Beat Instrumental Magazine September 1978 Kiss/Gene Simmons Bryan Ferry The Enid

Beat Instrumental Back issue No. 143 September 1978

REVIEWS LUDWIG DRUMS David Dowle gives 'em a battering and a thumbs-up 20 KIMBARA ELECTRIC Tom Stock grapples with an extraordinary array of built-in effects, and emerges with mixed feelings 22 KIMBARA 12-STRING looks good, tastes good, and the sound? 24 MAINE P.A. /AKG MICROPHONES eminently tasty, decides our man with the headphones and haggard expression 26 HONDO II BASS a remarkable instrument for the price, Peter Douglas concludes WELSON GUITAR An Italian copy with five o'clock shadow 30 EFFECTS PEDALS Tom Stock treads heavily on Ibanez, Morley and Guyatone 32 MICROTEK ELECTRONIC TONE CABINET Pete Banks of After The Fire throws Leslie out of window shock! 34 ACOUSTIC GUITAR PICK-UPS Kelsey, DiMarzio, Ashworth, Lawrence and Barcus Berry go through the mill 36 ELVIN PIANO T.S. renews his acquaintance with scintillating ivories 38 CHARLIE AMP Hot out of Paris, made especially for the acoustic 40 ALBUMS 50 28
FEATURES GENE SIMMONS A look behind the mask and the greasepaint at Kiss's long-tongued Bass Player 12 MICHAEL CHAPMAN Acoustic guitar playing, techniques, gear, aeroplanes and other Criminal activities. 18 Bryan Ferry The boudoir boy stripped bare 42 BUYING AN AMPLIFIER How to sort out the sheep from the goats and the turkeys from the beasts 44
THE ENID The sermon on the mount: Tom Stock was reluctant to swallow the tablets from on high, but loved the music 48 COMPETITION More chances than ever of winning something this time 54 CLIMAX BLUES BAND A peak of ecstasy reached by new keyboardsman Pete Filleul 61
REGULAR ITEMS LETTERS Et QUERIES 16 EFFECTS UNITS SURVEY 65 TRADE NEWS 77 MUSIC GROUND REVISITED 81 DEALER PROFILE 83 FYLDE GUITARS 84 R.S.D. HIRE 86 MUSIC MAN 89 STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: Startling 92 MUSIC MART 94 PERSONAL ADS 99 EQUIPMENT PRICE GUIDE 100

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