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Q: CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF GUITARS YOU STARTED ON, AND WHAT YOUR FIRST "BIG SPLURGE" INSTRUMENTS WERE?

— BILL JACOBY

TILBROOK: I started out on an electric guitar my dad bought me called a Guyatone. With a Jimi Hendrix influence, the first proper guitar I got was a 1959 Strat. It was a lovely guitar and the best Strat I ever had. It’s in the video for “Take Me I’m Yours.” It played like a dream but was stolen. My go-to guitar now has been the same for over 30 years, and that’s my 1967 Telecaster with a Parsons/White [B-bender].

DIFFORD: I started on a Gibson Melody Maker and then moved to Telecaster and have been on them since 1979. The guitar I play most now is made by a guy named Danny Ferrington. He’s made guitars for Johnny Cash and Elvis Costello, among many others. It’s a light Telecaster that doesn’t weigh on your shoulder as much and has such an impressive sound.

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