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Palace Revolution 2000
Is there not a shot (that I've seen somewhere) of both Keith and Brian with a Firebird?
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Elmo Lewis
Keith says he used a Maton on "Gimme Shelter" that someone left at his "pad". He also says that it fell apart at the end of recording the song. Same as Brian's?
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open-g
Q: could it be possible that Brian once owned this 1954 Blackguard Telecaster?
(which I doubt)
availlable information is rather sparse, unfortunately.
a guitar dealer from Israel bought this guitar in London in '1979 from a guy called Phil..... who claimed it once belonged to Brian Jones.
anyone?
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His Majesty
I reckon that guitar is more blond than light/sonic blue, although I thought it was sonic blue for awhile.
For example, there are various pics from the JJF video session, in a magazine it looks sonic blue, but in better presented photo of Brian it looks blond.
Those dark marks are on the photo, not the guitar.
Mick and Keith are shown playing a thinline tele backstage during the 69 tour and also Mick Taylor has a 67 - 69 white telecaster(bigger writing on headstock) for the Ed Sullivan show and later late 69 UK gig(s).
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His Majesty
There's a clear shot right above these two posts too Mathijs and it certainly don't look sonic blue in that one.
Blonde, olympic white hard to tell via photos. There are plenty of blonde 1965/66 telecasters out there though.
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Mathijs
It must be me, but all I see in the shots above is a sonic blue Tele. The shot of Keith in '67: that's sonic blue, not blond. Combined with the Mankowitz pictures and the We Love You video it is clear this Tele is sonic blue and certainly not blond.
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His Majesty
The guitar Brian is holding looks sonic blue to you? Note it looks sonic blue in one pic, but not in the better presented one. Manual colourization!?
The guitar looks a different colour depending on brightness, contrast etc. Some pics from the 2000 video it looks white, others sonic blue.
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Mathijs
The thing is: a sonic blue guitar can appear grey and whitish under bright lighting but a (Olympic) white guitar will never look grayish or a pale blue. In all pics except Brian’s I see a sonic blue guitar, and the Brian pics has a grey looking guitar –if it was Olympic White it would have stuck out much more with the black leather jacket behind it.
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Mathijs
The thing is: a sonic blue guitar can appear grey and whitish under bright lighting but a (Olympic) white guitar will never look grayish or a pale blue. In all pics except Brian’s I see a sonic blue guitar, and the Brian pics has a grey looking guitar –if it was Olympic White it would have stuck out much more with the black leather jacket behind it.
That depends on so many things, these pics for example show how Olympic White can indeed look sonic blue:
It doesn't matter that it's a respray/relic etc.
[www.electric-guitar-review.com]
The pic of Brian with the guitar makes me believe it was some kind of white though. The photo is kinda grimey, but if it were sonic blue for sure it would show it.
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Palace Revolution 2000
Is there not a shot (that I've seen somewhere) of both Keith and Brian with a Firebird?
They both had Firebirds. Brian's was a Firebird VII. Keith plays a Firebird III (?) in the IORR promo clip.
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Mathijs
If I am really honest, the Tele from the Baja project looks olympic white to me in all pictures, even though it is a somewhat less shiny olympic white due to the ash color of the body and the lack of proper undercoats.
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His Majesty
ok, knowing the colour beforehand helps.
The guitar Mick has looks Olympic White in this print. The guitar could be either Olympic White or Sonic Blue. The Brian pic suggests the one he is holding is Olympic White. Both colours can look similar to one another depending on lighting, printing etc etc.
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Mathijs
Still, I stand by my opinion that when I guitar is actually olympic white it will never appear pale or sonic blue in pictures. There's a gazilion pics of Hendrix with his white strat, and I never have seen him suddenly play a sonic blue Strat!
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Mathijs
Still, I stand by my opinion that when I guitar is actually olympic white it will never appear pale or sonic blue in pictures. There's a gazilion pics of Hendrix with his white strat, and I never have seen him suddenly play a sonic blue Strat!
Mathijs
At the same time, where is there a pic of a sonic blue tele that looks like the guitar Brian is holding? There is no hint of sonic blue in that pic.
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Mathijs
By the way, with the danger of being really anorak -the Tele in your picture with Mick becomes blue-ish when I put my laptop screen in different angles! Now how's that....
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Mathijs
I am sure Mick's shirt is sonic blue!
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