Marc Bolan replacing Took with Mickey Finn, he let the electric influences come forward even further on "A Beard of Stars", the final album to be credited to Tyrannosaurus Rex. It closed with the song "Elemental Child", featuring a long electric guitar break influenced by Jimi Hendrix. Bolan married his girlfriend, June Ellen Child, on 30 January 1970. She was a former secretary to the manager of another of his heroes, Syd Barrett, and June was influential in raising her new husband's profile in the music industry. Becoming more adventurous musically, Marc bought a modified vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar (featured on
Marc Bolan acoustic guitars, he favoured the Epiphone and Gibson brands, particularly the Gibson Hummingbird and Gibson J-160E models. In 2011, Gibson Guitar Corporation issued a specification-correct model of his main Gibson Les Paul guitar as part of their Signature series. While Bolan was known to use makes as diverse as Vox, Orange, HH Electronics and Marshall, he is perhaps most associated with the short-lived Vampower line of British amplifiers, used from 1970 to 1973. The model MK1A Vampower 100 watt stack was present and used on the T. Rex tours and recordings of that period. When Bolan disassociated himself with Vamp,