Glasgow 7th Dec - hot off the presses

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Originally posted by CarneVaca
Fleetfoot, was that the only time he played a Fender on stage this tour? Are the Turners crapping out from all of the abuse?

The reason for the recent use of the Fender Strat was because of what happened on Saturday 29th November at Earls Court. At the end of "I'm So Afraid", he threw (as usual) his Model One across the stage. The difference, on this occasion however, was that instead of lightly throwing it in an almost controlled manner as he usually does, he really threw it and it flew about 3 or 4 metres across the stage before hitting the stage face down. The pickup cover broke off and half the bridge snapped off. When Ray picked it up, he gave it a double take, and had a sort of "you've really done it this time" look on his face as he was looking at the hanging bridge and strings.

For Tusk he now uses a white Fender Strat on neck pickup position with volume and tone controls at 10.

I'm not certain why he doesn't use one of his 4 other Model Ones for Tusk, but I would guess it's because the internal gain and EQ range of those have been setup in specific ways and wouldn't match the song. Ray could open the back of one of the other guitars and change the settings every time for Tusk, but it's simply easier to use a Strat on neck pickup position to achieve the tone he wants. Another reason is that he throws his guitar during Tusk aswell, and they certainly wouldn't want another Model One put into critical condition while they're far far away from the Santa Cruz factory.