29 - Sunday, J Youngsters prepare for school PAGE 31 — NORTH SHORE MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES EXHIBIT Steel-string guitar legends on view | GUITAR GROUPIES can pay their respects at the altar of the Instrument of the Century when they wander through the vintage guitar display currently set up at North Shore Museum and Archives. Museum exhibit coordinator Terry Lewis has brought together many of the North American steel-string guitar legends for the local show. The exhibdit also features guitars-in-progress as supplied by North Vancouver- based musical instrument manu- facturer Larrivee Guitars. Said Lewis: ‘‘The steel string guitar is a North American phe- nomenon. I tried to include the names that count. I’ve inciuded the transitional guitars, the ones that suddenly shot music in a different direction when somebody had the brains to put the technology together.’’ Martin, Gibson, National, Dobro, Rickenbacker, Gretsch and Fender figure prominently in the pantheon of American axes assembled. The guitar types displayed range from a low-tech Martin acoustic flat-top guitar, to an elaborately-finished metai Na- tional and Dobro resonator guitar, to a high-tech Midi-compatible Roland G-707. To bring it all together, Lewis talked his way into the private col- lections of a number of guitar buffs, including Randy Bachman, Roy Forbes, John Hanrahan, Bill Calder and Alex Varty. “This was a difficult show in that there were a few that I really wanted to get. For example, I con- tacted Bryan Adams and negoti- ated with him for 2 long time over a purple Rickenbacker. And it just didn’t happen — he was recording in Los Angeles and stuff. To make up for it Randy Bachman brought in two guitars,’’ Lewis said. BTO/Guess Who-man Bachman brought in his prized Gibson Les Paul Special, a vintage 1959 sun- SMOKING IN ONE TREATMENT D PAINLESS 0 HYGIENIC 0 DIET AND WITHDRAWAL POINTS INCLUDED O SEPARATE DIET TREATMENT AVA. .\BLE O GIFT CERTIFiZ, oS AVAILABLE a& SP4CE-AGE Therapy Center NORTH SHORE 983-2046 #220-1940 Lonsdale Ave., North Vas. Catt 439 3311 FOR OTHER gens. LOCATIONS — (rlaTeI7| By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter burst model with a Paul Bigsby tail piece (according to Lewis, the guitar used t6” propel Guess Who hits like American Woman). The guitar is one of the stars of the show. North Vancouver folk-rocker Roy Forbes contributed a circa 1931 Rickenbacker Hawaiian-style lap steel guitar. Affectionately known as the ‘“‘frying pan,’’ the instrument is an example of the first commercially-produced elec- tric guitar. The stovetop im- plement-shaped oddity is made from a solid single casting of alu- minum. Said Forbes: ‘‘It screams if you set it up properly. I can play Home On The Range on it, but I’m no virtuoso. It’s sort of like playing a violin — you have to have a good sense of intonation.”’ Forbes played it once during a CBC Radio Goldrush Christmas show. He bought the guitar years ago from North Shore Music, a favored former haunt of local musicians. ‘‘] had some equipment stolen and the insurance money was burning a hole in my pocket,”’ he said. While Forbes’ electric frying pan is solid evidence of the first pickup-powered guitar, the verdict on who actually invented the first steel-string acoustic is up for argument according to Lewis. ‘**There’s a couple of people who kind of credit themselves with in- venting the steel string guitar. It wasn’t a cut and dried innovation. The Martin guitar company was probably the founding father of American guitars. They were VARIETY CLU DOG-ATHON, creating acoustics, flat tops in the mid-1800s. And they were making steel strings. “Prior to the steel string, the guitar was basically a boudoir in- strument with nylon and silk str- ings. It was something that ladies of wealth would play in the tea room,”” he said. Steel strings increased durability ‘and volume. The latter part of the last century saw the guitar move out of the boudoir and into the hands of nascent blues musicians. On behalf of the Variety Club of B.C., the members of the Dog- a-thon Committee would like to express their deepest appreciation to all the children, their families, friends and dogs who participated in the 4th Annual North Shore Schools Dog-a‘Thon that was held at Mahon Park on Saturday, May 6th. We are very pleased to report that to date, $8,490.07 was raised to heip the special kids in B.C. Congratulations to the children and their dogs who walked so many miles to help others less fortunate. We would like to thank Mayor Jack Loucks, City of North Vancouver; Alderman Pat Boname, City of West Vancouver and Alderman Bili Rodgers, District of North Vancouver for taking time from their busy schedules to visit the Dog-a-Thon. Their presence was greatly appreciated. We would also like to thank the following for goods or services: Balmoral School (for clowns) Buy Low (N. Van.) The Dog’s Ear Forsters Family Restaurant Grouse Mt. Resorts Ltd. Harmony DoNuts John Bishop, jewellers McDonald's Restaurants Mt. Seymour Pet Foods Noah's Pet Ark North Shore News North Shore Party Rentals Purdy's Chocolates Queen's Cards & Gifts Queen's Stationery Queensdale Produce Queensdale Super Valu Save-On (Park & Tilford) S.PG.A. Success Dog Grooming "NEWS Mika Weketietd NORTH SHORE Museum and Archives exhibit coordinator Terry Lewis has brought together many fine ex- amples of North American steel-string guitar legends. The vintage guitar exhibit is currently on display at 209 West 4th Street in North Vancouver. Lewis is pictured playing 2 1928 Style ‘“O’’ National steel guitar.