Man 1999 Party

[Rich Lockwood]

> >
> > I can remember "Blown Away" being a real highlight of the set on the
>
> > Rhinos... tour.  When we saw them on that tour, Deke had just taken
> > delivery of a John Birch customised SG (in the trademark "zebra"
> colour
> > scheme...) and it wouldn't stay in tune. Deke said "Anybody wanna
> buy a
> > guitar?", needless to say, he declined my mate's shouted offer of
> "Twenty
> > quid?"!!!
> >
> Metalers will recognize that Tony Iommi was a famous user of Birch
> guitars.  Anyone that is into these guitars could check out Tony's
> web site for  lot of info...
>
> theo

   I used to sell ads to John Birch during my days at The Guitar
Magazine - really nice bloke.  Don't forget - he made Dave Hill's
Superyob guitar as well...

Cheers,

Rich.