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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
http://www.bluesmagazine.nl/ruben-hoeke-brandin-jan-akkerman-personal-ii/
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Fast forward to 29:00 and see the original Les Paul Personal on which the signature guitar is based. Jan was voted best guitarist in the world in the 1973 Melody Maker poll beating Clapton, Page and Blackmore. His band Focus saved the OGWT [Bob Harris quote] which BBC executives were thinking of terminating. After one appearance by Focus the band ended up with two singles and two albums in the charts which proved people were watching the show as the band hadn't been played on UK radio.
I've played this guitar as well .. :-)
And this is what the guitar looked like in the early 1970s with all the electronics ...
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Thijs van Leer always cracks me up and makes me smile, as does Jan's playing.
Thijs van Leer is strutting his stuff with the Thomas Blug band as well these days and well worth checking out with two excellent virtuosos.
The band's actually playing hocus pocus [hence the head banging] at Bournemouth Polytechnic I think ...
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!