REFERENCE & RESOURCE PAGES:
FENTON-WEILL
STREAMLINE - DE LUXE - TUXMASTER - AMERICAN RANGE
TWISTER RANGE - DUALMASTER - SPECTRATONE - FIBRATONE
HOHNER - BELL - DALLAS - ADVERTS
BURNS-WEILL (1959) - OTHER BURNS & RELATED (1958-1992)
The Twister Range, 1962
Introduced in July 1962, 'The Twister' model featured EKO pickups and pickguard assemblies, while the Twistmaster, Triple-Twistmaster, and Stereo-Twistmaster were the Weill-made pickup-equipped Twister-styled equivalents which were offered to complement the original 'Super Streamline' American Label range of solids.
1962 FENTON-WEILL Twister
Serial No. 2666
1962 FENTON-WEILL Twistmaster
Serial No. 2167
Original Price 70 Guineas
1962 FENTON-WEILL Twistmaster
Serial No. 22xx
And a Natural Finish example, gold fittings and dark brown pickguard
And a Blonde example with gold fittings, Weill-stamped tuners and black pickguard
Sunburst example:
1963(?) FENTON-WEILL Triple-Twistmaster
Three individual volume controls edge-mounted under raised pickguard plate.
Natural head with black blown-in neck!
1962/3 Twistratone Bass