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| 210.1 | Hayman....some of the story | AQUA::ROST | You're on a subliminal trip to nowhere | Fri Apr 03 1987 09:39 | 9 |
| Hayman was (is?) a British company which made guitars and drums (perhaps
other stuff as well) which was part of the Dallas Arbiter music
group which brought the world the infamous FUZZ FACE fuzz box, Sound
City amps and the Mellotron. Were importing here in the US briefly
in the early seventies and endorsed by Brownville Station(???).
They seemed to be well made and kind of odd in that European way.
I have a friend who owns a Hayman bass and swears by it.
Are there any British noters who can expand on this?????
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| 210.2 | A British noter reporting for duty | IOSG::CREASY | | Fri Apr 10 1987 11:55 | 19 |
| What little I know about Hayman is this:
When I started seriously reading the guitar music press (around
76 I suppose), Hayman were a reasonably well-known guitar firm in
this country. About the last guitars they made were the Hayman
"Modular" series, which had the electrics housed in replaceable
modules. By changing the module, you changed the sound of the guitar.
Anyway, soon after, they (I think) went bust, and the company was
bought out by Shergold. They took the modular guitars, and marketed
them under the Shergold Modulator name (only the name was changed,
to protect the innocent. Everything else stayed pretty much the
same).
And now Shergold's gone down the tubes, too. So you're playing a
piece of history...
Nick
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| 210.3 | So that's what a Shergold is | AQUA::ROST | Who could imagine? | Fri Apr 10 1987 16:24 | 7 |
| Shergold by the way built some weirdo guitars for Mike Rutherford
of Genesis which enabled him to mix and match pieces to make either
a single or double neck instrument which could be bass, six or twelve
strings.....
I thought it looked kind of like the Haymans....
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| 210.4 | Danka.. | FANTUM::DIGGINS | THE CRUSHER | Wed Apr 15 1987 16:43 | 7 |
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Thanks for the info guy's. I think I'll hang on to this axe,
who knows it might be worth some $$ to an eccentric collector!!
Steve
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| 210.5 | What is it???? | FANTUM::DIGGINS | THE CRUSHER | Fri Apr 17 1987 08:46 | 9 |
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For the lack of putting this note anywhere else, Does anyone
out there in noteville know what kind of axe Lindsey Buckingham
play's?? I love the sound he gets, nice bright, clean, but ballsy.
Steve
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| 210.6 | Lindsay played a TURNER | AQUA::ROST | His vorpal blade went snicker-snack | Fri Apr 17 1987 09:59 | 18 |
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Re:-.5
The last time I saw Lindsay Buckingham playing, he was using a Turner.
These are no longer being made. Rick Turner was one of the people
behind Alembic, and split off to start his own guitar company around
1980. Wurlitzer's in Boston carried them. He made both guitars
and basses with very unusual electronics and a pickup which could
be rotated(!!!!) to adjust the angle at which it intersected with
the strings. They were expensive (over $1000) and totally handmade.
I believe Turner dropped out of the business because he wasn't selling
a lot of guitars and wanted to play out more (he apparently still
gigs in the SF area).
Before the Turner I have seen pictures of Lindsey using various Les
Pauls. Don't know for sure what he might be using now.
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| 210.7 | | FANTUM::DIGGINS | THE CRUSHER | Fri Apr 17 1987 11:20 | 9 |
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It must be a Turner, it has a big round pickup smack dab in
the middle of the body. It looks like mahoghony. I thought it
might have been a homemade axe, mainly because of it's funny
looks. Thanks for the info, you've saved my eyes from trying to
stare down the brandname of his axe on MTV!!
Steve
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| 210.8 | | RICKS::CALCAGNI | | Fri Apr 17 1987 11:21 | 5 |
| The latest Mac video shows Lindsay Buckingham still playing a Turner.
Perhaps there were different models, but I recall seeing a Turner
at Wurlitzers (many moons ago) for about $500.
/rick
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| 210.9 | Hayman guitar purchase... | DNEAST::GREVE_STEVE | If all else fails, take a nap... | Tue Dec 05 1989 16:31 | 13 |
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Hey.. I just bought one of these things in a basket with a hard
shell case for $75. What a cool guitar.. transparent grey pickguard, a
finish that's about an inch thick, and a magnifying glass in the
headstock... Mine has this humongous brass control plate that looks like
Scrooge's name plate (little Christmas accent there, kids) and says
HAYMAN 303 on it.... if this guitar sounds anywhere near as tacky as it
looks I'm gonna be in love with it...
Steve
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| 210.10 | Hayman info... | JUPITR::TASHJIAN | | Sat Nov 10 1990 03:42 | 12 |
| The Hayman Guitars were built/designed by the Burns Guitar/amp folks.
I have 2, and enjoy them, both being well made. When I tried to sell
them, no one wanted them. I'll keep them. When you find
them, they run from $75-200 used.
A very good buy, mine have orignal "Eric Clapton" endorsed strings!!
Wow!
Jay
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