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I think Ivan nailed it - the guy on the right is Rob Edwards playing
a Jazzmaster. I think the cover photo is colorized too. Looks like
a Ted Turner Three Stooges show. Ivan always has tons of good info
and insight, and he explains it so well. If he were a highscool
teacher, Id have done much better!
Perhaps I am overly touchy concerning the word "Husky". As a
youth, I was forced to wear Sears Toughskin jeans ( all colors,
except blue. my mom hated blue jeans) The patch on the back gave
the size, and had the word "Husky" on it. I got teased A LOT about
that. It is one of my favorite childhood angst stories. I am no
longer husky.
Chris
With all due respect, there's NO WAY that the guy on the right is
> Eddie. Looking through the other photos I have, I'm fairly
confident
> it's Rob Edwards, playing a Jazzmaster (as he does on the cover of
> the CD and - speculating - behind the Rivingtons in the CD
liners).
> He's tall and thin, unlike Eddie who was tall and 'healthy'
(speaking
> as a guy who's exceedingly 'healthy', I meant nothing by
the 'husky'
> description - I thought it was just somebody that's broad-
shouldered
> and more filled-out, without being fat) .
>
> > If you look closely at that "blue" guitar it has white control
> > knobs...which would equal Jazzmaster.
>
> Bingo!
>
> > So anyway here's the information I've thrown together rather
> quickly,
> > I have a few more theories as well which need to be added, and a
> few
> > more photos. It's a rather pointless site and probably a waste
of
> my
> > time, but I think this guy deserves more than he's received.
>
> I really like the site!! Great job.
>
> Here's my few thoughts and additions:
>
> 1. concerning Eddie's first (white) Jag: there's a Belairs photo
from
> mid- to late-62 (with Dick Dodd on drums) in the booklet that came
> with the Belairs CD "The Origins of Surf Music 1960-1963" that
shows
> Eddie with bleached-blonde hair AND a white Jag! It's hard to tell
> in the photo, but it appears that Paul is ALSO playing a (dark-
> colored) Jag. They may have both bought them as soon as they came
> out, but Paul decided he'd rather stick to a Strat.
>
> 2. Upon examining all the photos you refer to in both the E&tS CD
> and Surfin' Guitars, I would be fairly certain that there's only
one
> Strat, the sunburst one. It appears black sometimes due to the
poor
> quality of the photograph.
>
> 3. As you point out, the blue Jag on the cover of the CD looks
> really iffy. I would bet it's been artifically painted, as the
> pickups are also blue! I think it was a B&W photo, that was painted
> afterwards. You can see the faces of the soldeirs behind the band,
> and they're gray! So, there's a good chance that Eddie is simply
> playing his white Jag on that gig. That blue also doesn't look
like
> any blue that Fender offered on their guitars at the time.
>
> 4. Finally, what about the B&W photo on p. 267,where he's holding a
> colored Jag of some sort? I think there's a better chance that the
> color is sort sort of reddish/purpleish, since that's the color of
> the guitar the guy on the left is holding in the photo you were
> asking about. If you look closely, you can see the tremolo arm
> hanging down from that guitar, and it's certainly a Jag or a
> Jazzmaster. If that's actually Eddie in that photo, then the Jag
> he's holding is of some kind of reddish/purpleish color. In
> addition, compare that photo (the one you posted and asked about)
to
> the photo on p. 267: it's the same gig! Same background, same amp
> setup behind Eddie, same attire.
>
> Hope that helps!!
> Ivan
