Extra control on a Strat?
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:18 pmby GuitarMikeB
Pete Townshend's Strats all had an extra control over to the right of the bridge. Never saw him use it. Any idea what its for?
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:23 pmby Mike Nobody
Volume knob for the guitarist offstage actually playing?
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:36 pmby jimmydanger
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:49 pmby GuitarMikeB
It's for a piezo. Interesting, because I don't think he ever used it during the show. He had a couple of Gibson Hummingbirds he switched to for a few songs.
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:04 pmby Jahva
Says Pete...
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.
Gordon is the son-in-law of the late luthier-to-the-stars, Dick Knight (1907–1996) who was a well respected British guitar maker to clients such as Dave Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, and Mike Rutherford (among others).
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:07 pmby jw123
Thats a cool catch there!
Man they had to route the body to put that control in there, Im suprized they dont just replace one of the tone controls or something.
Last week I saw one of those Parker Fly guitars real cheap on CL, that would probably be a cool guitar.
We started playing Pinball Wizard again live and I wish I had that option for that one song.