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PaulS. wrote and asked me about my triple-neck bass and I thought I would post my answer here. It might interest someone else.

Thanks for the message. Originally, the triple-neck bass was made by an english guitar maker going under the name Wal. It was made for Rick Wakeman's bass player for the period of Rick promoting his Journey to the Center of the Earth album. But at some point, Rick gave it to me.

However, this is not the bass that is currently being used as the original was sold in a charity auction to the Hard Rock Cafe back in the 80's and can be seen in various HRC's around the world as they tend to rotate their collection.

The current triple-neck bass that I use is a copy of the original made by Japanese guitar maker Kid's which comes on the road with me every time we perform Awaken from Going For the One.

Hope this was informative.

CS

jps wrote: We got the meet Roger and Rick and spent some time with them after the show back at their hotel.

Fretjob wrote:Some more background info on it at the following links.

http://www.trevorandthea.eclipse.co.uk/early_years.html (A quarter of the way down the page)

http://www.trevorandthea.eclipse.co.uk/specs3.html (A quarter of the way down the page)

kiramdear wrote:Chris just posted this to his facebook page.

PaulS. wrote and asked me about my triple-neck bass and I thought I would post my answer here. It might interest someone else.

Thanks for the message. Originally, the triple-neck bass was made by an english guitar maker going under the name Wal. It was made for Rick Wakeman's bass player for the period of Rick promoting his Journey to the Center of the Earth album. But at some point, Rick gave it to me.

However, this is not the bass that is currently being used as the original was sold in a charity auction to the Hard Rock Cafe back in the 80's and can be seen in various HRC's around the world as they tend to rotate their collection.

The current triple-neck bass that I use is a copy of the original made by Japanese guitar maker Kid's which comes on the road with me every time we perform Awaken from Going For the One.

Hope this was informative.

CS

Now, I didn't know that.

Chris Squire

As for if I have ever used the triple-neck bass for any other song than Awaken.... the answer is No. It is tailored for the specifications required for that song.

antipodean wrote:I love the throwaway line from Rick Wakeman about Chris now using a "lighter, cheaper copy". Hiroshigi Kid's is a low-volume high-end maker. I suspect the copy may be of even better quality than the original.