Liam Tyson

"More than once, I’ve had to think in which part of the world some [of my guitars] are stored, so I’ve had to double up on quite a few, like my ’72 Gibson Les Paul Signature for example... That guitar has been one of my favourite electric guitars for both bands for a long time.

"When the Sensational Space Shifters toured the Deep South of the USA in the Spring, we played some of the big venues and some places that nobody had ever played before, and I was really pleased when I found another from the same year, also in Tobacco Sunburst.

"I love the way the switching offers so many great sounds. I can play out of phase, or sound like a Strat, or rock up a little, but not quite as much as a Les Paul, and the necks are so comfortable. It was quite a find, as very few were produced around that time in this finish – I believe only three in ’70, moving up to a mere 75 samples in ’72.”