Rickenbacker 4003 (love this bass) 8. My dad put that all together I didnt have much to do with it. But I liked that book because it had chord diagrams, along with his hands showing how he actually made the chords. I need different guitars for different things. Its one of those. Campbells solution was to mount his favourite acoustic and electric guitars above his head on some rigging, using remote control to bring them down within reach. He plays it pretty much in the set. But I havent been able to find one. Youve said that it was kind of cool for you personally because it didnt carry the pressure of being the front man, so you got to sit back and play. So I was looking at my options, not really sure what I wanted to do. Thanks a lot! Campbell himself mentions the Rat in this September 1999 "Spotlight on a Heartbreaker" interview from the official Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers website. Those two bottles and an old tshirt will get your D-28 looking great. "As weve gone along, thats become a bit of a good problem to have. Yes, they thanked me prolifically and I mean a lot. $24.99. And he plans on doing likewise with The Dirty Knobs guitarist Jason Sinay, whom Agnesi has just hooked up with a matching white Firebird.His was not signed by Johnny Winter, though! retorts Campbell. So finally, I just kinda George was sitting there and they were being supportive and all and I said to him, Listen, you should play guitar on this, because it would just feel better if it had your style on it. So he said, Okay, Ill try something. So he plugged into my amp and played that solo. Thats my favourite, Campbell admits. Decades later, during the recording of Petty and the Heartbreakers' blues-influenced 2010 album, Mojo, another 'Burst became available for Campbell. Oh, and of course Full Moon Fever is one of my favorites the first album we did with Jeff Lynne. I didnt care what year it was, he says. All rights reserved. Though Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac electric guitar legend Mike Campbell slightly thinned his enviable guitar collection with a Reverb.com sale last summer, his stash of vintage six-strings is still world-class. In your early days, did you buy guitars more out of necessity rather than an Oh, Ive gotta have that! mentality? You dont say, Oh, this is the wrong well, so Im not going to take it! You take what youre given, and hope its from a good place.. And I dont know if I ever really learned much on it I couldnt figure out how to tune it. Heres how it works. Its a little-body one. He was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band's hits with Petty, including "Refugee", "Here Comes My Girl", "You Got Lucky", and "Runnin' Down a Dream". Rickenbacker makes mandolins, but they look like this: Attached Thumbnails. But that broke up, and then I saw an ad that said Mudcrutch was looking for a drummer. Damn The Torpedoes was kind of a breakthrough record. She got the sugar, oh yes she does. How did that happen? Ive bought many guitars from him, and a lot from Norm Harris. When I play it on another guitar it sounds okay, but it just doesnt have the same magic". Its kinda out of control (laughs). The guitar has always been the archetypal thing, to me. I bought and used it on the early records and I still use it on some records. We go inside Mike Campbell's drool-inducing lineup of vintage guitars and amps he brings on the road. But I stick really closely to the groove with the instrument. or Best Offer. (Ed. We found three of them. It was a wonderful time, and that was a very good band. One record that I really studied a lot was Paul Butterfields first album with Mike Bloomfield. It reminded me of Jerry Garcia. I just woke up the other day and realized that I have been collecting guitars and amps my whole life and I just don't have room for a lot of them anymore, said Campbell. Itd be okay. Yeah, it was interesting to know what thats like, backing somebody. CD LOT - Hard Rock, Pop, Metal: Stewart, Aerosmith, Elton. It's the epitome of picking a niche theme, going all in, and nailing it. It was just perfect. "Occasionally, I hear something that I think I can add to, but for me to bring that artist out the way I think will do them justice is going to take some time out of my life and my career. Then, of course, a few years later, I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan like everybody else my age, and I figured, Well, thats what I want to do!. Which guitars, amp rigs and setups did you use on Highway Companion. I think I just played the Telecaster after a few times, and Jeff Lynne had some really nice Stratocasters at his house I think they were 54 to 56; there were three of them we picked up from time to time. Weve found more of them, but none quite have the same sound and this feel. Mike Campbell is selling a trove of vintage gear on Reverb, including a number of electric guitars and amps he has used through the years with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Don Henley and Fleetwood Mac. Ive done several things with Rick, including the last Johnny Cash albums that are all acoustic-based. I think the first thing I learned to play was Wooly Bully.. COOL !!! The Garden has always been one of my favourite places. When did you and Tom first work with Rick? I think Blair is probably is more locked with the drummer, where Howie played more like a guitar player. No, I like em both. Most of the record is acoustic-guitar based. It looked good and I liked the way it felt and I didnt have a white one.. I wanna give you my guitar. I thought he was crazy on drugs or something. We used them on the new record. From most interviews that I have read, it looks like the Blackface Princeton and Tweed Deluxe do most of the heavy lifting. Theyre both difficult in their own way. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, In the Refugee video, you play a red Tele with a humbucker? Pettys partner in nearly every step of the music-making process, Campbell is the epitome of the musical right-hand man. That was a nice feeling, like nobody was carrying the whole load. Early on, I wasnt buying guitars, because I couldnt afford em! By the end, I think he was overrun! [The Monza] is a nice guitar to have if you don't have an amp handy, said Campbell. The bulk of his sound comes from a 1963 Fender Princeton and a 1954 Fender tweed Deluxe. "Sherwood green Strat. Rickenbacker Tom Petty Limited Edition Model 660/12TP Elect Fender American Vintage '59 Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Guitar Strings 10-46, Find relevant music gear like guitar rig, amplifier setup, effects pedalboard, and other instruments and. So if someone said you had to pick three or four electric guitars to record with for the rest of your days, which would they be? God, let me think Were on this quest to find another bass as good as this Hfner Club weve got. And almost all the rhythm Tom played the parts for were on that 64 Strat. The afternoon after the emotional interview at his house, Campbell is at an enormous soundstage at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. He augments that with a custom Fender Excelsior and a Fender Vibrotane for Leslie-type effects. I think its better that they get used. Was: $14.99. Were you paying attention to guitar tones, or more focused on sounding good as a group? Our drummer at the time, Stan Lynch, and Ron Blair, our bass player, who had both played in other bands in Florida, were in L.A. R "Rich Robinson had this out, or had a new Mason from Duesenberg. Rig Rundown - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Mike Campbell, Rig Rundown: Starcrawler's Henri Cash - Premier Guitar | The best guitar and bass reviews, videos, and interviews on the web. Whose idea was it? Thank you for reading 5 articles this month*, US pricing $3.99 per month or $39.00 per year, UK pricing 2.99 per month or 29.00 per year, Europe pricing 3.49 per month or 34.00 per year, *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription. Heres how it works. I didnt have an idea of playing until I saw the Beatles, and then I thought, This might be something I can do.. The band are playing better than ever and they scored their first No 1 album with last summers Hypnotic Eye, as much of a back-to-basics rock n roll album as theyve made since breaking through the New Wave clutter in the late 1970s. And youve since obtained every last one of them? We were just together around the clock, all the time. Highway Companion I think I wrote entirely on guitar. BA1 1UA. Mike Campbell: Well, my first exposure would have been the records my dad played around the house, which were mostly Elvis and Johnny Cash, stuff like that. This, folks, is living the dream. Its funny my original 1950 Broadcaster and 64 Stratocaster I always go back to them or it might just be the one I bought this year! Other guitars include a 1980s Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty '55 Reissue, bought as a road dog to spare his '56 original, a 1950s Kay Barney Kessel Artist and an Italia Monza with a built-in amplifier. Here are some highlights. If there was three of us playing, one of us might play that. There is also a vintage National amp, a Gibson Lab Series L5 combo which was a big favorite of B.B. Theyre tools, and I look at them like colors or paint brushes; each has a different texture or color, and if thats what you need, only that guitar will make that sound. Then it splits off. All Mike Campbell Photos: Andy Tennille. The cool thing about the guitars on that record, the electric guitars anyway, was that some were recorded direct. 24) Mark in GA asked: What kind of guitar, pick-ups, amps, any effects pedals, et Campbell himself mentions the Daddy O in this September 1999 "Spotlight on a Heartbreaker" interview from the official Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers website. They were thinking maybe youd like to play guitar on it. Well, the idea scared the s*** out of me, but I went down to the studio with my little Marshall, set it up, and they put the track on. Mike Campbell is also in my opinion one of THE most tasteful guitar player ever alongside George Harrison. No, we were pals. Theres a special story behind that guitar, Campbell says of the black Rickenbacker he plays on American Girl, closing just about every show. Instead of playing music in the living room, we took it to the studio. A pair of 50s Teles follows those as well as a Gretsch 6186 Clipper tuned to open-G for "I Won't Back Down." I just would never part with it.. Unique Guitars. I still need to update it, because I just bought some things. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. From the left side we have "Little Ricky," which is a Rickenbacker-style mandolin with a whammy bar. Well, I think that has been exaggerated I think I said that in a very tired moment one day, and its become something thats hounded me all year (laughs)! I mean, I have them on my wall to look at. That was my main guitar for the first three years I wish I still had it. Once I get in the studio and get working on something, I get inspired and can do all kinds of things, but it usually has to wrap up in a nationwide tour, which is a whole other mindset. The Calhoun V2 is a collaborative signature pedal for legendary guitarist, writer, and producer Mike Campbell. Its also a very quick way of working Highway Companion was three months. Yes, I always loved Luther Perkins. My dad was on tour in Okinawa and sent me a $60 Goya electric six-string, he tells us. The truth is that to have a harmonious group is not easy to do, and we do, Campbell says, evidently feeling lucky at the longstanding and successful relationship he has with Petty and the other Heartbreakers. did you use to get the sound f "Rickenbacker, 370, 360? To read about how he and Tom felt like going to music college while working with Jeff was something that made me smile. Paul Gray was first and foremost an incredible songwriter, who contributed some of the best stuff Slipknot has ever put out. We recently caught up with Petty and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, with whom Petty has been working since the earliest days of the band. He is quoted as saying "I have a Fender Telecaster I call Red Dog. Guitarist plays $40 Harley Benton on arena tour, Marshall pedal reissues finally confirmed. And, like any guitar lover, he remembers it all via the guitars he crossed paths with along the way My dad always used to play Elvis records, Campbell recalls of his first musical inspirations. Maybe a cranked Princeton or Deluxe? Featured in this page from the Elite Guitars website. He was a huge inspiration to me, and fortunately, I got to be a bit of a friend with him. This is the bypass switch for the Whammy. Fellow songwriters from Stevie Nicks to Bob Dylan have waxed fervently on what Petty songs mean to them. I think especially the singing sounded really young, Campbell says when we ask him what, after making so many albums, was different this time around. Well, quite a bit. #9. But I used it in that video because its the guitar I used to record the solo on Refugee.. I also bought an early-60s Les Paul Custom in white. And we did it at Jeffs home studio. So I started playing it, and youre right, I played it for years. Well, thats an emotional song for me, because the night they did that record, Tom called and said, Look were finishing a song I just wrote with Bob (Dylan) and George and Jeff. But this is the stuff that he couldnt part with. And the song I gave to Rick and Mick, which was You Wreck Me, was the same one Tom had forgotten about. And ever since, youve been the guitar player who Tom seems reluctant to go into the studio without. And theres something to be said for the aesthetic qualities of a bunch of them, as opposed to one. Explore Mike Campbell's incredible vintage guitar 'carousel' in new episode of Gibson TV's The Collection By Jackson Maxwell published April 12, 2022 The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac guitar legend tells the story of his '59 'Burst Les Paul, the '62 SG Junior he played on Runnin' Down a Dream and more Are you on the lookout for anything in particular? Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Mike Campbell (vocals, guitar, bass); Benmont Tench (piano, electric pianos, organ, Chamberlin, Clavinet); Howie Epstein (bass, background vocals).Additional personnel: Scott Thurston (acoustic & electric guitars); Steve Ferrone (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion).Producers: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Rick Rubin.Engineers .
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