64-65 was the years when all British groups, with a good manager, and a record company backing them up, changed from Hofners to Gibson, Epiphone, and Gretsch. Fender was yesterdays paper, both bass- and guitarwise, and as lukewarm as the Shadows. Until Hendrix showed up, a couple of years later, very few of the bigger groups used Fenders. Well, except for the Swinging Blue Jeans, that is. Gibson must have had a smart manager i Gt Britain those years. Fourmost, Four Pennies, Applejacks, Searchers, Merseybeats. They only used Gibsons. Well, at least at photo sessions. Wonder how much they had to pay for their guitars, and basses?