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Danny Willson
MARTIN TURNER'S WISHBONE ASH
With millions of album sales and concert attendances
worldwide, Wishbone Ash’s heritage as one of the
most enduring and best loved British rock acts is assured,
while the band’s innovative twin-guitar hallmark
has influenced numerous successful rock acts over the
years. Fronted by the founding member, lead vocalist
and key creative force of the original Wishbone Ash,
Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash remains faithful
to the original Wishbone Ash blueprint and, during its
live concerts, performs a wide variety of material from
the band’s classic album releases.
Danny tells the journey to find his perfect guitar...
'Back in January we were off to Greece for a week's
worth of gigs. There was gonna be a lot of travelling
and the thought of having to drag my Les Paul® or
335® around was giving me backache before we'd even
set out! So, having always fancied a Fender® Thinline
Tele® I visited the local music shops with a view
to picking one up. Bugger, I was out of luck, there
were no Thinlines around. However, in one shop the AV2H
caught my eye. I was drawn by its classy looks, and
the fact that it was a T-type shaped semi with humbuckers
meant I HAD to plug it in & give it a whirl. Well,
it felt "right" as soon as I picked it up,
but I wasn't prepared for how good it sounded! Marvellous!
And that roll knob!! Brilliantly versatile. So I bought
it, and here's where things get really silly........for
a bargainous £249!
Since January I've played that guitar thru loads of
different amps, (you never know what you might get in
Germany, Poland etc!) Fenders, Boogies, Marshalls, Engl,
Koch, to name a few, and its always delivered. From
clean jangle thru spanky blues to controlled feedback,
(all required in Wishbone Ash!), it does it all, and
it's far more versatile than my Les Paul®.
The only downside is that it takes me longer to get
away from gigs nowadays as there's always a few fans
hanging around at the end wanting to know what the hell
guitar I'm playing!! Sound engineers too.....lotsa nice
comments.
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