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CHRIS TURPIN

What was the first serious guitar you bought with your own money?

“It was a 1972 Telecaster Custom reissue. I bought it from Cash Converters in Norwich when I was 15, played my first shows with it, dropped it down the stairs, all sorts of shit. But it was a great guitar. I love that ’72 Tele look, y’know, that black Keith Richards-esque guitar where it’s got four knobs like a Gibson. I got some great shit out of that Cash Converters, like an old Paul Rivera Fender Twin and a JCM800 for, like, 300 quid!”

What was the last guitar you bought and why?

“I had this very

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