The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it might turn into a big nightmare with all sorts of hassles because back in those days everybody was smoking pot and taking acid.

I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.