LEE KIERNAN
Lee Kiernan, guitarist for the UK’s biggest new post-punk/rock band IDLES, is the proud owner of a West Valley Custom Junior, featured here in Guitarist Magazine.
JUSTIN HAYWOOD-YOUNG
The Vaccines frontman, Justin Hayward-Young, famously only plays red guitars. Here he is rocking a Cola Red West Valley Indiana on their 2024 UK tour. The Vaccines have sold 100,000’s of albums in the UK alone.
PETTER ERICSON STAKEE
Alberta Cross frontman, Petter Ericson Stakee, chose a Baby Blue Custom with firebird pickups and a Bigsby for his latest European tour but is pictured here with a Shell Pink Indiana with a Humbucker bridge and P90 neck configuration. Stakee used these guitars to record his charged and Grungy new album, due for release in 2026. Alberta Cross have toured with Them Crooked Vultures, Neil Young and Black Rebel Motorcycle.
MATT OWENS
Matt Owens, founding member of Noah and the Whale, with over one million album sales in the UK, chose an West Valley as his main instrument while recording his third solo studio album. His British Racing Green Indiana Classic features an in-house wound, high-output split humbucker at the bridge paired with a smooth Firebird pickup at the neck. Finished with full gold hardware and an AAA flame maple neck.