EXAMPLES OF FENTON-WEILL GUITARS
Please
note that this webpage does not
provide a fully comprehensive account of Fenton-Weill Guitars. It is
merely
intended to provide some background to what is really a website
dedicated to
Fenton-Weill Amplifiers.
1. FENTON-WEILL TRIPLEMASTER, COURTESY OF BONECAT MUSIC
2. FENTON-WEILL TWINMASTER, COURTESY OF
BONECAT MUSIC:
3. FENTON-WEILL CONTRABASS, COURTESY OF ANDY BRIGGS:
4. FENTON-WEILL DUALMASTER, COURTESY OF
TIM BRAYBROOKS
Visit Tim's WEIRD
VINTAGE GUITARS WEBSITE to see this and many other very
interesting guitars.
4A. FENTON-WEILL DUALMASTER
RESTORATION, COURTESY OF MARTIN KUNZ, AUSTRIA
Click on above photo for enlarged photos.
5. FENTON-WEILL DUALTONE, COURTESY OF PAUL WRATTEN
6. FENTON-WEILL DUALMASTER ADVERT (1963),
COURTESY OF BRIAN
WATTERS
7. FENTON-WEILL DELUXE (?), COURTESY OF
TIM BRAYBROOKS
Visit Tim's WEIRD
VINTAGE GUITARS WEBSITE to see this and many other very
interesting guitars.
It would seem that this model was initially branded under the
"Burns-Weill" label. Presumably therefore, those guitars labeled Fenton-Weill"
were made after Henry Weill's split with James Ormston Burns in around 1960.
There are some photos of Al Kirtley's Burns Weill on his very
enjoyable website: www.alkirtley.co.uk
Al played his Burns-Weill throughout the formative years of British Rock n'
Roll.
.
8. FENTON-WEILL AMAZON, COURTESY OF SIMON
MURPHY:
The
Fenton-Weill Amazon was also supplied to
the Hohner company who marketed it as the Hohner Apache. To see an
example of an
Apache, visit KEN
SPENCER'S GUITAR
COLLECTION WEBSITE .
9. c1961 SINGLE PICKUP SOLID (UNKNOWN MODEL NAME), OWNED BY
KAISER MATT:
10. 1962 CAROUSEL, OWNED BY
DOMINIC BLAAZER:
These guitars appeared in the 1962 Bells
Catalogue, and were available for only a very short time in the UK. They were
Eastern European guitar bodies, imported into Britain and then fitted out with
Weill/Burns electrics. (Thanks to Roland of Battledown
Brewery for the information.)