Beat Instrumental December 1978

Beat Instrumental Back issue No. 146 December 1978

KAWAI GUITAR Peter Douglas becomes acquainted with yet another Japanese guitar, overcomes his pre-judice, and admits to liking it 30 HAMMOND B200 Tom Stock tarried in Milton Keynes to smell the smoke and hear the snorts from Hammond's best effort for years . . . 32 BURMAN PRO-2000 the best amplifier to come into Beat's offices since Peter Douglas has resided here (or so he says, anyway) 34 KEYNOTE SCORPION SYNTH guest reviewer Dave Stewart gives this British synthesizer the once over and reckons it's reasonably priced, but 36 INTERMUSIC IMP 15 watts, 53 quid and worth it 38 CRUMAR ORGANIZER serious contender in the organ stakes concludes Tom Stock after giving himself a hernia carrying it up to the office 40 HOHNER DUO 10cc's Duncan Mackay found time before the American tour to give Hohner's newcomer the thumbs up 42 ALBUM REVIEWS bumper month for new platters sees the latest offerings from Santana, Zappa, Neil Young and Bowie (amongst others) planted on the communal turntable 52 FEATURES PLAYER OF THE MONTH all at sea with Pugwash Weathers (Gentle Giant's sticks man, or so they tell me ... Ed.) 12 JOHN MAYO Dr. Feelgood's guitar man gives Peter Douglas a diagnosis of his equipment, playing and techniques 16 B. B. KING Chris Simmonds talked to the King of the Blues and Lucille talked back 20 RABBIT BUNDRICK Tom Stock caught on the hop with Crawler's keyboard wizard 25 GETTING A GIG A run down on the pitfalls and hassles of finding a venue, and getting the money 28 LEMMY Rock's arch-lunatic remembers the 60's in typical fashion and has Gary Cooper screaming for more 44
REGULAR ITEMS LETTERS Et QUERIES 10 TRADE NEWS 63 ELECTRO-HARMONIX PROFILE 65 DEALER PROFILE 68 STUDIO SPOTLIGHT Forest Studios 71 CONTINENTAL STUDIO SPOTLIGHT Rosenburg Studios, Copenhagen . 74 MUSIC MART - 79 PERSONAL ADS 83 EQUIPMENT PRICE GUIDE 84

Excellent condition.

Beat Instrumental was a monthly UK pop and rock based publication aimed at musicians & readers interested the music industry. First published in May 1963 as the smaller sized Beat Monthly magazine it became Beat Instrumental Monthly with issue 18 and Beat Instrumental from issue 37. Unlike the weekly music press it was predominantly aimed at musicians but also catered for music fans emphasizing instruments and production equipment in it's interviews shifting it's focus to progressive rock in the late 1960s and 70s.