Dave hill had two made.....I played the one you see in the madness video. It was Dave’s hills main guitar. Hill had sold it to “Musical exchange” (well swooped it for 5 other guitars) in Birmingham around 1979/80. It sat in that shop for couple of years, more as a show piece than “for sale”. I played it, made an offer, and was turned down.....fast forward a couple of years and Adam and the ants were playing Birmingham Odeon. Marco the guitar playing, while visiting various music stores, spotted it and being newly “cashed up” bought it.....he still owns it to this day. He lends it out on occasion for vids and even once for it to be reproduced. Which it has many times now. The original maker, John Birch guitars, has Even made Hill a reproductio....though it’s pretty dire....with flashing lights and lighter headstock...the Orange one, that Framus made, has never been found...I have searched for it via various well known guitar collectors...there was a rumour they made a few, if they did, iv never seen them.....
The day my dad took me guitar shopping from Stoke, down to Birmingham, I settled on a £69, white 'Sumbro' Strat copy from George Clay's on Broad St. It was the summer of 1975 and I used the guitar at our final school christmas party later that same year. When we came out of the shop, I can't remember whether it was next door or on the opposite side of broad st, but we took a wonderous gaze through the window of a small music shop I've since been assured by former long-standing employee Gary (who then made the move to PMT) - was the original Musical Exchanges, and there, in the window amongst many other used guitars was a/the unmistakable 'Superyob' guitar. Now, in the summer of 1975 I don't think there were many if any copies around.
Dave hill had two made.....I played the one you see in the madness video. It was Dave’s hills main guitar. Hill had sold it to “Musical exchange” (well swooped it for 5 other guitars) in Birmingham around 1979/80. It sat in that shop for couple of years, more as a show piece than “for sale”. I played it, made an offer, and was turned down.....fast forward a couple of years and Adam and the ants were playing Birmingham Odeon. Marco the guitar playing, while visiting various music stores, spotted it and being newly “cashed up” bought it.....he still owns it to this day. He lends it out on occasion for vids and even once for it to be reproduced. Which it has many times now. The original maker, John Birch guitars, has Even made Hill a reproductio....though it’s pretty dire....with flashing lights and lighter headstock...the Orange one, that Framus made, has never been found...I have searched for it via various well known guitar collectors...there was a rumour they made a few, if they did, iv never seen them.....