Dave Davies
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On Dave's official site, Dave says about this amp in an excerpt from 'Kink' - An Autobiography by Dave Davies © 1996 "Ironically, it was that sound, which we used on 'You Really Got Me,' that got the Kinks our ...

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Dave Davies with his 1959 Gibson Flying V, circa 1967. According to Dave's official site, the guitar had a "slightly different shape from the Flying V because it was in fact a prototype V."

Dave furthe...

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In this live performance on "Shindig!" by The Kinks, Dave Davies is seen playing his 1964 Epiphone Casino in sunburst. According to his official website (www.davedavies.com), this was his second ever electric guitar. It was also he...

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In this television performance of Sunny Afternoon Dave Davies is seen using his Guild Starfire III. The guitar is visible at the start and end of the clip. Dave is also shown playing the guitar on the cover of the Kinks’ LP The Kink Kontroversy.

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He mentions this amp on his website, saying "I plugged the Elpico loudspeaker's output leads into the input of the AC 30, in effect using the smaller amp as kind of a pre-amp."

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In this performance of "All Day and All of the Night", Dave plays a Gretsch Jet Firebird that can be seen from the beginning of the clip.

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Dave Davies recorded and performed songs like "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" and "Hold My Hand" with his 1965 Fender Electric XII. The photograph is from his performance on German television in 1969 according to Dave's offici...

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According to Dave's official site, he played a 1954 Fender Strat. Dave says about this guitar "I used this alot during the Everybody's In Showbiz and Preservation live shows period around 1972-74."

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According to this interview for Premier Guitar, Dave Davies used a Peavey Decade amp to record the song "Little Green Amp."

"'Did you use the little green amp on that tra...

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Dave Davies used a Gibson Nighthawk while recording the album "Rippin' up time," according to this interview for Gibson:

"I actually used just ...

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Dave Davies is seen using his 1952 Fender Telecaster on the "Julie Felix Show", 1969. According to Dave's official site, he "used (it) on some of the Preservation recordings and used on Hard Way from Schoolboys...

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Dave Davies can be seen playing a natural finished acoustic Fender Malibu in the promotional video for his debute solo single "Death of a Clown" in 1967. The song was later featured on The Kinks' album "Something Else by The Kinks".

Either Dave shared this guitar with his brother Ray Dav...

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In this photograph from Top of the Pops in 1967, Dave is posing with a Vox Folk Twelve Electric. He can be seen playing this guitar in the same show: Autumn Almanac.

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Dave Davies was photographed on stage in the late 1970s utilizing two Peavey Mace 160 Watt RMS 2x12" Tube Valve Guitar Amplifiers, as evidenced by a sourced image. This visual documentation serves as a clear indication of his preference for this specific model of amplifier during that era.

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