John "Beaky" Dymond

John "Beaky" Dymond, throughout the band's hayday, used a Gibson J-160E acoustic guitar. He had used the guitar extensively from 1966 to around 1969. The Gibson J-160E is an electric-acoustic guitar, with an extended neck range to fit the stripped P90 pick-up; it is of course made famous by The Beatles, but Beaky is also one of the players of this instrument.

Beaky would use this Gibson durinf both recording and live performances. It is a rarity that he would perform with an electric guitar as this guitar is quite versatile.

By late 1968, Beaky would strip the electronics and the finish of the guitar and paint the body white, with flower decals on the pickguard. This modification can be seen in the music videos for "The Wreck of The Antoinette" and "Mr President".

Beaky does not seem to perform with this guitar anymore, it is most likely retired due to overuse.

Though this guitar may not be in ownership of John "Beaky" Dymond, with it most likely still owned by Tich; Beaky is seen in this promo video of Bend It, playing a Fender Telecaster.

The Fender Telecaster is a well-known instrument, starting all the way in the 50s, as Fender's first instrument design.

This promp video of Bend It may have been the only performance of Beaky with this telecaster, as previously mentioned regarding the guitar's ownership.

In the 1966 Beat-Club performance of "Hard to Love You," John "Beaky" Dymond of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich is briefly seen with a Burns Baldwin electric guitar. Although the glimpse is fleeting, the distinctive pickup design suggests it's a 1965 model. This appearance is the only known instance of Beaky using this guitar, indicating it might have been a backup or borrowed for the show.

During performances of Save Me, John "Beaky" Dymond's role is on percussion. This line-up seems rare for a band during its time, with Tich being the only guitarist for the song.

The song starts with a percussive introduction, with Beaky hammering on the cowbell. In certain moments, mainly before the chorus, Beaky would also hit the toms that was included in the percussion set.

The set itself was two toms, and a cowbell in the middle, the toms itself are tuned differently than normal tom-toms, as it sounded higher with their small size.

Beaky would only use this instrument for this song in particular, and would not really appear with it beyond 1967.

Note: The brand of the cowbell is still unknown, but it had a shiny design on it, and so I chose the brand which has the closest shade and color.

In this 1969 performance of Tonight Today, Beaky is seen performing with a Gibson Les Paul Jr. Double Cutaway. This guitar may have stemmed from how Beaky had retired the Gibson J-160E briefly, and needed another electric guitar for his performance.

The color of the guitar itself is in a dark shade, though it would not be the dark red, so one possible color would be black, suggested by its shade in the black and white promo video.

In this mimed performance of Hold Tight, Beaky performs with a Fender Mustang electric guitar. The guitar's finish seems to be either a cream or white color due to its light shade in the black and white video.

From what I have searched in YouTube, this show is the only performance that has Beaky performing with a Fender Mustang. His future performance with the band are mainly with the Gibson J-160E