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Does any one know when Mick Taylor aquired his 59’ Les Paul with the Bigsby? And what happened to it? Any pics?? any details?
Biggles58 said:Strangley enough, I aksed this very question a few months ago on a Rolling Stones forum. Below is the answer I got:
Aha! Great question! Well, it's really hard to tell. First off, at the time Ted Newman-Jones met Keith for the first time (1971 -before the burglary) according to Jones keith had at least six 1958/60 Les Paul Standards. On the pictures of Dominique tarle, three Les Pauls can be identified: one with a bigsby, one that's most certain Taylor's and one that Keith took with him on tour in 1969. Now about Taylor's bigsby equipped Les Paul: taylor had bought a 1958 Les Paul Standard at Selmers in London in 1966, and used it in the Mayall days. This is one without a bigsby. Taylor purchased Keith's bigsby equipped LP in 1968, and used it extensively on the 1969 and 1970 tour. This guitar got stolen during the burglary. Most probably, this is NOT Keiths used in 1964/1965 LP, as this LP is now in possession of a UK collector (who also has Keith's 1957 LP Custom that was painte don by Keith and used extensively in 1967 and 1968) and features in Tony Bacon's new "50 Years of Les Paul" book. Taylor's bigsby LP most probably turned up in the hands of a Dutch guitarist named Eelco Gelling, who played with the Golden Earring for a short period. Taylor bought himself two new Les pauls: a honeyburst with pickguard and a dark burst without pickguard and with open coils (double black). The one with the pickguard he used for the 1972 tour, and the one without he used for the entire year 1973. There's a picture of Taylor circa 1980 in the According to the Stones book of the two guitars. Apperently Taylor sold both guitars when he needed the money somewhere in the 80's.
But: Taylor used a true 1958-era bigsby equipped LP live during the 80's, and he is even pictured with it on his live CD. This one got lost on a train ride somewhere in the early 1990's. I am not sure about his LP! It could be very well one of the Stones LP's!
All in all -the Stones had at least nine to ten LP's, and only three can really be identified: keith's Ed Sullivan LP, and Taylor's 1972 and 1973 Tour LP's.
And I agree, Mick Taylor is hugely underated! :wail
56Tweed said:Mick will always be my favorite stone...
sixty2strat said:WOW great run down of the stones gear. I have seen him many times over the last 20 years, this is what I remeber. Saw taylor in the late 80's with max middelton doing some very blow by blowish stuff and mick had the burst with the bigsby.....a very dark red ...blood like, in the club it seemed that dark.
always wondered what happened to it ...next time I saw him he had a Tabaco brown custom with knobs with the metal inserts. I guess it was a mid 70's with a maple cap...my mind is vague on the clues and keys. he then had a series of classics over the years 94 on.
PS you can hear me yell on the live recording of you got to move, on stranger in this town
Biggles58 said:Strangely enough, I aksed this very question a few months ago on a Rolling Stones forum. Below is the answer I got:
Aha! Great question! Well, it's really hard to tell. First off, at the time Ted Newman-Jones met Keith for the first time (1971 -before the burglary) according to Jones keith had at least six 1958/60 Les Paul Standards. On the pictures of Dominique tarle, three Les Pauls can be identified: one with a bigsby, one that's most certain Taylor's and one that Keith took with him on tour in 1969. Now about Taylor's bigsby equipped Les Paul: taylor had bought a 1958 Les Paul Standard at Selmers in London in 1966, and used it in the Mayall days. This is one without a bigsby. Taylor purchased Keith's bigsby equipped LP in 1968, and used it extensively on the 1969 and 1970 tour. This guitar got stolen during the burglary. Most probably, this is NOT Keiths used in 1964/1965 LP, as this LP is now in possession of a UK collector (who also has Keith's 1957 LP Custom that was painte don by Keith and used extensively in 1967 and 1968) and features in Tony Bacon's new "50 Years of Les Paul" book. Taylor's bigsby LP most probably turned up in the hands of a Dutch guitarist named Eelco Gelling, who played with the Golden Earring for a short period. Taylor bought himself two new Les pauls: a honeyburst with pickguard and a dark burst without pickguard and with open coils (double black). The one with the pickguard he used for the 1972 tour, and the one without he used for the entire year 1973. There's a picture of Taylor circa 1980 in the According to the Stones book of the two guitars. Apperently Taylor sold both guitars when he needed the money somewhere in the 80's.
But: Taylor used a true 1958-era bigsby equipped LP live during the 80's, and he is even pictured with it on his live CD. This one got lost on a train ride somewhere in the early 1990's. I am not sure about his LP! It could be very well one of the Stones LP's!
All in all -the Stones had at least nine to ten LP's, and only three can really be identified: keith's Ed Sullivan LP, and Taylor's 1972 and 1973 Tour LP's.
And I agree, Mick Taylor is hugely underated! :wail
Biggles58 said:Taylor's bigsby LP most probably turned up in the hands of a Dutch guitarist named Eelco Gelling, who played with the Golden Earring for a short period
Tonefiend said:Check out John Mayall's 70th birthday DVD with Taylor and Clapton. Mick absolutely smokes on his Sunburst Historic LP! He blows Clapton out of the water and hangs right there with Buddy!
I can't see what type of amp he is playing but it is sounding great!
keef said:Hmm - not sure if that makes sense - here is a pic of Eelco Gelling's burst, a '60 with marks of (likely) a removed Hagstrom vibrato. The picture was posted here before with the story that it reportedly was one of Keef's stolen bursts, sold to Gelling somewhere during the 70s....now where's the LPF forensic team when you need them??
greeny said:if i'm not wrong he used an early 80's red knob Twin Reverb