Slow's Club' Charles Watson choose his five favourite guitars

​1963 Epiphone Professional

The Epiphone Professional was sold as a guitar and amp package between ’62 and ‘­67. Via a five point lead you can control the reverb, tremolo and tone from the guitar itself. I prefer to play guitars with as little controls as possible, as I fidget - so this guitar would be a nightmare for me. Looks cool though!

Fender VI

Following the success of the Jazz and Percussion bass of the early 1960’s, the VI was the third bass off the Fender production line. With a shorter scale neck, a tremolo bar and two extra strings, it was more of a lead instrument than a bass. Originally designed on the Fender Jazzmaster, the concept followed the 6 string bass made by Danelectro in 1956. If there’s anyone out there that wants to do a swap, let me know! I have two working kidneys.

Vox V251

I love the sound of the organ and have been collecting any old crappy keyboard I can get my hands on, but I’m not a very good keyboard player so this instrument would be perfect. In every fret there is a sensor which is essentially doing what a key would do on an organ. Inside the body there are a series of circuit boards to replicate the sound of a Vox Continental. Check out how it sounds here!

Gibson Melody Maker 12 String

I once played this guitar for a Bob Dylan covers night. It had a very strange sparkly paint job. The person who owned it had kept it in an open case for years so the sunlight bleached the paintwork on the front. The Melody Maker was continued throughout the Sixties, but the introduction of the SG made this model quite hard to find. If you see one, play it! It has a really thin neck super low action. Much easier than most 12-strings.

Fender Coranado

This was Fender’s attempt to capitalise on the success of the hollow body guitar in the Sixties. Designed by Roger Rossmeisl, who previously worked at Rickenbacker, the Coronado looked a lot like the Gibson hollowbodies with a Fender neck. Fender have recently reissued this model but somehow made it the heaviest guitar around. Try and pick it up. Go on! And Elvis had a photo with one!

Slow Club's Complete Surrender, is out Monday (14 June) via Caroline International.