The Last Bass Outpost

Also, what's with Pete using 7enders now?

He's been playing strats onstage for the past 21 years. Add a couple years around '67 and Pete has probably logged way more stage time on strats than any other sort of guitar.

By comparison, he only played the SG Special from about 1967 to '71, and Les Pauls from about 72 to 79, yet those are the iconic Townshend stage guitars because... well, because those were the peak years for the band, both onstage and in the studio. Nobody but us Who geeks gives a damn about the past couple decades.

Here ya go Skate Rat, this should explain it ....
http://www.youtube.com/v/zrzMhU_4m-g&hl=en&fs=1&

I've seen a few LPB-1s in this thread but I don't think I've seen one in the black/yellow sunburst finish yet, so here's mine, alongside my bandmate's LP guitar:

Well, first there was Paul McCartney.  I wasn't even really aware of what bass was in those days. But I had pretty much memorized all the Beatles albums, including subconsciously the basslines, by the time I was 10. I am still in awe of some of his beautifully simple bass melodies; "Dear Prudence" comes to mind.

Then there was the Entwistle era. Right around the time I got interested in bass, I also got obsessed with the Who. From the intro of "Pinball Wizard" I was hooked. I dug out my Dad's copy of "Live at Leeds" and used to love playing with the balance knob on the stereo to figure out what Pete and John were doing. If there's a single formative album in my playing, that would be it.

Then there was Tony Levin.  A friend turned me on to Peter Gabriel; I picked up a copy of "Plays Live"  and I was fascinated by all these weird (and very prominent) bass parts among all the synths. I played along to that album easily dozens of times, even tuning down to C# for "In a Humdrum".

Then came Mike Watt. The same friend turned me on to various punk-related things; the Minutemen were far and away my favorite of the bunch. Such an inventive and physical approach, and funky too.   I went out and bought Ballot Result and learned to play along with all that stuff.  (I have a thing for live albums, apparently).

Lots of others, but those are the big four.

This one popped into my head about two seconds after reading your subject line...

Wonder Woman!!!!

Hey Amimbari ... speaking of weird covers on youtube for the over-30 set, do you take requests?    Can you play this??

EDIT: THese are gone now

Cleaning out the soon-to-be-baby-room, I found a pair of forgotten black rack ears for a late-nineties Eden WT-500. I sold the head long ago, but forgot I had these rack ears lying around.  I do NOT have the screws.

They will also fit other similar size Eden models. From looking at their online parts store, that includes  WT500, WT600, WT800,  and the WP100 preamp.  I assume (but can't be sure) they would also fit the WT1000, WT1250 or WT1205 models - most likely any WT-series head with a 17" x 3.5" face.

Eden sells these direct for $15 a pair plus $5 shipping.  Mine are in excellent condition, I never used 'em, it seems a shame to throw them away, and not worth selling on ebay, so ... Pay for your choice of shipping and they're yours!  But again, I don't have the screws that go with them.

The funny thing about Crumb is that he hates rock music in general.  He's an old-time acoustic music nut... delta blues and so forth.