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December 23, 2005
New guitars...
Both Simon and James have got new guitars, and verrrry nice they are too...
First up, we can see Simon's new Gretsch, which appears to be a White Falcon, although i'm not 100% sure about that... it certainly seems to be, although the WF comes in a variety of formats, including one with a Bigsby trem, which i'm fairly sure Simon's guitar doesn't have.
The band have apparently been gifted new guitars from Fender, which are completely custom built by fender; it's quite an honour, and they do this every year for one or two bands who they sponsor and who they feel have contributed to music in a big way that year. Simon's guitar is fairly obviously built around a strat body - possibly the same 60s Custom Shop Relic that's mentioned here?
James' bass appears to be a Fender Jazz precision body. :) It's equally sweet.
Posted by Chris at December 23, 2005 06:04 PM
Comments
new guitars?
I've got a better picture of simon's new "infinity start" if you want it?
Posted by: jamie at January 5, 2006 12:46 PM
I think it's Fender Jazz Bass...
Posted by: jamie at January 5, 2006 12:47 PM
Lol .. he was right in the first place jamie ..
Jazzes have more of a slanted body style rather than a roundish look ...
Posted by: Bean at January 6, 2006 06:21 PM
It is a custom P-bass with Jazz pickups, scratchplate and control plate.
The guitars were customed designed by fender, but they've also been given a custom spray job by Sim's Customs, check out http://www.simscustom.com/html/sprayshop_decals.htm for proof.
Posted by: Dave at March 9, 2006 01:21 PM
Simon's new guitar is Gretsch G6118 Anniversary. Man it's sweet, u can look here http://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/index.php?product=G6118&cat1=&cat2=&q=&st=1
Posted by: Jake at April 11, 2006 01:21 PM
from what i can see james' bass is an american vintage '62 j bass, less the bridge and pick up covers. it all seems like standard hardware, it's just a custom paint job.
Posted by: Shane at July 4, 2006 12:49 AM