Easter Egg - Who is the guitarist?

[anniv 63]

Just also remembered that around February 1964 the TV TIMES ( Independent television weekly programme guide UK)
Ran a 3 part weekly article on Jet's career and comeback that month. Unfortunately the copies I kept got accidently
thrown out in the 1970's but I do remember there were some rare pictures in part3 with his dog Rifka taken at a zoo?
(not the same as a picture of Cliff with Jet's other dog in the MEET Jet &Tony Star Special publication of 1963)
Anyone else remember this at the time?

[chronikman-ch]

Hi mj shiach
have a look (not what You search) but very interesting site
http://radiosoundsfamiliar.com/the-tv-times-archive.php
Heinz

[Martin Page]

Hi mj shiach
have a look (not what You search) but very interesting site
http://radiosoundsfamiliar.com/the-tv-times-archive.php
Heinz

Wonderful website Heinz. Just browsing a 50s edition and found a picture of Bert: http://issuu.com/radiosoundsfamiliar/docs/dec2027th201959/28

Martin.

[anniv 63]

Thanks to Heinz and Martin for posting these interesting links. Back to the good old days of decent TV!!!!
no Voice rubbish and old pensioners sitting in Thunderbirds chairs!!!

Mike

[Stratpicker]

Is that a Bigsby trem'd Hofner Verithin Mk 2 that Bill is playing?
Had one a very second hand one in the 70's - the back was coming unglued!!!
cheers
ian

[JimN]

Is that a Bigsby trem'd Hofner Verithin Mk 2 that Bill is playing?
ian

No - it's a Gibson ES-335TD (in sunburst), probably with the Bigsby added by Selmer in the UK.

Examples with factory-fitted Bigsbys had a laminated plastic rectangle glued onto the body bearing the legend "Custom Made". This was to cover the holes in the top where the tailpiece studs were normally mounted on the ES-345 and ES-335.



There was apparently no system in place to prevent the factory from pre-drilling the holes, even if the guitar was being ordered with a vibrato unit from new. This didn't apply to the ES-355 (which had a Maestro long Vibrola fitted as standard) and the ES330 (which was a hollow body guitar anyway).

You didn't see many of those plaques in the UK during the sixties, leading me to believe that most Gibsons with Bigsbys were outfitted that way by Selmer.

JN

[Stratpicker]

Thanks Jim
I'll bet the backs didnt come unglued on those babies!
cheers
ian