I also bought an early-60s Les Paul Custom in white. Im very much in love with the early-60s Fenders. Early on, the Heartbreakers were on MTV a lot. Or this sound has to be a Les Paul because its got that warm crunch, and nothing else will do it. And Campbell's is as clean as a whistle. It sings. Campbell should be proud. Those are the things that come to mind. I studied it quite a bit at slow speed and tried to figure out what he was doing. Are there two or three that you grab more often than others? Im always in awe of him, of his talent. Guitarist plays $40 Harley Benton on arena tour, Marshall pedal reissues finally confirmed. Early on, I wasnt buying guitars, because I couldnt afford em! With Rick, we wanted to go back to setting up the band live. Once we started making money, we were just buying them left and right. 2) The second guitar that comes in sounds to me like it has a Tonebender or Rangemaster on it . Did you hold your finger on the label as it would spin? The Alliance Series Mike Campbell Hollow is an all-hollow construction sporting our "Destruct-Knob" circuit - an internal 10db booster. One guy had a Gibson, one guy had a Fender, so youd learn the differences and how to use them. One record that I really studied a lot was Paul Butterfields first album with Mike Bloomfield. The sound textures. Together, the two have been the key to an unmistakable rock and roll sound created by one of pop musics longest-lasting entities. Is there any particular guitarist who influenced the way you play guitar? Through that experience, I got some records and really got interested in 50s rock. Still Thrilled. According to Leilani Laca, Tazzy founder, the major impetus for Mike and Marcie . So he got this guitar to me to let Tom check it out and it stayed in a case for two weeks, we were at the Hollywood Bowl, and Nathan came back and said 'Hey, what about that guitar?' It sounds better than any of your other guitars! I told him I leave it at home but I use it in the studio. I used it on Fooled Again [(I Dont Like It)], Strangered In The Night, even the solo on Listen To Her Heart is doubled on a 12-string with this underneath to make it thick. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Well, I finished the semester, but then we started getting gigs and I never went back to school. SPONSORED. Mike from Indianapolis Good interview! Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). 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. I think Blair is probably is more locked with the drummer, where Howie played more like a guitar player. So Tom began writing songs and taking leadership of the band thank God because nobody else had much direction at the time. But he had this great room in a separate building right next to the studio, with ceilings that are 30 feet high, and wood. I have decided to sell some of the nicer pieces.. SPONSORED. So when I got back to town, I called him and said, Ive got some tracks that Tom doesnt want to use, and said he could listen to those if he liked. I still use mine in the show. Kept in immaculate condition, the guitar was used by Campbell to write the riff for Tom Petty's Good Enough. Guitar pick I pick you in bronze. Yeah, it was interesting to know what thats like, backing somebody. First of all, I dont have that much time. The thing about it was he was on vacation in Hawaii in thereally late 80s early 90s and just happened to walk into a shop and this was hanging th " '64 Firebird lll, His tech is mistaken; it's not a VII. I'm currently building a Mike Campbell inspired . Yeah, its about time, you know? Yeah, with a 12-string I need a little more room at the end. Highway Companion I think I wrote entirely on guitar. Back in the day, Campbell and Petty used to pair up with the Firebirds. The bulk of his sound comes from a 1963 Fender Princeton and a 1954 Fender tweed Deluxe. This is where the tornado sequence for The. Unique Guitars. Thats a beautiful-sounding guitar, too, but its so valuable now that I leave it at home.. Today, nearly 50 years beyond Love Me Tender and Love Me Do, he is the personification of the rock star created by the Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. And 30 years after his band, the Heartbreakers, formed in Gainesville, Florida, he is still making an impact, still being a force in a medium famous for devouring all but the biggest of its stars. The laconic raconteur of rock very much appreciates that his style never goes out of style, and in selling some 50 million albums he has pandered to nobody not fans, not managers, not record labels. Any particular songs stick in your mind from back then? But for recording, I like the smaller Fenders Deluxes and Princetons. Together, the two have been the key to an unmistakable rock and roll sound created by one of pop music's longest-lasting entities. Theyve cloned it for me and are going to reissue that soon. Also of note is Campbell's '62 Les Paul SG Junior, which he bought at a video store, of all places for just $120. Well, it got me interested in the music, but it didnt make me want to play guitar. But I also wont sacrifice [tonal] colour for convenience.. I bought those two guitars for $200 a piece. Ever loyal to their roots, both Petty and Campbell play through very cool looking Vox Super Beatle amps, jazzed up with Echoplex and MXR Dyna Comp. "This one, '59 B-Bender, it's tuned for 'American Girl.' Thats how I learned how to bend strings, by hearing him do it, slowing it down and thinking, Oh you have to push this down to get the string to make that sound. I learned a lot of phrasing and scales I just love the way he played on that record. We may earn a commission on any affiliated purchases. And speaking of the Heartbreakers as a band, in the 80s you guys backed Bob Dylan. This, folks, is living the dream. 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. And then we came across another sunburst one. $3.39 to $5.99. Then, of course, that turned around years later, where the old ones became much more expensive than new ones. Its kinda out of control (laughs). Still, I think wed get sick if we didnt tour. Thats when we were learning about how to play, how to have a band. Im told your guitar collection includes a Rickenbacker that has so far avoided full identification. Well, its mostly about the groove, isnt it? I was always tuned into the guitar and what the guitar was doing. God, its been a long time (laughs) Once we started to make records, we always had cash, so that wasnt a problem. Its my main Gibson. The guy who ran the shop said they had a really ugly one in the back, and then brought out this red, three-pickup Firebird. Most of the record is acoustic-guitar based. Here he's playing a late-'60s Dan Armstrong lucite model. Its a really nice, warm, woody-sounding room. Australian Musician's Greg Phillips had the pleasure of. 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. Get the latest and greatest Guitar news with one of our guitar magazine subscriptions. I tend to gravitate toward the stuff that I grew up with the Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield Thats my era. The cool thing about the guitars on that record, the electric guitars anyway, was that some were recorded direct. Love all those guys. Martin SPOM 16 10. But theyre also both inspiring in their own way. I have a 50-watt Marshall that I really like, a little 60s amp in red. Like Neo., See Eric Clapton make a surprise guest appearance with Jerry Douglas to pay tribute to Jeff Beck and play While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Larry Carlton demos his $641 Sire signature guitar, Nuno Bettencourt explains his secret to playing difficult guitar solos it involves getting his leg up, Music meets gaming in the Beat Machine, the world's first music-making arcade machine. Mike Campbell, guitar player from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers does not clean his guitars either. Pettys third solo album, Highway Companion, was released last month, debuting at #4 on Billboards Top 200 album chart, and he and the Heartbreakers spent the summer on the road in support of it. Princeton Volume 7 Treble 7 Bass 3 Speed 1 Intensity 1 Deluxe Tone 9 I focused on everything. I was telling somebody the other day, the only place I feel pressure when we tour is the Garden. But thats how I hooked up with Rick, and the good thing about working with him is that wed just done a couple of records with Jeff, which is a really fun process, but is a lot of building tracks as opposed to playing rock. Jonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars since 2005, playing them since 1990, and regularly contributes to publications including Guitar World, MusicRadar and Total Guitar. Holding the groove down and a sense of melody, tone all of those things. Hes been a co-producer on some of the most successful albums in rock history. And on a lot of his solo work its more piecemeal, like bringing a song in and building it. So weve got to have a Gibson on this one. All those albums probably had a whole bunch of guitar licks or guitar parts that jumped out at you? As a subscriber enjoy big savings off the shop price! Weve found more of them, but none quite have the same sound and this feel. What I remember most was that all of us fell out of the front-man thing, you know? So what age were you when you asked for a guitar? You guys are doing Handle With Care on this tour. We go inside Mike Campbell's drool-inducing lineup of vintage guitars and amps he brings on the road. It's so haunting and demonic in many ways, both in lyrics and music. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. We've been notified and are looking into it. On the single, Saving Grace. He used a Vox for that for the slide part, and actually I played the rhythm part on it. I think I gave it to a friend when I got a Stratocaster. On days off, wed go to pawn shops and guitar stores, and buy anything good. Find album credit information for Voodoo by D'Angelo on AllMusic I could play the whole show with a Tele or a Les Paul or an SG. I want to get back and finish those things. Well, they all make a different sound, you know? Well, like the best of us, Campbell is a long-term sufferer of Gear Acquisition Syndrome, and they're running out of storage at the Heartbreaker Clubhouse. But George is probably my pinnacle of inspiration he and people like him. Decades later, during the recording of Petty and the Heartbreakers' blues-influenced 2010 album, Mojo, another 'Burst became available for Campbell. We go inside Mike Campbell's drool-inducing lineup of vintage guitars and amps he brings on the road. They still make them, and theyre really good, actually. Mike Campbell is also in my opinion one of THE most tasteful guitar player ever alongside George Harrison. I need different guitars for different things. This is for 'You Wreck Me,' which is tuned up to F, half step up," explains Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Fender American Vintage '59 Stratocaster Electric Guitar in Sherwood Green. But back then, $200 was a fortune, but that Strat became my main guitar. They just instinctively picked up on the tones and the feel of it.. And of course in the late 80s you were doing the Wilburys with some of your personal rock heroes George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Dylan. I think I was 16. Those two bottles and an old tshirt will get your D-28 looking great. As time went on, I was able to afford guitars which I now buy a lot just because I love collecting them, and I play them all. "I like this because it has a string bender on it, which is rare on a Gibson. Wake is easily my favorite album of all time. 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. did you use to get the sound f "Rickenbacker, 370, 360? He was an amazing person. We just werent ready to make a record. As much as the music of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is identified by Pettys singular voice, the tone and licks of guitarist Mike Campbell have left an indelible signature on the bands work over the last 30 years theyre as much a part of the musics voice as is Pettys. The stuff no one in their right mind would part with, and it offers a fascinating perspective from which to trace the career of a guitarist and producer who has worked with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley, and now of course fronts The Dirty Knobs. And I go, It sounds like Clapton and Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Mike Bloomfield, like it reminded me of those tones. I think its a Supro, but dont know the model it was just some weird-looking thing (laughs). She may not be the best cook. 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. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. CD LOT - Hard Rock, Pop, Metal: Stewart, Aerosmith, Elton. Plus, I was also below the weight limit, so I got a temporary deferment and never got called back. How about the difference from a listeners perspective? "Sherwood green Strat. As we wind down, we ask Campbell why he doesnt take to the producers chair more often. 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. What are you waiting for. Its a little-body one. Fenders doing a reissue of that Broadcaster. I listened to lots of John Lennon, Keith Richards, Brian Jones. This is called Little Ricky. I think the record company gave us some money when we first got together, and we bought 10 of these big Vox amps. Mike had some really weird little guitar that he played slide on. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Well, the new Martins we used on Highway Companion are very nice-sounding. We took it to Rickenbacker, and they called it a mystery. They didnt know what it was. The following photos are from the companion book to one of the best music documentaries that I have ever seen named "Runnin' Down a Dream." So I made the neck wider, and changed a few cosmetic things put the gold pickup and gold pickguard on the sunburst, which I dont think they were doing. If I had to pick one, Id pick that. Im not sure what year that is, exactly, but its late-70s model. $11.15 shipping. She showed up one day and said, Remember that $200? I said, You caught me on a good day! (laughs). It was a wonderful time, and that was a very good band. I just dont want to have someone damage it or drop it.. So, the next time I talked to Tom, I told him about this guy we might want to work with. Jul 28, 2013. Or why not treat yourself? And because it was a friendly situation, it didnt feel intimidating at all? A lot of bands are like that," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Fender Princeton Blackface Amp. So I started playing it, and youre right, I played it for years. We started out playing those big Super Beatle amps made by Vox. Mike Campell is the curly-haired guitarist who has been knocking off tasty solos alongside Tom Petty for nearly three decades. Yeah, I do it all the time. Ours was the first solidbody one. I actually auditioned for Tom on that thing. You should pick up a set of Virtuoso Cleaner and Polisher. That was it, I think, though Mike has always got some sort of exotic s*** going on. "The Garden has always been one of my favourite places. Its smaller, but really nice 50s Fenders a Telecaster, the three Strats, a couple of nice Fender six-string basses. I used this with The Heartbreakers for a string of dates we did at the Vic in Chicago," Campbell says. But I love em, ya know? Ill take it. And so we formed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers around that group of people. Then I got a 64 Strat, which I still have, and weve played on almost every record weve done. Then out of the Whammy and into the tuner," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech when the Digitech Whammy II Guitar Effects Pedal is shown in the rig rundown. He was a huge inspiration to me, and fortunately, I got to be a bit of a friend with him. 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. I could make it work. Those are our main ones. Maybe a cranked Princeton or Deluxe? caniki Additional comment actions. I mostly played acoustic. It's what he plays on 'Free Falling," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech while talking about the Rickenbacker 360 Electric Guitar. Key Features Fender Custom Shop Mike Campbell Limited Edition "Heartbreaker" Nocaster Body Ash Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Rift Sawn Flame Maple With a Custom Back Shape and 7.25 Radius Frets Vintage Hardware Nickel Its just a magic guitar. The show runs well over an hour, and features more gorgeous guitars than we have time to tell you about, but you can see the whole episode above. Yes, they thanked me prolifically and I mean a lot. But I stick really closely to the groove with the instrument. We grew up doing this (laughs)! Tom was in interesting head space at that time we were young and idealistic, so there are a lot of songs about hope. I finally just threw it in the corner and got an electric Kay. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, when it formed, was essentially the conglomeration of prior groups Mudcrutch (Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench) and Road Turkey (Stan Lynch and Ron Blair). It had a weird kind of Formica finish when I got it, but I put a pale blue finish on it.. He is quoted as saying "I have a Fender Telecaster I call Red Dog. 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. He knows when I come in that its going to be hard for me to walk out without buying something. 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I still need to update it, because I just bought some things. Then Mick got stuck with it, and when we started working with Rick, we needed a song.
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