In 1972 Gibson produced a series of 'Guitar of the Month' brochures, each dedicated to one of their high end models, the Les Paul Recording guitar, L5-CES, ES-175D, Super 400-CES, ES-355TD-SV and
Byrdland. Each brochure was a single sheet folded into four panels, with details of the instruments themselves, their features, musical purpose, and a little history behind the development of each guitar. Only the Les Paul Recording was a new model; the others were all well established in the Gibson line. Follow the link to see scans and further information on these leaflets and other Gibson guitar catalogues from the CMI and Norlin periods.
The earliest versions of the Vox Stroller were actually copies of an early Japanese electricguitar, the Guyatone (also sold under the brand Antoria) LG50. These Strollers, although short-lived did undergo a few changes before taking on the more familiar Strat influenced style of many mid-sixties UK-built Vox guitars. The biggest difference between early and late LG50-style Strollers (and the two pickup version, the Shadow) was the larger pickup, a shade longer, but noticeably wider used in the very first Vox guitars. Compare this early Vox to a 1963 Stroller with the later V1 pickup. For more information about Vox guitar pickups in general, see the Vox guitar pickups page.
Hello.. Anyone able to shed some light on this Dallas London Guitar??
Hey,
My partner got this guitar from his Dad many years ago and we would love to find out more about it but there isnt much around on Dallas London Guitars. We have searched through some pictures we found but none of them look like this guitar.
Its a solid guitar though it has been resprayed in the metallic blue that you see here. Its all still orignial fittings too as far as we know.
Its an unusal shape and so we would just like to find out if theres any others like it or any info on it if possible.
I don't recognize your guitar but my first guess would be that it came out of Italy since Dallas was importing a lot of Italian guitars during this period.
The shape of your guitar reminds me of this Steelphon:
It's essentially a Fenton Weill Triplemaster, but with two pickups rather than three, and slightly less pointy horns, sold under the Dallas branding. It was made in Acton, London around 1962/63. Most likely would have been red with a shaded in black in neck originally. It's a shame the original finish is gone, but nice to see the trem arm still there, and this is the first time I've seen one in this shape with the Dallas logo remaining, though I did have a hunch they existed.
That was my bass in the auction, by the way. Ended up selling it privately to a fellow enthusiast!
Here's my F/W Stereomaster, which is more or less the same shape (slightly pointier horns, and a belly cut and forearm contour), but with different electrics
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In 1972 Gibson produced a series of 'Guitar of the Month' brochures, each dedicated to one of their high end models, the Les Paul Recording guitar, L5-CES, ES-175D, Super 400-CES, ES-355TD-SV and
Byrdland. Each brochure was a single sheet folded into four panels, with details of the instruments themselves, their features, musical purpose, and a little history behind the development of each guitar. Only the Les Paul Recording was a new model; the others were all well established in the Gibson line. Follow the link to see scans and further information on these leaflets and other Gibson guitar catalogues from the CMI and Norlin periods.
The earliest versions of the Vox Stroller were actually copies of an early Japanese electricguitar, the Guyatone (also sold under the brand Antoria) LG50. These Strollers, although short-lived did undergo a few changes before taking on the more familiar Strat influenced style of many mid-sixties UK-built Vox guitars. The biggest difference between early and late LG50-style Strollers (and the two pickup version, the Shadow) was the larger pickup, a shade longer, but noticeably wider used in the very first Vox guitars. Compare this early Vox to a 1963 Stroller with the later V1 pickup. For more information about Vox guitar pickups in general, see the Vox guitar pickups page.
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Hello.. Anyone able to shed some light on this Dallas London Guitar??
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