Beat Instrumental Back issue No. 151 May 1979

FEATURES
JOHNNY WINTER spilling his
technical beans all over Chris
Simmonds .................... 6

NEAL SCHON The man who said
no to Eric Clapton says yes to Chris
Simmonds ....................... 20

RENAISSANCE John Tout raps
keyboards and classics, Tom Stock
drinks Scotch ................ 26

JOHN McCOY no flies on him,
and not a lot of hair either ...... 31

BERT JANSCH Tom Stock
eventually meets acoustic guitar hero
and likes him. Bert's not so sure... 33

GEORGE DUKE taps his Dukey
stick for a little attention ........ 43

GOLD IN A JUNK SHOP Gary
Cooper completes his trip of the
second hand market ........... 48

BETHNAL Eppey Brooks
investigates the screams of an under-
fedback violin ................ 52

FOCUS ON PREMIER Beat
takes a closer look at Britains best
known and respected drum
manufacturer ................. 57

ROCKSTAR STUDIOS ex-Glitter
Bands John Springgate opens the
doors of his brainchild to Beats
reporters .................... 58

MUSIC MART ................. 61

EQUIPMENT PRICE GUIDE ...... 62

PERSONAL ADS ............... 70

ADVERTISEMENT. INDEX ....... 70

REVIEWS
ROB ARMSTRONG ACOUSTIC
BASS
Dave Pegg of Fairport drops another
hint in the Armstrong direction ... 14
SUNN BETA BASS COMBO
Chris Simmonds had tears in his eyes
... SO would you if it had dropped on
your foot .................... 16
ELVINS TS55 Tom Stock makes
his third visit to Elvins and finds its
been getting better and better ... 18

GRETSCH COMMITTEE GUITAR
Paul Greenstein reviews it but finds It
difficult to hide it under his jumper . . 32

FRANKFURT FAIR pictorial
round-up of Marchs industry jaunt on
the continent ................. 38

ALBUM REVIEWS ............. 44

Excellent+ condition - 9/10.

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, emphasizing instruments and production equipment in it's interviews and moving to progressive rock in the late 1960s and 70s.