Tracy Pew
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When the Birthday Party moved to the UK in early 1980 Tracy Pew bought a VOX SUPREME 200w guitar head and 2 x 15 cabinet. He eventually blew the speakers and continued to use the guitar amp head with hired bass cabs, until they first toured the USA in September 1981. From then on he favoured AMPEG SVT heads with 8 x 10 cabs.
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Pew can be seen in this photo playing a Fender American Standard Jazz Bass Olympic White.
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Photo by Kevin Blyth of Tracy Pew playing in The BIRTHDAY PARTY live in 1980 at the Paddington Green Hotel, Sydney. Tracy is playing a white Fender Jazz Bass with a maple neck with white block markers (purchased new in possibly 1978). The bass amp head is an ACOUSTIC 220.
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Pew can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 4001 in this photo.
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"Bassist Tracy Pew was also a Fender man, favouring a Jazz or a Precision after an early fling with a Rickenbacker – although a six-string bass was nixed by the group."
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"At one point he bought a Bass 6 and Mick Harvey went absolutely spare and told him it was to be gotten rid of immediately..."
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In live photos and performances of The Birthday Party, the distinctive red silk of the Rotosound RS66LD Swing Bass 45-105 strings can be seen on Tracy Pew's bass, confirming their use.
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Phil Calvert, the drummer for The Birthday Party, mentioned that Tracy Pew used the Ampeg SVT-CL Classic during his time with The Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party. This information is archived in a post on TalkBass.
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Tracy Pew is confirmed to have used the Ampeg SVT-810E 8x10 Bass Cabinet, as mentioned by Phil Calvert, drummer of The Birthday Party. This information was archived in a post on TalkBass.com discussing Tracy Pew's live rig.
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Tracy Pew used the Fender Bassman Silverface Amp Head as his main amplifier during his years with The Boys Next Door, up until the band relocated to the UK in 1980, as confirmed by a discussion on TalkBass.com titled "Tracy Pew's Live Rig."
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Tracy Pew is seen using a Fender Coronado Bass I in early performances with The Boys Next Door, as evidenced by an image available on Equipboard.
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According to a post in TalkBass, Phil Calvert, drummer of The Birthday Party, mentioned that Tracy Pew used a Stainless Steel Elliptical Guitar Pick during his time with The Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party.
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