The Guitar Collection of Guy Mackenzie
Mike Berry, actor and singer with hits such as “Sunshine of Your Smile”, “Don’t You Think It’s Time”, “Tribute to Buddy Holly” and starring roles in the sitcom “Are You Being Served?” and children’s favourite “Worzel Gummidge” gives a career spanning interview with Guy Mackenzie of The Guitar Collection.
Mike chats to Guy backstage during the 2016 Solid Gold Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour about his career from his 60s hits produced by Joe Meek right up to 2016!
Baldwin (Burns) Vibraslim Bass made by important British guitar maker Jim Burns in the mid 1960s when he had sold Ormston Burns to the American Baldwin Piano & Organ Co.!
This rare Vibraslim bass is the same as the previous Burns Vibraslim with the controls in the pick guard. Quite a bit of British electric guitar and bass history in one bass!
In this video, this Vibraslim is played for the first time by bass ace David Greenaway!
Grimshaw Short Scale Bass Deluxe hand built in about 1966 by Emile Grimshaw Jr. in London.
This example has been restored by Kif and features Aaron (Kent) Armstrong pick-ups and sounds great in the able hands of David Greenaway!.
Six string Grimshaws were popular in the 60s by rockers like Joe Brown and Pete Townshend.
Burns Weill Superstreamline 1959: Bass Demo
This bass was to match the Super Streamline guitar (sometimes known as the Martian Cricket Bat!) dating from 1959.
This was the actual bass used by John Godfrey in the Mungo Jerry band and features in the “Burns Book”.
Bass whizz David Greenaway plays it for the first time in this video – see what he think of the ‘Cricket Bat’!
B.C. Rich Warlock bass guitar demoed by bass wizard David Greenaway!
This bass was built in the 1980s in Japan and from it’s design was targeted at the Rock and Metal market!
Route 66 by The Guy Mackenzie Trio! Performed live in Cornwall!
Guyatone LG50 (also branded Star EG80 and Antoria in the UK) was a first guitar for Hank Marvin, Marty Wilde, Johnny Guitar of Ringo Starr’s band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes!
Check out the video and see if it’s stood the test of time!
This Peavey T60 was made by Peavey Electronics, better known for their guitar amps.
In 1978 they added the T60 guitar to their product range. This example was built, with an ash body, in the USA in 1980 and this model continued until 1988.
Hofner Galaxie dating from 1963 with three pick-ups and enough switches to provide a sound for every occasion!
Overall, this Hofner Galaxie looks like it was styled after the Fender Stratocaster and would have been at the top of Hofner’s range of guitars.
Check out this live demo recorded in my studio.
Teisco was a Japanese maker of budget guitars and operated up to the late 1960s when they were acquired by Kawai.
Although this was sold as a budget guitar, it comes with 4 Ry Cooder style pick-ups and is now quite rare especially in the U.K.
This live demo of the Teisco was recorded in my studio back in 2016.
