“Rickenbacker had a doubleneck guitar and bass, so I bought one. Then Fender came to me and said, ‘Why are you playing that?’” How Moody Blues bassist John Lodge found another gear with a Fender double-neck that was half P-Bass/half Telecaster

Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues performs at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, July 18, 1981. .

For most modern music fans, the mere mention of Swinging London usually inspires Austin Powers-like visions of mini skirts and Nehru jackets, psychedelic-coloured Rolls Royces, and hobnobbing pop stars. But surely that's just a hagiographic dream, right? It couldn't possibly have been as groovy as all that.

“Actually, it was exactly like that,” the late John Lodge told Bass Player back in 2017. “Music and fashion came together. There was Carnaby Street and King's Road. The place was alive, and clubs were everywhere.