September 2017. On the beach at Looe, music, beer and pasties.
Friday afternoon, before the music started, I thought that I’d drive to Polperro for an ice cream. It’s a pretty place, but it’s not pretty enough to have to pay £4 to park just to have an ice cream. I drove on. I stopped at Lansallos, walked down to the beach and I was very glad that I did.
The headline acts weren’t the ones that I would have chosen, but I suppose that I can now say that I’ve seen Lulu, even if it was from a distance as I left.
On the Monday morning, after the festival, I drove up to the north coast and stayed for a few days at the C&MCC Treamble Valley club site which is 3 miles north of Perranporth.
Not the best or most expensive collection of guitars, but they are at least a bit different.
From left to right: Peavey Grind BXP 5 String Bass It was ‘old stock’ being sold off by a music shop on Ebay. The shop knew nothing about it and I can’t find anything about it on the Internet other than the odd picture. It’s got a bolt on neck, active pickups. My guess is that it’s probably from the early 2000’s and made in Korea.
Squier Standard Fat Telecaster I found this in a music shop in High Wycombe in about 2005. It was the colour. Details from the 2001 Squier price list: Squier Standard Fat Telecaster, rosewood $379.99 One humbucking (neck) and one single-coil alnico (bridge) pickup; solid Agathis body: 6-saddle, through-the-body bridge.
Danelectro DC59 12 String From Gumtree. A man in a car park! It’s a Danelectro, it’s wonderful.
Applause AE-35 12 String Bought off of Ebay and came with an Ovation hard case. It’s from the same series and is a match for my Applause 6 string. I believe that it must be an import because Applause 12 string guitars weren’t available in the UK at the time.
Applause AE-127 6 String Bought in the early 2000’s, this is one of the very few guitars that I’ve ever bought new. I wanted an Ovation guitar from the moment that I first saw one in the late 1960’s, unfortunately Ovation guitars cost more than my playing ability is worth. Applause is Ovation’s affordable brand.
Yamaha FG-440 Bought new in the late 1980’s, the excuse for this guitar was that Jenny want’d to learn to play.
