Front Gate RAF Woodbridge

It was a great time to be in England with the Music scene happening at the time.  We had some great music coming to the base playing the clubs.

Airmans Club RAF Woodbridge

I was able to experience bands like The Animals, The Searchers, Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield.  After school, I would go to the Base Exchange and look through the catalogs at pictures of guitars and pick out the ones that I liked, always hoping that I might be able to get one someday.

Base Exchange RAF Woodbridge

But, it was seeing The Rolling Stones at the Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich that really got me motivated to play the guitar.

Gaumont Theatre Ipswich

I got my first guitar a ‘Stella’.  I had borrowed it from my neighbor, Billy Bird.  It had one string (the low E string…)  I learned to play the ‘Peter Gunn Theme’ and was able to talk my parents into buying it for me.

The guitar cost $5 !  The new strings cost more than the guitar did.   My cousin Sue, boyfriend at the time (later to be husband) Des Lee, played in a band called “Lee Walker and the Travellers”, came by, put the new strings on and taught me my first chords, E, A and D.   He told me these 3 chords are Rock n Roll and that’s all you need.  Best lesson I ever got!

Here is the Guitar;

Stella

I used this till I was able to get my first Electric Guitar, a Green Sunburst Rosetti Lucky7 at a second hand shop at the Market in Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Mick Flynn

 Neck dated Dec. 20, 1983

This is a RARE Guitar

Even more Rare in Pewter Finish

All Original

With Booklet

Pickguard that has never been installed, still has the adhesive backing !

Some wear, a few dings and scratches

Plays, Sounds and looks Great !

Fender Jaguar

Burgundy Mist Metallic

Dupont Number: Lucite 2936-H
Model Year: 1959 Oldsmobile
Years Fender Used it: 1960 – 1965

Fender Jaguar Teal Green Metallic

Dupont Number:Duco 4297-H
Model Year: 1965-1968 Lincoln
Years Fender Used it: 1965 – 1969