Guitar
I was going to do the Axis and some of the music press stuff, from
"At this time I also developed and made the ‘Axis’ guitar and bass
with an active, on board parametric tonal system" . . . . . .
- Peter Cook Axis Guitar - One Of Only 8 Made. .
Well, the time has come. . . . . Ladies and Gentlemen, the Peter Cook Axis Guitar! I would normally, at this point, insert some script and then add image and them some more script but I think on this occasion, I'll let you feast your eyes on this...
- Peter Cook Axis, Gibson Rd Artist And Peavey T-40 . . . . . . .
A quick visit to past posts today - sort of a playing update. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been playing my Peter Cook Axis quite a lot and it has reminded me just how good it is and as it gets what I now call TGSOP, The Guitarists Seal of Approval,...
- 20,000 Visits! Here's To The Next 20,000. . . . . . .
Since I started this project, I have now had over 20,000 page views! To all those who have been here before, hope you have enjoyed it so far and hope to see you coming back. The feature that attracted the most visits, was the one that was on the guitar...
- The Axis Connection . . . . . .
As I mentioned on the last post, I have managed to track down the designer and maker of the Axis circuit, Tony Koorlander. I asked him how he met Peter and how the collaboration came about. Tony and Peter have made contact again, after many years and...
- Peter Cook. Custom Builder, Where Are You Now?......
I was going to start on some of my Aria and Ibanez but have decided to leave them for a while, the main reason being that I'm not sure where to start and the fact that although they are great basses, almost all of them gigged or rehearsed with on...
Guitar
Peter Cook Axis Bass and Guitar. . . . .
I was going to do the Axis and some of the music press stuff, from
that period but I now find that I have all sorts of extra Axis Stuff.
"At this time I also developed and made the ‘Axis’ guitar and bass
with an active, on board parametric tonal system" . . . . . .
Apart from supplying me with some of the images that are here,
Peter didn't really expand on the above.
From our conversation and emails, it seems that there were only
around eight basses and eight guitars made.
Below are images of serial number 200 and 216, so perhaps the
first and the last?
I know the owner of the one below and he is a very proud custodian
of his Peter Cook Axis.
The one below is slightly different to all the others I know of, as
there is only one additional switch.
This is Peter, an Axis Bass and someone who Peter knew very well!
A "workshop shot" with an Axis Bass.
Peter at one of the Trade Shows, along with
a couple of well known people from the industry.
He is holding what I believe is my Axis Bass.
From memory, Peter said that he thought all but
one of the basses had XLR sockets - mine was
the only one with a Jack.
There was a Power Pack option - how advanced was that, for
it's day?? This fed power to the active circuit and connected
the guitar to the amp, via a Jack Plug.
The owner of this unit, who used to own an Axis some years
ago, has now incorporated it into a Ray Cooper, Custom Bass,
which he says, is still reliable all those years later.
George Ford, the bass player who used to play with Steve Harley had
I know the owner of the one below and he is a very proud custodian
of his Peter Cook Axis.
The one below is slightly different to all the others I know of, as
there is only one additional switch.
This is Peter, an Axis Bass and someone who Peter knew very well!
A "workshop shot" with an Axis Bass.
Peter at one of the Trade Shows, along with
a couple of well known people from the industry.
He is holding what I believe is my Axis Bass.
From memory, Peter said that he thought all but
one of the basses had XLR sockets - mine was
the only one with a Jack.
There was a Power Pack option - how advanced was that, for
it's day?? This fed power to the active circuit and connected
the guitar to the amp, via a Jack Plug.
The owner of this unit, who used to own an Axis some years
ago, has now incorporated it into a Ray Cooper, Custom Bass,
which he says, is still reliable all those years later.
George Ford, the bass player who used to play with Steve Harley had
one, as he appeared on stage with one with The Shadows.
Look carefully, you can just about see it!
Look carefully, you can just about see it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vft1hF-5p-w
This one is mine, serial number 208.
This one is mine, serial number 208.
That's all for now, back next week with more.
Cheers. :)
Cheers. :)
- Peter Cook Axis Guitar - One Of Only 8 Made. .
Well, the time has come. . . . . Ladies and Gentlemen, the Peter Cook Axis Guitar! I would normally, at this point, insert some script and then add image and them some more script but I think on this occasion, I'll let you feast your eyes on this...
- Peter Cook Axis, Gibson Rd Artist And Peavey T-40 . . . . . . .
A quick visit to past posts today - sort of a playing update. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been playing my Peter Cook Axis quite a lot and it has reminded me just how good it is and as it gets what I now call TGSOP, The Guitarists Seal of Approval,...
- 20,000 Visits! Here's To The Next 20,000. . . . . . .
Since I started this project, I have now had over 20,000 page views! To all those who have been here before, hope you have enjoyed it so far and hope to see you coming back. The feature that attracted the most visits, was the one that was on the guitar...
- The Axis Connection . . . . . .
As I mentioned on the last post, I have managed to track down the designer and maker of the Axis circuit, Tony Koorlander. I asked him how he met Peter and how the collaboration came about. Tony and Peter have made contact again, after many years and...
- Peter Cook. Custom Builder, Where Are You Now?......
I was going to start on some of my Aria and Ibanez but have decided to leave them for a while, the main reason being that I'm not sure where to start and the fact that although they are great basses, almost all of them gigged or rehearsed with on...