What is Pete Willis playing in this video?

[Securb]

[Wattage]

looks like a refin'd and 'buckered Melody Maker, probably an MIJ copy of some sort based on the headstock inlay

I kind of remember it but he switched to Hamer as soon as they hit

[Wattage]

before the refin?

[ICTGoober]

Joan Jett has one, too. Gibson Melody Maker modded with humbuckers.

Larson-JoanJett.jpg (1677×1086) (newyorker.com)

[formula73]

DC like a Melody Maker, yeah, but the body shape looks different, neck joint different, and it’s thicker.

[Securb]

At 1:07 you can see the headstock and it doesn't look like a Melody Maker.

[formula73]

At 1:07 you can see the headstock and it doesn't look like a Melody Maker.

Didn’t even notice that and it looks like there’s a crown on there. Now I HAVE to know.

Man, I love the first 2 albums. After that...

[Mincer]

Wow, that band has changed a lot, haven't they?

[LLL]

Wow, that band has changed a lot, haven't they?

Yep - after they fired Pete, it was an eventual change to pop rock starting with Hysteria.

[St_Genesius]

This one is sort of close: wider than MM headstock (though narrower than an LP), with an inlay. Wraparound bridge. Wrong pickups and no branding, but it potentially reinforces the idea of it being a MM clone.

https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2020/08/1970s-hot-rodded-melody-maker-matsumoku.html?m=1

[St_Genesius]

Is there ever a point where we can get a sense of the strap attachment point? The Gibsons attach to the back of the body, while most of the copies attach to the base of the neck.

Nevermind: it's attached to the upper horn, which is different from either, but a common enough mod to both.

[weepingminotaur]

Yep - after they fired Pete, it was an eventual change to pop rock starting with Hysteria.

Hysteria isn't all pop-rock, though. And that change was as much about Mutt Lange as it was anything else.

But of course, I'm one of those people who prefer their Pyro/Hysteria stuff to the early material, which wasn't bad but to me nothing particularly special. In any case, the Willis/Clark era is quite different from Clark/Collen or Collen/Campbell. Always fun to look at the contrasts. Almost like they're different bands.

[St_Genesius]

FOR. SURE.

I'm one of those people who prefer their Pyro/Hysteria stuff to the early material, which wasn't bad but to me nothing particularly special.

[formula73]

FOR. SURE.

Sure, there were some bangers but overall...meh.

[JMP/HBE]

A really crappy one.
Funny they claimed they kicked Willis out because he was an Alcoholic but they stayed with Steve Clark until the end as he drank himself to death.
Steve wrote most of their music.

"Jammin" Steve Clark you are missed RIP.

The Boys from Sheffield.