![]() ![]() If Thor played bass, he'd play a Thunderbird. And that was for a couple of reasons, the first of which would take some inspired guessing, and the second of which is pure rock and roll. But the chances are he didn't play it that much beyond the New York gig. He also guested with them at London's Fabric in August 2003, again ahead of the album's release. As he tells it, he bought the Thunderbird in New York, specifically for a gig with Hybrid at The Limelight. He was certainly using it live with Hybrid in 2003, ahead of the album's release in October. I'm pretty certain he didn't use the Thunderbird for the recording. He worked with Hybrid on their second album, Morning Sci-Fi, in 2003, adding his distinctive bass sound to the tracks True To Form and Higher Than A Skyscraper. His career since New Order's first split in 1993 has been characterised as much by collaborations as it has his solo work. ![]() And yet when you put them out and let people see them, that's when people's imaginations are fired." They really are. These things that I've kept for years like King Midas in his castle, when you're sat there on your own, it actually means very little. A legacy he's sharing, but cannot help but feel nostalgic for: "Every single piece is part of my history for the past 40 years. If you have the time, it's a special trip through the guitars, gear and artefacts collected by one of the most unique bass guitarists from the last 40 years or more. Regularly in shot in the one-to-one interview, and standing out amongst all his other guitars in this shot from the end of video. Deserves no other name than Thunderbird.įor a guitar that Hooky played so little, this Thunderbird commands a lot of attention in the video interview that went with Omega's Peter Hook Signature Collection Auction in October 2021. Plus there's all that attack at the top end of the fretboard to fly like Hooky. The long-scale through-body neck combined with Sidewinder Humbuckers guarantee all the foundation-shattering capital "R" rock you could dream of. That Tobacco Sunburst on mahogany just glows. Heavily roadworn, but an absolute beauty to behold. So, here it is, back to what you'd expect from a guitar that's spent nearly 50 years on the planet. Dirty and mouldy, missing a string saddle and a few screws - not entirely loved, but actually just a good clean away from its deserved glory. I say uncased, because it was in a pretty sorry state when he sold it. And so it was left cased - and uncased - for many years, before he came to sell it in October 2021, as one of many guitars, amps and artefacts from more than 40 years in the business. He didn't play it often (blame The Darkness. ![]() Check out True To Form for that distinctive high-fretboard, chorus-laden sound that he made his own. One of his many collaborations during and after the New Order years, he plays on two tracks on Hybrid's second album, Morning Sci-Fi. He plays a black Thunderbird with New Order on Crystal, and then this one, bought in New York for a gig with electronic dance band Hybrid. But that angular shape was going to fit in at sometime, and around the start of the noughties, its time had come. It's the Shergolds, the Yamaha BB1200s or the Chris Eccleshalls that you're more likely to remember. Of all the basses Peter Hook has played, it's probably not a Thunderbird that springs to mind. A glorious bass, all original, including the 76-inked bicentennial scratchplate! Peter Hook's 1976 Gibson Thunderbird bass, one mighty bird! Bought in the early noughties, and played with electronic dance band Hybrid on release of their second album Morning Sci-Fi. ![]()
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