Dom Turner Guitars and Rob Hirst Drum Kits

Acoustic GuitarsDom Turner Guitars

Dom plays mainly GILET and BEETON guitars of Australia.
Gilet ‘O’, Gilet 12- string ‘Son of Stella’, Gilet ‘US Map’ resonator,  Beeton ‘The Dom’ Resonator as well as a Harmony ‘Stella’ 12-string

Electric Guitars
Dom plays a blue St George 12-string, an Eastwood Airline US Map, a Supro Westwood, a Teisco TG 64, a National 1962 Val-Pro 84, a Teisco / Supro Hybrid
and Danelectro U2

Amplifiers
Dom uses Fender amps live and for recording.
Fender Jazz Ultralight
Fender Pro Junior
Fender Blues Deluxe

Drums

Rob thrashes a motley collection of aging Leedy,Slingerland and Premier drums, a Boosey & Hawkes parade drum, plus Downbeat or Ludwig marching bass drums - mostly liberated from junk stores around Australia, and falling apart at roughly the same rate as the owner. There's also a Ufip ice-bell, a rusty Peugeot 404 suspension leaf spring, a Hare Krishna tambourine, an old Midnight Oil megaphone, a dented Brazilian Tin shaker, and a pair of Vietnamese hi-hats unearthed in the old quarter of Hanoi.

Rob Hirst Drum Kit
Rob Hirst Drum Kit
Rob Hirst Drum Kit

Photos by Sharon Kennedy

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