That Was The Year...

pedals with a distinctively 50s look but a 21st century delivery. Offering distortion, overdrive and delay, the three pedals are well equipped with controls and linking facilities and all for a reasonable outlay. no wonder they’re causing a stir. arrives in the UK with an impressive combo built in Modena, where Ferraris are made. Just like the cars, the MC2 is a very stylish production. Valve driven with solid-state rectification it has a power rating of 60 watts and offers three channels and a five button foot switch, which is essential to access all the features it has to offer. With a single Jensen 12-inch speaker this baby is seriously loud. first time and is won by BBC newsreader natasha Kaplinsky and her dance partner Brendan Cole. Peppa Pig premieres on Channel 5, football matches are reclassified with Division 1 becoming the Football League Championship and the others becoming Leagues 1 and 2. House of Commons but it doesn’t prevent the Hunting act 2004 banning fox hunting in england and Wales being passed. £26.5 million is stolen from the northern Bank in Belfast and it’s an important year for British architect norman Foster as his designs for the Gherkin and Millau Viaduct are opened in London and France respectively. at Christie’s auction and raises $959,000 for his Crossroads drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. Johnnie Walker returns to radio 2 after receiving treatment for cancer and Fender celebrates 50 years of the strat with its 50th anniversary american stratocaster. Cardiff‘s Wales Millennium Centre is opened. Coca Cola sponsorship of BBC’s Top Of The Pops’ credits is cancelled as it is deemed unsuitable to promote unhealthy drink products to teenagers. Princess of Wales is unveiled by the Queen; the Daily Mirror publishes a letter where Diana alleged that someone was trying to kill her; the coroner’s inquest into her death and that of Dodi al-Fayed is opened. Other sad losses this year are Dimebag Darrell, John Peel, ray Charles, Carl Wayne (The Move), Laura Branigan and Johnny ramone. and classy then the David T Mcnaught Vintage sC singlecut guitar (below) may be just what you’re looking for. Built in the Usa it’s essentially a boutique LP style with a set neck and an arched top but the body is one-piece black limba and finished with a diamond quilt maple cap. It has a pair of rio Grande Zebra humbuckers, a three-a-side headstock with a distinctive cut-out at the end and all the hardware is top quality and gold-plated so, naturally,

it’s expensive.