Never mind the applesauce - nice interview with C. Popper via <a href="http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=746">Fender News</a>

“There were some people that I trusted who told me that Jimmy Coppola at Guitar Boutique was the dude,” shares Popper. “I told him ‘I’m looking for something that when you bite into it, it tastes like an upright bass.’ He knew what I meant and said he’d look out for a bass for me, and something light too, because that was way more comfortable for me. He called me up and said, ‘I found you a 1966 bass. Everything is original. It tastes like an upright when you bite it.’ It was kind of expensive— $2600 and at the time, my friends were saying it was too much money. But it tastes like an upright when you bite into it. So I got it and the first thing I did when I picked it up was just hammer on the E string and it didn’t buzz; it just rang forever. So I slapped some flatwounds on it and it’s still my favorite instrument.”

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While she still turns down requests that come in based around her gender, Popper has embraced her feminity since teaming up with Grace Potter. And there’s no denying that her bad-assness, paired with the sparkly mini-dress clad Potter, presents quite a powerful and provocative image while rocking out on stage.

“Grace is a strong woman,” shares Popper. “She can play; she can write, and she wears these tall heels and these dresses and I thought, ‘If she can do it, I can do it.’ Maybe because she’s doing it, I can do it and feel comfortable about it.’ But then we get up there and play our asses off. It’s funny how people still focus on the fact like, ‘Woah look at those girls, they’re doing stuff!’”