The guitar collection

bbc radio cornwall...

Tuesday 19th January 2010

Guy Mackenzie interviewed by BBC Radio Cornwall--Mick Green (8MB file)

 

vintage guitar, november 2009...

Saga of The Lost Supersounds

"Electric guitars date back less than a century, but the stories of their development sometimes seem as lost as those of antiquity! Then a forgotten closet will open and out will tumble dusty skeletons of wood and wire, offering new insights, and often posing new questions."

 

guitar & bass magazine, may 2009...

Rockets From The Crypt

"Have you ever seen one of these? Supersound guitars show the early handiwork of the legendary Jim Burns, but his involvement is a matter of controversy. Lars Mullen assembles the evidence"

 

gibson guitar, 15 april 2009...

Rare Collection of Supersound Guitars Found in British Basement

"A rare collection of British-made Supersound guitars has been found in the basement of a house in the U.K., according to a report from the BBC."

 

bbc news, 15 april 2009...

Rare guitars found after 50 years

"A collection of rare British-made electric guitars has been discovered in the basement of a house in Cheltenham."

 

bbc tv points west, 15 april 2009...

 

supersound interviews...

Radio 5 Live, 10 April 2009

Guy Mackenzie interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live (2MB file)

Radio Cornwall, 09 April 2009

Guy Mackenzie interviewed by Radio Cornwall (20MB file)

 

western morning news, thursday april 9 2009...

Guy tracks down Holy Grail of rock world: earliest electric guitars

"They may look like beaten up, standard-issue electric guitars, but when Guy McKenzie clapped eyes on them he knoew he had found the Holy Grail of the rock world."

 

west briton, thursday april 2 2009...

Scarlet's very special guitar lesson

"At seven months old, a lucky Scarlet Worsley received her first guitar lesson from rock legend Frank Allen, ofThe Searchers."

 

guitar & bass magazine, winter special 2008...

Enter Sandman

"Two years have passed since we first met Guy MacKenzie, and since that time he's been acquiring mad guitars at the rate of one a fortnight. Words and pics: Lars Mullen"

 

collect it!, august 2008...

A collection that rocks!

"A collection that brings back memories of the music scene of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s"

 

cornwall today, february 2008...

Strings attached

"Drummer Guy [Mackenzie] has an impressive collection of rock guitars"

 

antiques roadshow, 25 november 2007...

 

guitar & bass, february 2007...

Economy Class

"Guy Mackenzie doesn't give a fig for established classics: he's obsessed by the cheesy, near-forgotten models that fuelled so many teenage rock'n'roll dreams. Lars Mullen steps into the time capsule"

 

western morning news, december 2006...

Drummer who's known as the guitar man

"A Westcountry musician who has spent decades building a collection of rare and unusual guitars is to appear in a national magazine."