, was discussing their playing style. "We have a reputation for playing clear cut sound and unbent notes", said Bruce, "and we want to keep it that way because that`s how we feel about music. We don`t like it cluttered up".
This instrumental integrity has brought unkind comments from fans who would prefer to hear a Shadow shadow of Kinks, Animals, or everpresent Stones.
"But all this, "Yeah, yeah lark is only what we were doing five years ago" insisted Bruce, not for the first time".
Cheers Pol.
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