Tom Petersson

Tom Petersson (born Tom Peterson on May 9, 1950) is the bassist for the rock band Cheap Trick. Petersson contributes heavily to the writing of music and is credited as the inventor of the 12-string bass guitar. He plays his own Waterstone Tom Petersson Signature model onstage built by Waterstone Guitars in Nashville Tennessee. It was Petersson's his idea to expand the 8 string bass concept by adding one more additional octave string to each bass string. It's basically a four string bass with two octave strings tuned in unison just above the fundamental bass string. He sings lead vocals on "I Know What I Want" and on live versions of "Waitin' For The Man". Petersson left Cheap Trick shortly after the recording of All Shook Up. During his time off from the band, he released the solo album Tom Peterson And Another Language. Petersson rejoined Cheap Trick in 1988 for the band's Lap of Luxury album. He appears on Frank Black's newest solo album, to be released in June.On June 6, 2006, Cheap Trick released their new studio album Rockford on Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records. The first single from the album is "Perfect Stranger" (produced by Linda Perry and co-written by Cheap Trick and Perry).

External links

*Official Cheap Trick website
*tomfans.com, a Tom Petersson fansite
*Waterstone 12 string bass site
*12stringbass.com, Information on the 12 string bass guitar