Pete Townsend's Stratocaster

[Magnumcharger]

Anybody see a picture of one of Pete Townsend's Fender Stratocasters?
It's got an extra knob, just behing the bridge - and I don't know why...

[Magnumcharger]

"...I spoke to our Artist Relations Manager, who is in contact with Pete's guitar tech, Alan Rogan and here's the explanation. That Strat® has a Fishman/EMG acoustic pickup in the body. The extra knob is used to blend in the pickup, creating a range of sounds from 100% acoustic to electric. This was fitted by a chap called Gordon Wells, who lives and works in Surrey..."

and I found the answer.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-234604.html

[BMOTOXSTAR]

The Who rock. Quadrophenia man.....

[Lowprofile]

Turn it up Bro!

[dodgecharger-fan]

The Who rock. Quadrophenia man.....

I have a quadraphonic amplifier sitting on a shelf in my basement... I should get that going.

[Brock Samson]

strat and The Who related I found a couple interesting things recently...

http://stores.miniatureguitarusa.com/StoreFront.bok

hope these links work, i think they're awfull cool for $20.00

great for getting ideas for my next custom axe...

which right now is tenitively a Delphine blue maple necked strat with white pearloid pickguard...
but i might do another tele in the same combo..




  http://search.stores.ebay.ie/Miniature-Guitars-n-Gifts__W0QQfclZ4QQfrppZ30QQfrtsZ0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsaselZ101986777QQsofpZ0

   notice the miniature Keith moon drum set.

then there's these from Bali - even min. fender amps.

http://www.visionbali.com/product/music-miniature/index.html

anyhow do a goggle image search with "miniature guitar" and be amazed...


and last night for the first time i saw the spike lee movie summer of SAM which used The Who, for much of the soundtrack...

[Mike DC]

The Who are awesome. 


I've always thought the original "Vanishing Point" movie needed a big loud Who song in there somewhere.  Picture Kowalski blasting through some huge western landscape the size of a Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon, with "Won't get Fooled Again" or "Baba O'Riley" playing loud as hell . . .