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The Village People

D'Guvnor

Responsibilities: Head Tea Boy!
Birth Date: Unknown, possibly Pre-CBS, but looks more like Pre War.
From: Apparently Cockney...? (but actually born in Cardiff)
Marital Status: Married
Drives: Slowly
Eats: Well.. I like a bit of chocolate to go with a columbian cocktail
Drinks: Oh yeah, All the time!
Sports teams: Anything that involves sitting around watching someone else do the hard work
Bands: Nah did all that malarky back in the day!
Before GV: You mean there was a before GV?
Likes: A nice meal & a movie... maybe a little tipple to wash it all down (there's a theme running here)
Listens to: Stung, Mark Knobbler, Gazza and all that Rock n Roll mocka!
Heroes: Me Mam!
Describes self as: The Daddy
Most Famous Sayings: Hold the phone!... Oi you muppet!... Bish Bash Bosh...And others far too rude to print!

GUITARS

  • Stagg S300 in Trans Red...

(Well, that lot at the shop keep selling all me good stuff!)

AMPS

  • Marshall MS2
  • Park G10

Mark (aka Tyson / Kryton)

Responsibilities: Stock Control
Birth Date: 10th April the year of the cow many many years ago in a galaxy far far away..
From: Alton, Hants
Stature: Like Nelsons column, cold and hard exterior
Marital Status: His love life has its ups & downs.....
Drives: Like a rally driver
Eats: Sneaky chocolate bars in the warehouse & apples!
Drinks: Beer to wash the curry down !!
Sports teams: Southampton FC
Bands: The Standardz
Before GV: Sold tractors & farmers (?)
Likes: Easy women! (Especially Police women and Nuns)
Listens to: Vaughan, Hendrix, Johnny Winter & generally anything loud and heavy
Heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Zakk Wylde, SRV & Mother Superior
Describes self as: Laid Back
Others Describe Him as: Cyborg like (he goes home to recharge not sleep)

GUITARS

  • PRS SE Fredrik Akesson
  • Avalon AS201CE
  • Mini Tanglewood Les Paul

AMPS

  • Marshall 85th Anniversary Head & Cab

ACCESSORIES

  • Boss DD-3
  • Jim Dunlop Cry Baby
  • Bonamassa Cry Baby
  • Ibanez DS9 Tube Screamer
  • BBE Sonic Stomp
  • Rothwell Torado
  • Castrol GTX
  • Energiser Batteries

Steve

Responsibilities: Mr T'internet
Birth Date: 31st Feb 1878
From: Becky's house
Marital Status: Off the market
Drives: A much better car than Sams new one!
Eats: All the meat
Drinks: Yeah, well good at that
Sports teams: United!
Bands: The Chilli Fighters
Before GV: GV! then building sites, then building websites, then GV again!
Likes: Twister ice creams
Dislikes: The word pamphlet
Listens to: Magic FM
Heroes: Hugh Hefner, King Eric, Sir Alex, Rocky Balboa
Describes self as: Legend
Others Describe Him as: They agree

GUITARS

  • Gibson 1959 Les Paul VOS Sunrise Teaburst
  • Fender Custom Shop 57 Heavy Relic Strat Pewter
  • Fender Custom Shop 63 Heavy Relic Tele Vint Wht over 3TS
  • Parker Deluxe Silver
  • Jackson Custom Shop SL2H
  • Fender USA Standard Strat
  • Taylor 412CE-R Fall LTD

AMPS

  • Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
  • Marshall Mode Four
  • Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 18

ACCESSORIES

  • Boss SD-1
  • Boss PH-3
  • Boss DD-5
  • Korg DT10
  • MXR Smart Gate
  • Cry Baby Wah
  • Electro Harmonix Micro Pog

Sam (Gammon)

Responsibilities: The only gay in the village
Birth Date: Couple of weeks ago
From: The 'Boro
Stature: Ex-hairy
Marital Status: Same sex
Drives: Horribly
Eats: A hell of a lot of Bakewell tarts
Drinks: Rola Cola and Bacardi
Sports teams: Liverpool..................(scum)
Bands: The Standardz
Before GV: Numark Alesis
Likes: Legs, Breasts & Wings (with a side of fries)
Dislikes : Numark Alesis
Listens to: SRV, BB King, Matt Scofield, George Michael, Michael Barrymore.
Heroes: Mr Kipling
Describes self as: Comfortable
Others Describe Him as: A human waterbed

GUITARS

  • Gibson 1959 Les Paul VOS Lemonburst
  • Gibson 1961 ES335 VOS Cherry
  • Fender Tele Custom Lake Placid Blue
  • Gibson J45 Standard Sunburst
  • 1950's Framus Archtop

AMPS

  • Fender 59 Reissue Bassman
  • Hughes & Kettner Statesman
  • Laney VC100
  • Fender Blues Junior
  • Fender Frontman 65
  • Laney Linebacker Combo

ACCESSORIES

  • Robert Keeley Blues Driver
  • Robert Keeley Delay
  • Wampler Hot Wired
  • Wampler Delay
  • Wampler Reverb
  • Wampler Black 65
  • Korg Pitchblack
  • BBE Sonic Stomp
  • Line 6 M5
  • Vox Wah

David

Responsibilities: Photography & general running around
Birth Date: 13th Aug 1544
From: Yet another Alton one
Stature: Even hairier than Sam
Marital Status: Open to offers
Drives: Occasionally
Eats: Heartily
Drinks: Excessively
Sports teams: University Challenge is as sporty as I get
Bands: Seasons End, Tempus Fusion, Sorcerers Spell, Dust N Bones, Save The Last Dance, looking for ideally 10 more bands...apply within
Before GV: Student, then music retail, then rock star, then jobless bum
Likes: Partying
Dislikes : Hangovers
Listens to: Everything, but especially metal, prog rock and Radio 4
Heroes: John Petrucci, David Gilmour, Guthrie Govan
Describes self as: Tall, dark, handsome
Others Describe Him as: Short, pale, delusional

GUITARS

  • PRS 513
  • Les Paul Standard
  • Les Paul Studio
  • Taylor 312CE
  • Musicman StingRay 5 HH
  • Ibanez RG 7-string

AMPS

  • Mesa Boogie Mark V
  • Mesa Boogie Rectifier 4x12
  • Mesa Boogie Rectifier 2x12
  • Marshall JCM2000 DSL50
  • Blackstar HT-5R
  • Ampeg Portaflex 500

ACCESSORIES

  • TC Electronic G System
  • JD Rack Cry Baby
  • Morley Mark Tremonti Power Wah
  • Keeley DS-1
  • ISP Decimator Pro Rack G
  • Korg DTR-1
  • Line 6 DL4
  • Line 6 MM4
  • EH Holy Grail…and various others

Uncle Tel

Responsibilities: Watch out, the dusters about!
Birth Date: Put it this way, he went to school with Noah!
From: Kentish man
Stature: Laid out
Marital Status: Worn out
Drives: An Audi banana (yes it literally is a banana)
Eats: Tuna Risotto, Tuna Salad, Tuna Steaks, Piano Tuna
Drinks: Ales, Tequila, More Ales, More Tequila
Sports teams: The only team in manchester (red)
Bands: Previously Cat Stevens
Before GV: Backed a rockstar, Worked for the competition (then saw the light)
Likes: Sunshine
Dislikes : No Sunshine
Listens to: All kinds (especially, Laura Colegate, Don Macleans & Gary Aquafresh)
Heroes: Mick Green(R.I.P.), George Best(R.I.P.), Frank Serpico, Foo Goo Peppers, The Breedaparts & The Panteras
Describes self as: Suave & Debonair
Others Describe Him as: Grandad of GV

GUITARS

  • Martin HD28GM
  • Gibson J200
  • Taylor 314MCE 25th Anni


AMPS

  • Allen & Heath Desk
  • Mackie powered speakers

ACCESSORIES

  • Peterson strobe tuna (iPhone)
  • Shubb Capo
  • Daily Sport

Josh

Responsibilities: Customer Emails, Blogs and price comparing, General amazing sales person
Birth Date: August 83
From: Guildford
Stature: Medium height with large feet & large hands, you figure out the rest
Marital Status: Single but has a tasty Girlfriend
Drives: Naah
Eats: Lots of Chicken
Drinks: Like a Trooper
Sports teams: Don’t be silly
Bands: My band
Before GV: Another we've converted from the dark side (see Uncle Tel above)
Likes: 10am starts and talking about guitars all day Dislikes: talking about 'guitar tone' all day
Listens to: Rock mate!
Heroes: Mark Tremonti, James Hetfield, John Fogerty, Keith Richards
Describes self as: Seriously good looking

GUITARS

  • Epiphone Explorer
  • Taylor Big Baby
  • PRS SE Bernie Marsden Limited Edition

AMPS

  • Blackstar HT5 Stack

ACCESSORIES

  • How to play guitar Volume 1

Barnaby

Responsibilities: Superstar Technician
Birth Date: 06/04/2015
From: Amazingstoke
Stature: Road Worn
Marital Status: Single
Drives: Ferrari Red Peugeot
Eats: When he can
Drinks: Very well
Sports teams: C'mon England!
Bands: Barnaby J Watson, Rehab
Before GV: Tech'ed for a few little bands you might have heard of (Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman, Albert Lee, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight....small bands like that)
Likes:
9-5 Jobs
Dislikes: Bad music
Listens to: Good music only
Heroes: Andy Fairweather Low....and all of the people I've worked for!
Describes self as: On it!
Others describe him as: Hmmm, kinda near it...

GUITARS

  • Fender USA Hardtail Strat
  • Fender USA Standard Tele (5 string...open G!)
  • Fender USA P Bass
  • Fender 72 Thinline Tele
  • Gretsch White Falcon
  • Martin OM42
  • Martin D12-28
  • Gibson J-200
  • Alhambra 9P
  • National "Don" Resonator
  • Martin Travel Guitars

AMPS

  • Fender Vibro King
  • Fender Blues Deluxe
  • Fender 57 Champ

ACCESSORIES

  • All of them!

Chris

Responsibilities: Beard growth
Birth Date: November 5th 1955
From: Liphook
Stature: MASSIVE
Marital Status: Err no thank you
Drives: Sideways
Eats: Kebabs & pocket chicken
Drinks: 'til I'm sober!
Sports teams: I like the cheerleaders
Bands: Alzir
Before GV: Yet another that saw the light!
Likes: Guitars, My Girlfriend, Beer, Women, Mountain Bikes, Making noise and big riffs
Listens to: 70s Rock, Prog, Blues, Rock Metal
Heroes: Anyone who can master their art and not be a tw*t about it!
Describes self as: Smart, Charming, Quick Witted and Handsome
Others Describe Him as: Satan Clause

GUITARS

  • 1977 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Maple Fingerboard
  • 1979 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Tobacco Burst P90s
  • Gibson Les Paul Studio Wine Red
  • Gibson SG Special Teal Blue
  • Adam Black Resonator
  • Tanglewood Acoustic

AMPS

  • Marshall JCM900 Head & Cab

ACCESSORIES

  • Electro Harmonix Black Russian Big Muff
  • Morley Bad Horsie Wah
  • Boss TU2
  • Strings, Picks and a Lead



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