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I see there's plenty of old Roses videos available for viewing at their website - here's a nice one from their heyday:

http://www.thestoneroses.co.uk/videos/waterfallosm_bb.asp

Some good shots of Mani's awesome "Pollock-glo" 4005.

Great Video,

I wonder what the 4005 was originally????

It looks like a pre”73” Mapleglo

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a '60's mapleglo - their video for "Elephant Stone" shows it prior to Squire's paint job.

Chris,

Fill me in; what's the "Squire or Pollock" Paint job??????????

Hey Dave - John Squire, the band's guitarist, was also responsible for much of their artwork including all their album and singles covers. He was a big fan of the artist Jackson Pollock and adopted that dripping/splashing paint style for much of his work, which also included at least one of his guitars, Mani's first Rick (his second, a 3001, I don't think ever received the same treatment) and the drummer Reni's drumkit. Splashed around paint kind of became their trademark - in fact, when the band had a falling out with their record label they somehow got into the label's offices and dumped blue paint over pretty much everything. Luckily they managed to avoid jail time over that one, though....

Man, they were a great band in their prime...what an incredible rhythm section...watching all those videos made me really nostalgic for a period in music history that came and went all too quickly!!

Pollockglo

Now I know,

Thanks Chris;

Thanks guys for posting this.... I had missed them the first time around and I'm liking this alot now!

Don't want to ruffle any feathers....but that country gentleman with the Gretsch Bigsby - beautiful

My band has been covering Sally Cinnamon recently, and we've also got a couple other Stone Roses songs in the rep. The Hardest Thing in the World, and Going Down. Great band.

Ah, I still remember the day I figured out the 'Fool's Gold' riff...

Hey wait a minute - if you watch the Waterfall video above, does Squire's Gretsch have a toaster in the neck? Sure looks like it. You get a clear view of it a couple of times, especially from about 3/4 on...

Nah, I think they're just filtertons Ethan

Oh... I'm not as familiar with Gretsch pickups, obviously! Thanks!

The more I look at it, the more certain I am.... I simply have to have a country gentleman. Let the saving up begin.