In article 8NRie.2403$6d.650@trnddc08, Hit by a Tree wrote:

On 18-May-2005, (claudel) wrote:

Yeah! And curse the Kinks for sticking pencils in their speakers to get
overdrive!

Close. Dave Davies claims he slashed the cone with a razor blade.


Link Wray did the pencil thing in 1958 for "Rumble"...

Yes. Clearly, a different sound. ;-)



Link's on tour again this year...

http://www.wraysshack3tracks.com/2005TOUR.html

He's one of my childhood heroes

Claude