Recent content by Bruce R

Fresh Cream

Enlist the TV show "History Detectives?"

Why were the serial numbers of those beautiful Goldtops not indicated?

And Steve, your Goldtop is beautiful!!

Just for kicks I pulled up some headstock photos of two very early '57 Goldtops that happen to have black plastics and the third is the last documented '57 Goldtop. Yes, low logo. Below is one of the first 58's and it is a little higher.

Steve. I assume the model you have is a Goldtop? Yeah, that would be the correct position if it is. Those are the smallest frets I have ever seen!

I have heard recordings of one of those shows and his tone is definitely not what it normally was. He got that amazing, overdriven power tube Marshall gain, reminiscent of the earlier Mayall period before he found his own voice. Mac must've shared the backline that night with the other bands...

Man... that tone!!!

Beautiful Custom!! The TV finish works so well with the black plastics and the gold hardware. Wow.

I am seeing folks talking about R8's with an R9 neck? I thought the only difference between the two is the size of the neck? There was a time when R8's had a plain top and R9's figured tops, but then they started releasing R8's with figured tops. Can someone help me out!

Those are some beefy looking pickup ring screws!! Those pickups aren't going anywhere, that's for sure!

He found one a long time ago. This 1960 LP has been with him off & on from around 1984. It is distinguishable by the dark streak of grain just above the upper tone knob.

Which vibrato... early Koss or late Koss? Dramatically different, but most folks know his vibrato from the Andy Fraser era. Buckton does them both as good or better than anyone else I've heard. And yes, Juniorhack, most guitarists playing Koss use entirely too much gain. I figure that's because...

Yes, I am sure Terry sang that song many times while playing with Paul in Back Street Crawler. Terry & John's band, "Kossoff - The Band Plays On" have many more songs posted on YouTube. That's how I discovered them. Check them out.

I went through the same attempt at getting a copy of Guitarist last summer when I got wind of the article on Kossoff's "Isle Of Wight" stripped-top Les Paul. The only place in town stopped carrying it right after the Peter Green issue was released. I waited weeks for the next issue only to be...