Geoffrey Richardson - Caravan
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I was an habitué of the
Farmyard and in Quantum Jump and Caravan with John G Perry. I regularly saw Wal
and Pete the Fish there. Although I couldn't afford a Wal bass at the time, I
asked Wal if he could sell me a pickup and he kindly sold me a JG bass
prototype which is still on my Precision fretless. I got the feeling that he
didn't sell the pickups separately, so maybe I've got a rarity – I know that
pickup’s powerful enough to power a light bulb!
I was talking to [Penguin
Café Orchestra bassist/producer] Jennifer Maidman the other day about Wal
basses and we realised that virtually every bass player of our generation had a
Wal: Alan Spenner, Mickey Feat, Jenny, Jim Leverton, John Mc.Kenzie etc etc.
Good old Wal!!
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