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A collection of my stringed instruments which I love to play, with my much-loved, but slightly worse for wear, Taylor 714-CE acoustic guitar taking centre stage!
From left to right the instruments are:
- Kort Violin Bass Guitar
- Taylor 714-CE Acoustic Guitar (2001 Build)
- Fender Deluxe Banjo
- Peerless Tonemaster Custom Pro Semi-Acoustic Guitar
- Patrick Eggle New York Guitar (Standard)
Suzuki W-400 Acoustic Guitar (~1981) (Just out of Picture)
Lead guitar and singer Jim has been with the band since taking over from his elder brother who now leads The Tonemasters rockabilly trio.
My amps: Matchless H/C-30 to a Cage 212TR, and a '70s Fender Twin Reverb (100w) sitting on a Tonemaster 4x12 (often connected to the Matchless.) There is a hotplate, and a broken RE-201 here too.
I have (L-R) MXR Phase 90, Keeley Tonemaster Workstation, Dunlop Mini Volume pedal, and Sure GLX D-6 wireless guitar receiver on my Pedaltrain Nano Plus board. I run it through a fender Blues Junior for practice. If I have a job I’ll use this pedalboard with my Fender Twin Reverb Tonemaster amp. I put this together mostly for Country and Country Rock. It is fine for now but I may go up a size so I can add a looper and analog delay. A Dunlop mini Wah pedal is on my wish list as well. Not pictured, I use a 1999 fender American Standard telecaster. Sometimes I’ll use a 1975 Fender Strat, or a Les Paul Custom black Beauty.
all mother-of-toilet-seat with push button switches.
when i say all i mean front back neck headstock! lovely shiny plastic!
1960s italian.
Vox had experience producing solid body guitars but had not mastered the construction techniques required to mass produce hollow bodied semi-acoustic guitars. Furthermore, there was little time for Vox to develop semi-acoustic production capacity. The demand for Vox guitars had become meteoric in the Beatle era and opportunities for sales were being missed. Unable to produce guitars quickly and in numbers to satisfy the burgeoning market, JMI turned to Crucianelli to build semi-acoustic guitars for Vox. Crucianelli produced two semi acoustic guitar models (Lynx and Challenger) and two semi acoustic bass models (Escort and Cougatr) for Vox in 1964 and 1965.
The Crucianelli produced Vox Cougar Bass was originally introduced as the Crucianelli 702B Tonemaster bass. There were two versions produced for Vox. The red burst bass shown above is the earlier version. It has the distinctive "bat wing" pick guard and was probably produced for Vox between mid 1964 and mid 1965. The later version of the Vox Cougar Bass fetaured a traditional pick guard and a slightly wider headstock, as shown in the brown sunburst bass above.
The relationship between Vox and Crucianelli was short lived. By 1966, Vox shifed their guitar production away from Crucianelli to Eko, another Italian manufacturer in northern Italy.
The Cougar bass was designed with a 29¾" scale. The bolt on, 20 fret "C" profile neck included block inlays and an adjustable truss rod. The bound neck was ~1 5/8" wide at the nutand ~2" wide at the twelfth fret. The arch topped body was 15¾" wide at the lower bout and featured white binding on the edges and f holes. The body of the Vox Cougar Bass by Crucianelli was ~1 ½" thick at the outer edge. The Cougar featured two single pole pickups with chrome covers and black plastic surrounds. In addition to a three way selector switch, each pickup was equipped with a volume and tone control. The Cougar also included a chrome plated stop tailpiece, a micro-adjustable bridge and four open gear tuner keys.
An intact remnant of Woolworths! Likely an audio equivalent of Tonemaster, Walgreens' crappy cassette tapes of yore. Seen at a Goodwill. Didn't buy.
Clear acrylic pickguard and truss rod cover for a peerless tonemaster
sprayed gold on the back and also features custom text