Trip to Brighton to see Ezra Furman supported by Du Blonde at the Brighton Dome Theatre. A beautiful old theatre built between 1804 and 1808 and an excellent place to see a band.
Du Blonde
Ezra Furman
On the Sunday I had a drive out in the van in the direction of Beachy Head, never been before. Stopped off at Birling Gap and had lunch on the beach.
Beachy Head, Eastbourne in the distance.
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.
Hollywell Bay, Cornwall
Chapel Porth, Cornwall
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.