Did I recall reading somewhere that the black Vega that Bruce used may have once been Hank's?
Either way, it was a rare US model, I think the great early electric jazz guitarist Charlie Christian played that model as well as his Gibsons, someone posted a photo some time ago. I would guess there was an interesting story about how that particular guitar got to the UK back then- probably brought over by an American ?
The UK hand built Grimshaw has always fascinated me- quite a few UK players used them in the late 50's- Joe Brown, Joe Moretti, Jimmie Currie (with Lonnie Donegan) Bruce, Tony Sheridan etc - there is a very good website- I think it's
www.grimshawguitars....whatever!
Bruce seems to have stuck with various Fenders after that lot, apart from the orange Gretsch 6120.
I've often thought that when Bruce and Jet were using the sunburst Fender Jazzmaster and Precision bass, that if Hank had used a sunburst Strat, they would have looked like the Ventures...ooops! Did I just say that?!
Ah what the hell- it's only paint!