FlatEric Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) [size=4]Edit: I am still trying to find other Peter Cook guitars and basses If anyone out there in Basschatland knows of one, please drop me a line. [/size] Hope someone out there can help. I am trying to compile a list of some of the basses and guitars that the great Peter Cook made. At this point I shall say that no Dudley Moore cracks are required!!!! A rare pic of Peter, with "some other bloke"!! This was his shop. After much trawling, there really isn't much to be found. I have been communicating with Nick, doctor of the bass, who had a Peter Cook Axis but swapped it for a double bass and now no longer knows where it is. I have also had contact with three other owners of Peter Cook instruments but would love to find some more. If anyone owns a Peter Cook, or knows someone who does, please drop me a line. There must be someone out there that has a Peter Cook or knows of one. Cheers. Edited November 24, 2010 by FlatEric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Have you tried contacting the shop? They may have some info still. [url="http://www.petercooksguitars.co.uk"]Peter Cooks Guitar World[/url] I'd go in there and ask for you but I can't risk the GAS I get when I go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 He also made Ned Callan guitars and basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I have and use a CMI-branded long scale Ned Callan bass: [attachment=55272:rig_detail2.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 [quote name='razze06' post='909188' date='Jul 29 2010, 01:12 PM']I have and use a CMI-branded long scale Ned Callan bass: [attachment=55272:rig_detail2.jpg][/quote] I have the same bass in original Ned Callan livery ... but after a long, traumatic life which has left it a mere shadow of the bass it once was. Oh cruel, cruel world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Well i had to spend a fair bit of money to try and get mine sorted. Still a little weak open E, and one of the most uncomfortable playing position you can think of (I'm 5'11'' and have to stretch my arm to reach the tuning pegs...). The tone is beautiful however, and the thick neck makes you play in a certain relaxed manner which suits the bass very well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='909759' date='Jul 29 2010, 11:07 PM']I have the same bass in original Ned Callan livery ... but after a long, traumatic life which has left it a mere shadow of the bass it once was. Oh cruel, cruel world.[/quote] I like you're Ned Callan Jack. It's 'road worn'. That road being the Old Kent Road full of navvies on a particularly feisty Saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 [size=4]Still looking for Peter Cook guitars and basses. If anyone knows of one, please drop me a line. [/size] Hope someone out there can help. I am trying to compile a list of some of the basses and guitars that the great Peter Cook made. At this point I shall say that no Dudley Moore cracks are required!!!! A rare pic of Peter, with "some other bloke"!! This was his shop. After much trawling, there really isn't much to be found. I have been communicating with Nick, doctor of the bass, who had a Peter Cook Axis but swapped it for a double bass and now no longer knows where it is. I have also had contact with three other owners of Peter Cook instruments but would love to find some more. If anyone owns a Peter Cook, or knows someone who does, please drop me a line. There must be someone out there that has a Peter Cook or knows of one. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 (edited) [url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=2774.0"]Peter Cook[/url] I met a guy last year who was restoring a Peter Cook thunderbird, he has been listing his progress on another forum Edited November 24, 2010 by bumnote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 [quote name='bumnote' post='1034728' date='Nov 24 2010, 08:34 AM'][url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=2774.0"]Peter Cook[/url] I met a guy last year who was restoring a Peter Cook thunderbird, he has been listing his progress on another forum[/quote] Yep, that's Kenny!! A real character and a big PC fan. I know of four basses and one guitar and a 12 & 6 twin - not much progress since Kenny and I started the quest. There are, of course, the famous ones that he made for the stars, it's the others I am interested in. There must be somebody out there who has one. Maybe there is someone, who is perhaps not signed up on here yet - a lurker. If so, sign up and join in. . . . . . Please!! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I was chatting to Allan Holdsworth at the University of Sussex in about 1980, and he was using a Black Strat apparently made by Peter Cook. He wasn't all that happy with it. I wonder if he still has it? Sorry, not bass related! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 [quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1290603411' post='1035017'] Yep, that's Kenny!! A real character and a big PC fan. I know of four basses and one guitar and a 12 & 6 twin - not much progress since Kenny and I started the quest. There are, of course, the famous ones that he made for the stars, it's the others I am interested in. There must be somebody out there who has one. Maybe there is someone, who is perhaps not signed up on here yet - a lurker. If so, sign up and join in. . . . . . Please!! Cheers. [/quote] Here's a couple. The sunburst one is mine. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/212389-mighty-mite-4-string-bass-guitar-for-sale/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/212389-mighty-mite-4-string-bass-guitar-for-sale/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Nice looking bass. Great finish. PM me some more shots, if you can - I always send anything that is relevant to Peter. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) [quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1387019187' post='2307434'] Nice looking bass. Great finish. PM me some more shots, if you can - I always send anything that is relevant to Peter. Cheers. [/quote] Sorry but that bass has been recently cannibalised to provide a neck and pickups for a Precision build. So there are no further pictures. The neck and pickups are great but the weight of that (I assume) mahogany body was too much for me. By the way I bought it in 1984 and was the second owner. This is a video of me playing it in about 2001. Great sound. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXErDb7CDw[/media] Edited December 15, 2013 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1387112338' post='2308247'] Sorry but that bass has been recently cannibalised to provide a neck and pickups for a Precision build. So there are no further pictures. The neck and pickups are great but the weight of that (I assume) mahogany body was too much for me. By the way I bought it in 1984 and was the second owner. This is a video of me playing it in about 2001. Great sound. [/quote] Ha, small world moment - finally being able to put a face to a user name! Gareth, I used to do a lot of sound and stage work and worked with you & the Hyenas a number of times at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, particularly in the days when the uses to use the old Caledonian brewery for gigs. If I remember correctly, you used to have an awesome Tokai that always had a great sound. Fun times. Glad to know you are still playing (are the Hyenas going?). Cheers. Sorry for the thread hijack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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