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In the 1970s it seemed that nearly every popular band in the UK had to have a wacky John Birch guitar. Here we see Slade's Dave Hill playing the original Superyob guitar as built by the legendary John Birch.
The Superyob was reportedly not a very playable guitar and despite the insinuation in the above video that it was used in recording sessions, was in fact mainly used for mimed television appearances - and promo videos (obviously). The original Superyob is now owned by Marco Pirroni (ex Adam & The Ants guitarist - I had a very complimentary email from him a year or so ago about how much he enjoyed reading Guitarz) but is currently, I believe, on loan to the British Museum Experience.
For more about the guitars used by Dave Hill and his bandmates in Slade, Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, see this page.
G L Wilson
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
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Guitar
Dave Hill plays the Superyob in the promo for Slade's "My Friend Stan"
guitarz.blogspot.com:
In the 1970s it seemed that nearly every popular band in the UK had to have a wacky John Birch guitar. Here we see Slade's Dave Hill playing the original Superyob guitar as built by the legendary John Birch.
The Superyob was reportedly not a very playable guitar and despite the insinuation in the above video that it was used in recording sessions, was in fact mainly used for mimed television appearances - and promo videos (obviously). The original Superyob is now owned by Marco Pirroni (ex Adam & The Ants guitarist - I had a very complimentary email from him a year or so ago about how much he enjoyed reading Guitarz) but is currently, I believe, on loan to the British Museum Experience.
For more about the guitars used by Dave Hill and his bandmates in Slade, Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, see this page.
G L Wilson
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Original 1970s John Birch Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: At one time back in the mid 1970s barely a week could go by without seeing an example or two of British guitar maker John Birch's work on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops. They were fairly ubiquitous on the UK music scene, being...
- Goran Malmberg's Abba "star" Guitar Replica
guitarz.blogspot.com: Happy New Year to all our readers. Those of you who had a copy of our Guitarz 2012 calendar on their wall over the last year will recognise the above guitar as our guitar for April (although in the spirit of keeping the calendar...
- Dean Cadillac With Small 'shrimpfork' Headstock
guitarz.blogspot.com: Dave Coulson writes via our Facebook page: I was having a whizz around the Guitarz site - as you do - and I came across the black '81 Dean Cadillac, so here's mine which I picked up around 14 years ago. It's all original,...
- Wilson Rapier 44
guitarz.blogspot.com: Dave Coulson writes: Thought you might like this one - an old 4-pickup Wilson Rapier 44 which I was given around 28 years ago. The Watkins company made guitars and amps, and in 1968 they decided to badge their guitars as Wilson,...
- What's Your Problem With Picasso, Guitar Makers?
guitarz.blogspot.com After the Dean Psychobilly Picasso, here is another usurper misusing the name of Pablo Picasso: the quite boring Ibanez JPM P3 John Petrucci Picasso, sporting some black and white paint job looking nothing like Picasso...