When Smokie ruled the German charts circa. 1976-80 with their "12-string acoustic guitar, trademark harmonies & copious strings"-recipe courtesy of Chinn/Chapman their bassist Terry Uttley had the charming habit (I can relate!) of never doing two TV performances in a row with the same bass - and Smokie DID A LOT OF TV SHOWS. It was therefore only a question of time until - forensic evidence of him playing a TBird has already been provided - we would catch him as a repeat Gibson offender with an EB-3:
For some reason, I alway liked that particular track and especially the little story it tells, a companion to this here:
Fast forward a couple of years and a general de-perming of hairstyles ...