Tama Renata's Gear
From the video, what can only be best described as a Fender Stratocaster, is played by Tama Renata in the theme from 'Once Were Warriors’ motion picture.
The guitar was carved for Renata by Alan “Little Scruff” Ralph after the musician had immortalised his brother Peter “Scruff” Ralph in ‘Scruff’, the closing track of his 1989 album Workshop.
The body featured nine taniwha and was inlaid with pāua shell and shark teeth.
The name “Savage” was carved in the headstock.
The Fender Stratocaster-based guitar sported a modified pickguard to accommodate the design.
Savage was used consistently by Renata until his death in November 2018.
When the guitar and other equipment was stolen from Renata’s home studio and ended up at a gang headquarters, the gang president took one look at Savage and exclaimed, “You stupid idiot, you’ve stolen Tama Renata’s guitar! Go and return it!”
Renata’s daughter Phoenix believed the guitar was a sacred piece and, like a pounamu, belonged with its rightful owner. “You’d have to be either pretty stupid or pretty brave to take on the curse of nine taniwha,” she said.
From the video, you can see and hear Tama uses the tremolo on the guitar. This is purely speculation, but it sounds like Tama likely may have used an Ibanez tube screamer on an already driven amp, also with some delay and chorus or some type of modulation?
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