I'd bought one of those Woolworths guitars while at school and it hung around the place pretty much unloved from the day I bought it because soon after a neighbour gave me 'permanent loan' of a bright orange US Strat that I loved. Out on a pub crawl one evening I stumbled into a (young) Cure gig and was astonished to see the guitarist (Smith) playing the Woolworths guitar and sounding amazing. I remember waking up the next morning with a bit of a hangover looking at my Woolworths guitar and wondering if what I'd seen the night before was true. Had I watched someone gigging one of these guitars. I'd forgotten all about it till I saw a video story on UA-cam of Robert Smith's old guitar.
I'd bought one of those Woolworths guitars while at school and it hung around the place pretty much unloved from the day I bought it because soon after a neighbour gave me 'permanent loan' of a bright orange US Strat that I loved. Out on a pub crawl one evening I stumbled into a (young) Cure gig and was astonished to see the guitarist (Smith) playing the Woolworths guitar and sounding amazing. I remember waking up the next morning with a bit of a hangover looking at my Woolworths guitar and wondering if what I'd seen the night before was true. Had I watched someone gigging one of these guitars. I'd forgotten all about it till I saw a video story on UA-cam of Robert Smith's old guitar.
Excellent video. I knew about the Teisco pickup in his Jazzmaster, but never such a detailed comparison/explanation video. Thanks for posting it !!