HW: Dave Brock's Guitar

[dave hall]

Oh yes - get the Les Paul out! Although the sound he was getting out of the
Ibanez Artiste in the late 70's and early 80's (pre-westone) was alright. I
heard that he was using a Yamaha SG on some of the Hawklords dates - I had
quite a spirited dabate with a mate at a gig on the Sonic Attack tour about
that! I'm a Yamaha SG 2000 man meself.
Huw was still playing the white LP at LLG gigs in the mid 80's - that's
another tale....
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Youles <youless at COX.NET>
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Date: 03 July 2004 02:12
Subject: Re: HW: Dave Brock's Guitar


>Hi Doug, thanks for the plug :-)
>
>Dave's guitar from 71-75 looked from a distance like a Les Paul but was a
>Dick Knight Custom.  The one Huw often played in 79-80 (and it came out
>again at Blackheath 1997) was a white Les Paul Custom.  As this guitar of
>Huw's has aged it has acquired a more yellowish sheen, much like the one in
>the photos of Dave at UEA Norwich / Swedenrock.  So, I was wondering if it
>*is* Huw's Les Paul.
>
>Hawkwind's music has always seemed to me to demand more "Gibsonish" guitar
>tones than Fender-like ones...Dave's Westone being halfway between the two
>as it's a guitar in the broader Strat tradition, but he uses the humbucker
>pickup on it.
>
>Geek speak over.
>
>Steve
>
>
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>On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:59:34 -0400, Doug Pearson <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:18:46 +0100, =?iso-8859-1?q?Michael=20Crook?=
>><m.j.crook at TALK21.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>>It just looks right somehow seeing Dave with a Les Paul - anyone know
>>>how long it is since he last used one on stage and how he came to be
>>>using one at Sweden? Was it a one off?
>>
>>I don't think that Dave has *ever* used a Les Paul (unless he borrowed one
>>in Sweden recently) ... his Space Ritual-era guitar that looks like one is
>>a custom job.
>>
>>Much useful info about his guitars here:
>>http://www.starfarer.net/gtrstuff.html
>>
>>(Huw, on the other hand, seems to always be playing a Les Paul.  In two-
>>guitar bands, I definitely prefer to see/hear the guitarists using
>>different - hopefully very different - models.  One excellent example is
>>the Dictators, with Top Ten playing roots-rock style on a Fender, and Ross
>>The Boss playing metal-ish lead & crunch on a 'Paul.)
>>
>>    -Doug
>>     jasret at mindspring.com