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Vintage Fender guitars and basses
used by Irish bands in the '60s |
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A feature of Irish '60s bands was their
quality instruments. There was no shortage of Fender and Gibson guitars,
Selmer saxes and Ludwig drum-kits. On these pages we share vintage
photos of musicians with their instruments. If you can identify any of
the musicians, please let us know. We are indebted to
Guy Mackenzie,
Paul Day, John Doyle, Stefano Aria, Steve Russell, Jack Marchal, Mike
Robinson, Alfons Lahaye and
Tommy Dunne
for their very generous expertise in identifying most of the guitars.
Where possible, we have credited vintage guitar websites with photos. If
your website has been omitted, please let us know and it will be added |
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Kevin Keeley (Olly
Maloney Showband) with his white
Fender Jazzmaster (c.1963-'65)
(thanks to Barry Hurley). |
Tiger Taylor
played a black
Fender
Stratocaster
with Teddy & The Tigers (thanks to Teddie Palmer) |
Doc
Carroll (Royal Blues) had an Irish No.1 in 1966 with 'Old Man
Trouble' |
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Clem
Quinn of the Miami Showband |
Bob Madden of The Leaders (Castlebar)
with his 1962 Fender Jaguar |
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Jack
Ruane's Fender Jazz bass features in Geddy Lee's 'Big Beautiful
Book of Bass' |
Glaswegian Grant Currer who played with The Swingtime Aces with his
Fender Stratocaster
(c.1963) |
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Strangers' guitarist Len
Guest with his Dakota Red
Fender Stratocaster
(c.1962) and Vox AC 30 (c.1965)
(thanks to Maxie McEvoy) |
Ricky Keane of Olly
Maloney's Showband with his
Fender Mustang
guitar (c. 1967)
(thanks to Barry Hurley) |
Another
Fender Mustang
bass - the band is Jed & The Southern Express |
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Dennis Murray of The Sands with
his 1964
Fender Mustang
bass guitar |
Jim
Dalton (Johnny Flynn band) with his Fiesta Red
Fender Stratocaster
(note the coloured headstock) |
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The same
1961 Sratocaster - two different owners! |
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Christy
Donnelly (Philosophers) playing his
Fender Telecaster
(c.1965) |
Tommy Moore
(The Vampires) with his
Fender Telecaster.
Tommy is a brother of Butch and Des Moore. |
Joe Barrett (The Doves) with
his Fender
Competition Stripe Mustang bass c.1970-'72.
This bass is on the cover of
Murphy & The Swallows L.P. |
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Raymond Gourley
of The Sounds with his
(c.1964) Fender
Telecaster |
Brendan O'Connell of The
Cadets with his white
Fender Stratocaster (c.1962) |
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Dermot Walsh (Gibson 330), Brendan Mulhaire (Fender
Stratocaster) and Eamonn Joyce (Fender Jazz bass) of The
Raindrops Showband |
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Cha Taylor
(The Works) playing his
1964 Fender Jazz
bass, with
body-coloured headstock, in
1974. |
Torry McGahey
of The Freshmen with his sunburst
Fender Precision bass
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This guitarist with The
Signets has a relatively rare
Fender Mustang guitar. Though the Mustang bass was common, the guitar was not.
(thanks to Mike Niblett) |
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Seamus Carew of the Blue Aces cuddling
his Fender Jazz bass. |
Tom Dunphy of The Royal Showband playing his
5-string
Fender Bass VI. |
Garret Brown of Demon Duck (1974) and Medium Wave
Band (1975) with his
1969 Fender Jazz bass |
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A
Fender Jazzmaster
played
by Mickey Doran of The Hilton Showband |
Brendan O'Connell of The
Cadets with his white
Fender Stratocaster (c.1962) |
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The Irish Bands Archive is an ongoing
work in progress. Photos, cuttings, posters, adverts,
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