Nice finish on Dave Brock's LP.

daveyh

steamabacus said:

daveyh said:

Fernandes I think

Hmmm? Good call but I can't find anything online that quite matches that headstock and logo position.

That’s definitely a Fernandes, you can see the Sustainer logo on the neck pickup too. It looks like a Revolver Pro, an older one with the non reverse headstock

Kittyfrisk

Couldn't care less about the guitar finish, Dave's face or his sandal crimes against public decency. I'm more impressed by the lesser spotted Gibson Nighthawk in the background 

Philly_Q

First band I ever saw.  I've no idea what he was playing in 1979.

pmbomb

Holy thread resurrection Batman.

6 1/2 years past, hope you're all doing well.

Philly_Q

pmbomb said:

Holy thread resurrection Batman.

6 1/2 years past, hope you're all doing well.

Shit, I didn't even notice.  Never mind us, I hope Dave Brock is doing well, given the state of him back in 2017.

Kittyfrisk

pmbomb said:

Holy thread resurrection Batman.

6 1/2 years past, hope you're all doing well.

Well, you can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave... 
Many happy returns 

Brio

Sassafras said:

It's better than the finish on his face.
WTF's going on with that man's face?

It probably had Stacia on it too many times

CavemanGrogg

The guitar in the OP doesn't look like a Fernandes to me, especially a Revolver Pro - they are double cut Strat shape all the ones that I have played or seen, and the only Fernandes that I can think of that is the same shape as an LP is the Fernandes Monterey Elite, and they have a different knob layout not to mention dot inlays instead of block inlays.

Philly_Q

CavemanGrogg said:

The guitar in the OP doesn't look like a Fernandes to me, especially a Revolver Pro - they are double cut Strat shape all the ones that I have played or seen, and the only Fernandes that I can think of that is the same shape as an LP is the Fernandes Monterey Elite, and they have a different knob layout not to mention dot inlays instead of block inlays.

The one in the OP's a Les Paul.  The Fernandes is further down the page.

steamabacus

Philly_Q said:

First band I ever saw.  I've no idea what he was playing in 1979.

That'd be an Ibanez Artist at that time.

Philly_Q

^^  @steamabacus thanks for that!  Two or three years after that, an Ibanez Artist AR-300 was one of the first guitars I fantasised about owning (I never did actually buy one). 

But it definitely wasn't the Brock connection, I had no idea that was what he was playing.  In 1979 I hadn't started playing guitar.  Arguably I still haven't...

steamabacus

Philly_Q said:

^^  @steamabacus thanks for that!  Two or three years after that, an Ibanez Artist AR-300 was one of the first guitars I fantasised about owning (I never did actually buy one). 

But it definitely wasn't the Brock connection, I had no idea that was what he was playing.  In 1979 I hadn't started playing guitar.  Arguably I still haven't...

He was still using it in '82/'83 which is when I started playing guitar. I couldn't work out what it was, thought it might be a double-cut Gibson (no internet back then, just seeing it live and blurry photos).

I ended up getting an AR100 a little bit later but not because of Brock - my first guitar (a Vulcan Les Paul copy) was stolen and a mate just happened to be selling his Ibanez. It was only later I found out that was what Brock was playing (all be it a more up-market model than mine).

Still got the old Artist. Gave it some tlc last week - clean up, some Montepresso relic wax on the fretboard, fresh set of strings and some new knobs.

Philly_Q

^^ I still think they're cool guitars.  I can remember seeing quite a few local bands during my university years who had Ibanez AR-100s or the cheaper Musician models (MC-150 was it?).  I ended up buying a Hamer Special, which was a similar-ish sunburst double cutaway, but a bit cheaper (at the time).

impmann

The Ibanez always makes me think of Andy Partridge from XTC. 

axisus

Horrible. Truly horrible.

Offset

steamabacus said:

Philly_Q said:

^^  @steamabacus thanks for that!  Two or three years after that, an Ibanez Artist AR-300 was one of the first guitars I fantasised about owning (I never did actually buy one). 

But it definitely wasn't the Brock connection, I had no idea that was what he was playing.  In 1979 I hadn't started playing guitar.  Arguably I still haven't...

He was still using it in '82/'83 which is when I started playing guitar. I couldn't work out what it was, thought it might be a double-cut Gibson (no internet back then, just seeing it live and blurry photos).

I ended up getting an AR100 a little bit later but not because of Brock - my first guitar (a Vulcan Les Paul copy) was stolen and a mate just happened to be selling his Ibanez. It was only later I found out that was what Brock was playing (all be it a more up-market model than mine).

Still got the old Artist. Gave it some tlc last week - clean up, some Montepresso relic wax on the fretboard, fresh set of strings and some new knobs.

I do like your kaftan I must say.

steamabacus

Kaftan?  

I think you must be referring to the piece of cloth keeping the dust off my Blackstar HT-5. Not really large enough to wear without a good deal of indecent exposure (even if I'm not QUITE the size of Demis Roussos)

Fingers657

fandango said:

Sassafras said:

It's better than the finish on his face.
WTF's going on with that man's face?

It's what happens when you reach 75 years old.... you know, wrinkles and stuff, and there's no need to shave and impress the groupies ... but kudos to Brock, because I've heard Francis Rossi complain like a trooper it's getting harder to tour/play live, yet he's only 67.

I prefer what Brock's got on the stand behind him ... a Gibson Nighthawk re-issue. He's been known to play near anything and just gets on with it. Sometimes that's how I think it should be, although I appreciate what we play can be dictated by the £££ we have available, or what won't get damaged in a live band situation.

But back to the guitar in the photo, the LP's appearance is hampered by the lighting. It looks like is has the 'spaghetti-sauce' finish made famous by Heinz?

Francis Rossi is 74 years young.

Svartmetall

fandango said: It's what happens when you reach 75 years old.... 

He's 82...as much as anything else I think he wanted to live long enough to see Nik Turner die. I mean, there's band member acrimony, there's raw unbridled hatred, and then there's how Brock felt about Turner...

Philly_Q

Last two comments about ages... this thread started in 2017.  We're all six or seven years older now.