Cheap Trick Diorama
About 1980, artist Robert Karr was commissioned by Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen to create a diorama of the band, including their entire stage set-up. Working from extensive notes, hastily drawn crude diagrams, concert photos and details provided by Nielsen, Karr set to work. After several months he had finished the diorama which included CT's entire wall of amplifiers, authentic looking guitars and stage clothes, and a chain smoking Bun E. Carlos complete with cigarette butts strewn around the drum riser.
The figure of Tom Petersson holds his Hamer B12A 12-string bass, which is correctly reproduced even down to the positioning of the tone controls and switches, as well as the binding on the body of the instrument.
This unique Tom Petersson action figure measures just under 9" tall and to our knowledge is the only such figure ever made that includes a 12-string bass.
After it was completed the diorama was shipped off to Nielsen, with whom it still resides today. Visitors to the Nielsen home have reported it is sitting on the mantle above the fireplace.
Several different figures of Rick Nielsen were created, each with a different guitar.