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‘Big Col’

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I first encountered Colin Pincott – Jim Diamond and Mammoth’s guitarist – in the Fender Soundhouse in Tottenham Court Road around 1974. Living up the road in Essex, it was an easy jaunt on the train and tube to nip down and ogle guitars, and this musical superstore was a revelation. With two floors plus an upper mezzanine that housed a coffee bar, and with free drum and guitar lessons each Saturday, Ivor Arbiter’s brainchild was lightyears ahead in terms of retail

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