Started watching some clips of VU in their 93 reunion. It's kinda underwhelming. And has a weird 90s feel to it all. Just look at Lou's ridiculous guitar:
Looks like a headless Ovation Breadwinner.
Not quite...Steinberger GK4S.
The shape is pretty similar to a ↓Breadwinner↓. . .
. . .but chunked up with maximally 80's aesthetic. Everything Steinberger made was headless...that was their whole bag.
Only about 250 of that particular make were ever sold...unlike the L-series basses and guitars which were huge sellers. So Lou either was a superfan of Steinbergers or a superfan of the floppy disk that came packaged with Billy Idol's Cyberpunk.
Started watching some clips of VU in their 93 reunion. It's kinda underwhelming. And has a weird 90s feel to it all. Just look at Lou's ridiculous guitar:
Looks like a headless Ovation Breadwinner.
Why headless? are the tuning knobs on the other side?
Yeah, this was a really popular thing in the 80s thanks to the Steinberger guitar company. This bass was perhaps the most ubiquitous:
Started watching some clips of VU in their 93 reunion. It's kinda underwhelming. And has a weird 90s feel to it all. Just look at Lou's ridiculous guitar:
Looks like a headless Ovation Breadwinner.
Not quite...Steinberger GK4S.
The shape is pretty similar to a ↓Breadwinner↓. . .
. . .but chunked up with maximally 80's aesthetic. Everything Steinberger made was headless...that was their whole bag.
Only about 250 of that particular make were ever sold...unlike the L-series basses and guitars which were huge sellers. So Lou either was a superfan of Steinbergers or a superfan of the floppy disk that came packaged with Billy Idol's Cyberpunk.
Oh good catch. I thought maybe they had another body type.
Started watching some clips of VU in their 93 reunion. It's kinda underwhelming. And has a weird 90s feel to it all. Just look at Lou's ridiculous guitar:
Looks like a headless Ovation Breadwinner.
Why headless? are the tuning knobs on the other side?
Yeah, this was a really popular thing in the 80s thanks to the Steinberger guitar company. This bass was perhaps the most ubiquitous:
Graham Lewis sported one of those when Wire started up again in the 80s. That and a Euro-mullet. Ridiculous doesn't begin to describe his presentation.
I was amused when I saw him playing one in the DVD you sent me. I can't imagine them being comfortable.
Why headless? are the tuning knobs on the other side?
Yeah, this was a really popular thing in the 80s thanks to the Steinberger guitar company. This bass was perhaps the most ubiquitous:
Graham Lewis sported one of those when Wire started up again in the 80s. That and a Euro-mullet. Ridiculous doesn't begin to describe his presentation.
I was amused when I saw him playing one in the DVD you sent me. I can't imagine them being comfortable.
Why headless? are the tuning knobs on the other side?
Yeah, this was a really popular thing in the 80s thanks to the Steinberger guitar company. This bass was perhaps the most ubiquitous:
Graham Lewis sported one of those when Wire started up again in the 80s. That and a Euro-mullet. Ridiculous doesn't begin to describe his presentation.
I was amused when I saw him playing one in the DVD you sent me. I can't imagine them being comfortable.
Five strings???
It was the 80s and Reagan showed all things were possible.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Started watching some clips of VU in their 93 reunion. It's kinda underwhelming. And has a weird 90s feel to it all. Just look at Lou's ridiculous guitar:
Looks like a headless Ovation Breadwinner.
Not quite...Steinberger GK4S.
The shape is pretty similar to a ↓Breadwinner↓. . .
. . .but chunked up with maximally 80's aesthetic. Everything Steinberger made was headless...that was their whole bag.
Only about 250 of that particular make were ever sold...unlike the L-series basses and guitars which were huge sellers. So Lou either was a superfan of Steinbergers or a superfan of the floppy disk that came packaged with Billy Idol's Cyberpunk.
Rattie is a gear head?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Why headless? are the tuning knobs on the other side?
Yeah, this was a really popular thing in the 80s thanks to the Steinberger guitar company. This bass was perhaps the most ubiquitous:
Graham Lewis sported one of those when Wire started up again in the 80s. That and a Euro-mullet. Ridiculous doesn't begin to describe his presentation.
I was amused when I saw him playing one in the DVD you sent me. I can't imagine them being comfortable.
Five strings???
I'm pretty sure Graham only played a four string, I just grabbed this photo because it was one of the first examples on Google.
Started watching some clips of VU in their 93 reunion. It's kinda underwhelming. And has a weird 90s feel to it all. Just look at Lou's ridiculous guitar:
Looks like a headless Ovation Breadwinner.
Not quite...Steinberger GK4S.
The shape is pretty similar to a ↓Breadwinner↓. . .
. . .but chunked up with maximally 80's aesthetic. Everything Steinberger made was headless...that was their whole bag.
Only about 250 of that particular make were ever sold...unlike the L-series basses and guitars which were huge sellers. So Lou either was a superfan of Steinbergers or a superfan of the floppy disk that came packaged with Billy Idol's Cyberpunk.
Rattie is a gear head?
I haven't gotten looks that confused in these parts since I inadvertently outed myself as a Cure encyclopedist.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft