JEFF HIBBARD

THE GUITARS I HAVE BOUGHT

1. Spanish guitar painted all over with red metallic hammeritte paint, nylon strung.
Bought- 1964/65 for £1.50 pence from a classmate called Robert Plant, he had two sisters and one brother.
Fate- I do not recall what happened to it.

2. Vox white solid body guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1966/67 for £5.00 from a mate and I used it when I first joined the Approach band.
Fate- I cut the sides of the body off with a saw to make it look like one I had seen on television, I binned it.

3. Red f holed semi-acoustic guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1967 for £30.00 from Yardley’s, I also bought an amplifier; I used them in the Approach band.
Fate- I sold the guitar and amp to buy better gear.

4. Burns solid body guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1967 for £30.00 from the lead guitarist in the Approach band.
Fate- I swapped it for a motorbike.

5. Spanish guitar, nylon strung.
Bought- 1970 for £25.00 from a shop in Birmingham town.
Fate- I smashed it up against the living room wall.

6. Gibson dark red S.G. guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1973/74 for £180.00 from a member of the Gerry Allen trio.
Fate- I sold it to another guitarist who played in an Orchestra type band.

7. Hofner violin bass guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1974/75 for ??? from two kids who were playing with it on the public footpath.
Fate- I do not recall what happened to it.

8. Shaftsbury black Les Paul copy guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1976 for £30.00 from a shop and I used it in the Trapper band.
Fate- I sold it.

9. Black acoustic folk guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1977 for £50.00 from a shop in Birmingham who also had the Super Yob guitar on show for £500.00.
Fate- I sold it.

10. Fender black Telecaster guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1978 for £200.00 from Green Lane music and I used it in the Trapper band.
Fate- I sold it.

11. Gibson Firebrand guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1982 for £200.00 from a shop in Birmingham, and I used it in the Trapper band.
Fate- I sold it.

12. Spanish guitar, nylon strung.
Bought- 1986 for £14.00 from my son's mate and I wrote a lot of my songs on it.
Fate- I still own it.

13. Squire sunburst Stratocaster guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1991 for £180.00 from the Fender Specialist in Sutton Coldfield, it had Fender stamped hardware.
Fate- I sold it.

14. Alhambra spanish guitar, nylon strung.
Bought- 1993 for £250.00 from Bole music in Sutton Coldfield.
Fate- I traded it back to Bole music.

15. Squire black Stratocaster guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1995 for £180.00 from Bole music in Sutton Coldfield.
Fate- I gave it to my daughter.

16. Samick spanish guitar, nylon strung.
Bought- 1997 for £120.00 from Musical Exchange in Birmingham Town.
Fate- I gave it to my son.

17. Gibson white S.G. guitar, steel strung.
Bought- 1998 for £450.00 from Musical Exchange, it was £500.00 but they knocked £50.00 off for me.

Fate- I still own it.

 

 

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