Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Okay. Maybe I'm laboring under a severe delusion here, but I've always associated the name John Birch with quality guitars. Am I right or am I wrong? The above double neck looks very cheap. Probably a very early JB. The fact that I don't take kindly to copies is unimportant. I'm just curious as to whether or not there are quality JB guitars & basses. Please enlighten me, anyone.

John Birch made guitars for:
Brian May (the first 'red special' replica)
Roy Orbison
Black Sabbath http://www.rockstarsguitars.com/guitars/product/images/143.gif
Roy Wood
Wizzard
The Glitter Band (the star shaped guitar)
Mud (the heart shaped guitar)
Ritchie Blackmore
Slade (the Superyob and several others)
and many other people..
http://www.whitewolfzone.co.uk/birch.htm

Have a look at this amazing bass, made when Jim Lea's EB3 was stolen from JB's workshop.
http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/pages/slade/jimbass.htm

There's a guy in America trying to buy up his original guitars (and many of us trying to keep them all here!!

I know the guy who's selling this one and am not passing his details on!! http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/images/guitars/others/birchj1_02.jpg

Many thanks, Ian. Now I see John did build some quality guitars and basses. I didn't know he had passed away though.

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