Fender / Stratocaster Ex Deidre Cartwright ROCK SCHOOL / 1964 / Olympic White / Guitar For Sale
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THE ROCK SCHOOL STRATOCASTER
The following instrument was owned and used by highly respected British Guitarists Deidre Cartwright whom was one of the main contributors to the highly acclaimed British TV Series Rock School , please see details as follows
Fender Stratocaster
1964
Olympic White
Rosewood Neck / Clay Dot
Green Nitrate Guard / Black Bobbin Pickups
Internally / Externally Original Except as follows
Changed Volume Pot, Later Dealer/Selmer Body finish, Replaced Machine Heads , Added String Tree
Original case
Condition 8/10
Finish
As per the listing the instrument carries a somewhat later, although period correct, Selmer/Dealer 1960s Olympic white body refinish
History of Ownership
Purchased by Deirdre Cartwright from Chandler's, Kew, London in 1980 and was the main guitar that she used on the first BBC TV Rockschool series broadcast in 1983. The guitar features on the cover and inside the Rockschool book
Deirdre Cartwright is an accomplished British guitarist and composer. She was a member of 'Painted Lady', which later became known as 'Girlschool', which she left to form her next band 'Tour De Force'
Deirdre became well known presenting the BBC TV’s ground-breaking series 'Rockschool'. At this time she was also playing with Afro-Latin jazz group The Guest Stars, who recorded three albums and toured in seventeen countries
In 1991, she formed the Deirdre Cartwright Group and played international festivals from Mexico to Warsaw and recorded five albums. She has also written and recorded albums with the groups Emily Remembered and LUND
She has played with legendary jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, studied in America with Mick Goodrick, founded Blow the Fuse with Alison Rayner in 1989 and presented on Radio 3
She has also written seven books on guitar playing and was head of the guitar syllabus for the Rockschool exam series
More recently she has toured and recorded three albums with ARQ who won Best UK jazz group in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and British Jazz Awards in 2018
She currently leads the group PICNIC with Annie Whitehead, and plays with ARQ, Sea Change, Carol Grimes, Electric Landladies and regularly at Ronnie Scott's in Soho
Comments
This is a classic 1960s Stratocaster that is optimum in tone, feel and look and will be of interest to those whom require a classic 60s Stratocaster with full archival history of use
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