White Framus Akkerman – Omega Auction

This is a lovely Framus Akkerman, very rare, made in 1974. Most were Sunburst or Black but this beauty came to me for TLC and set up before auction. See link below for more auction info.

SUZI QUATRO

Here is an article written for Brighter Times online magazine based in Devon.

Bruce Welch & and ‘that’ red Strat!

Saw this post on YouTube of a short interview with Bruce Welch about the Red Strat featured in my book. Lovely short video taken from ITV news. Nice to see and thanks to Steve Reynolds for posting on YouTube!

Case Candy

If Christmas came early! A lovely shot of the Brandin Jan Akkerman guitar which is a joy to play. Beautifully constructed. Some nice ‘case candy’ too, particularly the books!!

Ian Curtis Vox Phantom

I was lucky to be invited to check out this guitar out before it went to auction through Bonhams, London in October 2020. More info here: https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/news/tameside-reporter/iconic-guitar-sells-for-over-160k-at-auction/?fbclid=IwAR3eWRCwulDUMZjlgDB4E5a0XSB5wqi_8h9svddmjX1WaCVSb4IXOq6YTno

Sam Li Flying V : a very special guitar

This is a guitar built by the late Sam Li that was brought to me by his step-daughter Fiona Beattie for some maintenance work. The book alongside is written by author Mark Eglinton and Fiona about the life of this remarkable man and his wonderfully skilled work carried out for many world famous guitarists (incl.…

Status Quo Francis Rossi Green Fender Telecaster

This one has been “rockin’ all over the world’ and is a true work horse of a guitar. Having done almost 6,000 gigs, the famous green Fender Telecaster belonging to Francis Rossi of Status Quo is now going under the auctioneers hammer. I was lucky enough to take my screwdriver and camera to this beauty…

Interview with Steve Clarke and Sylvia Fountain

This is a music radio show broadcast in which Steve talks to Sylvia Fountain about the guitars in his book and Sylvia plays music from the artists featured. Syndicated across the UK and also New York/New Jersey/ https://www.mixcloud.com/ClassicRockMusic/sylvias-classic-rock-a-interview-with-steve-clarketalks-working-on-some-very-prestigious-guitars/

British Music Experience

Wednesday 9th Oct 2019 at the British Music Experience in the Cunard Building, Liverpool, UK Steve presents Suzi Quatro with her copy of Famous Frets. She is the only female in the book….she was chuffed with that!! The event was for a live showing of her new film plus a Q&A with the BME’s curator…