Issue July/August 2017 - Vintage Rock (2024)

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VINTAGE ROCK celebrates a time when music changed the world - 45s, youth culture and the odd thrusting pelvis. Vintage Rock chronicles all the stellar artists and music, the enduring legacy of those early pioneers - and why it’s still the best way to live. Spanning the dawn of the 50s to early Beatles (pre Eastern mysticism!), Vintage Rock covers a time of Mods and Rockers, crinoline skirts and blue jeans, rock star movies and screaming-girl concerts. This special magazine rejoices in the music and verve of Elvis, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and a host more, and speaks to a contemporary audience that relishes the vitality and flair of the era.

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IN THIS ISSUEWELCOME...Welcome to my first issue as editor of Vintage Rock. Think of me as the plumper, Scottish-born reboot of the younger, thinner and infinitely more Welsh Steve Harnell who, I’m sure you’ll all agree, has done a fantastic job of helming the magazine.What gives me the right to step into Steve’s shoes as he passes the VR torch over and launches his other magazine Classic Pop as a monthly title? I’ve played rockabilly guitar to your classic three men and a dog in countless pubs in Scotland; I’ve twisted my ankle trying to run in brothel creepers; not to mention, my first ever gig was Shakin’ Stevens at the Glasgow Apollo back in the early-80s, a fact I haven’t immortalised in print, until now. So, as you can see… you’re…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEWELCOME...Welcome to my first issue as editor of Vintage Rock. Think of me as the plumper, Scottish-born reboot of the younger, thinner and infinitely more Welsh Steve Harnell who, I’m sure you’ll all agree, has done a fantastic job of helming the magazine. What gives me the right to step into Steve’s shoes as he passes the VR torch over and launches his other magazine Classic Pop as a monthly title? I’ve played rockabilly guitar to your classic three men and a dog in countless pubs in Scotland; I’ve twisted my ankle trying to run in brothel creepers; not to mention, my first ever gig was Shakin’ Stevens at the Glasgow Apollo back in the early-80s, a fact I haven’t immortalised in print, until now. So, as you can see……2 min

THE FEATURESGRETSCH CLIFF GALLUP DUO JET SIGNATUREGretsch Guitars is – some might say, finally – paying tribute to Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps guitarist Cliff Gallup, with its G6128T-CLFG Cliff Gallup Signature Duo Jet model. Dressed in flawless gloss black lacquer, of course, the guitar is a doppelgänger for Gallup’s original 1954 Duo Jet with its twin DynaSonic singlecoil pickups, a rosewood fingerboard with period correct ‘big block’ pearloid inlays and 22 thin vintage-style frets, and a compensated aluminum bridge with aluminum base. It also comes with the obligatory Bigsby B3BBST vibrato unit with ‘black painted trough’, classic “arrow” control knobs, and a dark-stained headstock bearing Gallup’s signature. The Duo Jet also features the deep U profile mahogany neck, found on the earliest models, finished, like the chambered mahogany and arched maple top body, in…1 min

THE FEATURESGRETSCH CLIFF GALLUP DUO JET SIGNATUREGretsch Guitars is – some might say, finally – paying tribute to Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps guitarist Cliff Gallup, with its G6128T-CLFG Cliff Gallup Signature Duo Jet model. Dressed in flawless gloss black lacquer, of course, the guitar is a doppelgänger for Gallup’s original 1954 Duo Jet with its twin DynaSonic singlecoil pickups, a rosewood fingerboard with period correct ‘big block’ pearloid inlays and 22 thin vintage-style frets, and a compensated aluminum bridge with aluminum base. It also comes with the obligatory Bigsby B3BBST vibrato unit with ‘black painted trough’, classic “arrow” control knobs, and a dark-stained headstock bearing Gallup’s signature.The Duo Jet also features the deep U profile mahogany neck, found on the earliest models, finished, like the chambered mahogany and arched maple top body, in a…1 min

Issue July/August 2017 - Vintage Rock (2024)

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