HW: Lemmy's six-string

[Captain Bl@ck]

True, Lemmy's first bass was a Hopf (courtesy of London Airport), which he
loved, but was one of several items nicked from the band sometime in 1972.
His first Rickenbacker was a Red 4000, customised (of course) with a second
pick-up, and later sanded down to a plain wood finish and known as the 'Out
To Lunch' Bass. This one apparantly got trashed by a roadie during the first
few years with Motorhead.



>
> (I found this info in a web search after reading a post on usenet that
claimed that Lemmy got his first Rickenbacker bass from Ian Anderson
pre-Jethro Tull; not likely, since that would have been 67/68, and Lemmy
never touched a bass until he joined Hawkwind in '72!)
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com