Then I got a 64 Strat, which I still have, and weve played on almost every record weve done. Theres so many. Malcolm Young more influential than EVH or Clapton? On a lot of records, you hear certain chords, and thats what makes the record, that tone. And the song I gave to Rick and Mick, which was You Wreck Me, was the same one Tom had forgotten about. God, its been a long time (laughs) Once we started to make records, we always had cash, so that wasnt a problem. To follow the signal path, next are the effects. He played with Petty in the pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch and co-wrote, co-produced and played the searing guitar. The sunburst 64 Strat youre touring with now and have played for years, is that Mikes guitar? Wake is easily my favorite album of all time. My guitar tech has been bugging me to go and actually take pictures of them and make a computer file. Campbell is playing a Gold Top with coverless P-90s, a guitar that remains one of his go-to Gibsons. What are you waiting for. Itd be okay. The North East has been good to me! So I thought, Well, okay. If its not, Ill feel like I didnt do my job. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now. [The Monza] is a nice guitar to have if you don't have an amp handy, said Campbell. There has to be some kind of fuzzbox on the second guitar track. Mike Campbell is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer famous for being in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers band. Madison Square Garden is a big deal, he begins, ticking off the most memorable shows of their recent 30-date US tour with an almost childlike enthusiasm. There is also a vintage National amp, a Gibson Lab Series L5 combo which was a big favorite of B.B. But if I had a choice, Id probably use my old D-28. A good example is You Got Lucky, which was rather high-concept in an era when artists were largely doing performance videos standing in front the camera, pretending to play or sing along. But Mike has some that make all these sounds. In this photo, Campbell is seen playing the mapleglo Rickenbacker 330. Advertisement. So sometimes you pick one up and it feels friendly, and sometimes it doesnt. 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. By the end, I think he was overrun! I used a Telecaster and my Vox teardrop. My dad was on tour in Okinawa and sent me a $60 Goya electric six-string, he tells us. Hes been a co-producer on some of the most successful albums in rock history. Well, the new Martins we used on Highway Companion are very nice-sounding. Tom played it on American Girl and used it for rhythm parts on several albums. Amongst his peers today, Petty is revered. $8.25 shipping. The Les Paul is the guitar that Michael played when The Monkees recorded "Pleasant Valley Sunday" in 1967, producing the classic riff that became the cornerstone of the song. I cant really remember all of them, but there was a variety of instruments. 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. "Then there were certain songs that were done on a 12-string, so you kind of need the 12-string to make those songs sound special. Theyre not in cases, theyre actually in a hallway where theyre visible and easily accessible. Many of the axes he has are used have a one specific purpose, so we'll only be looking at his main guitar, which is the Duesenberg Mike Campbell signature. If you were looking for something that little bit different with a stunning iconic tone then this is the guitar for you. The same with Carl Wilson. Tom played it on a couple of tours in the 80s, and if you look at it closely, even though its been painted black you can see where it used to be red underneath. Mick liked one of them, but he never did work on it. 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? Those days are kind of gone now, but still, collecting guitars is about loving the sound and liking instruments, you know? Theyre not noticeably different. George was the leader, for sure. Plus, I was also below the weight limit, so I got a temporary deferment and never got called back. Guitar Center 1.03M subscribers Mike Campbell's guitar playing and songwriting come from a place of joy from his long career with Tom Petty & The Heartbreaks, to joining Fleetwood Mac in. We were out of control!Over the years, Campbell has picked up a laundry list of dream instruments. 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 refinished it since that day. So I started playing it, and youre right, I played it for years. 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!. Paul Gray was first and foremost an incredible songwriter, who contributed some of the best stuff Slipknot has ever put out. In the Heartbreakers catalog, are there some favorites albums for you? "I believe strongly that you just take whatever the gift has given you that day. Tom Petty and Mike Campbell change guitars like some people change radio stationsafter damned near every song, but they do have certain favorites that they keep returning to: Les Paul Gold Top, Fender Strat, California "This is the input right here. Photo by Lindsey Best Do you need specific headspace? This thing is loud, says Campbell. I didnt have an idea of playing until I saw the Beatles, and then I thought, This might be something I can do.. The Hfner Club, which I think weve used for everything for the last 10 years now. No matter what you hit, it sounds beautiful.. Many of your videos are today considered groundbreaking, in retrospect. And now if I see something thats really special, I buy it just because I dont want it to be lost to the sands of time, or be put behind glass or something. In fact, I was starting to think you were tracking, which didnt make any sense. Most of the record is acoustic-guitar based. 24) Mark in GA asked: What kind of guitar, pick-ups, amps, any effects pedals, etc. 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 of course, the Broadcaster I used on the first two albums, I still use. ", "Im always proud to play there. $199.97. BA1 1UA. That palm wah is really cool, and the fuzztone in them sounds great. Here are some highlights. If youre playing with the same five or six people throughout an album, you make a different noise than if, say, its just yourself on several overdubs. But it was fun. 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. COOL !!! "It doesn't have the buckle wear and tear like the other ones do, but I love it anyway," Campbell says. Kept in immaculate condition, the guitar was used by Campbell to write the riff for Tom Petty's Good Enough. I use that on American Girl because its got the right tone, and we lowered the key on that song a half step over the years. I think I was 16. It was funny how the song went around the corner and came back to where it shouldve been. I finally just threw it in the corner and got an electric Kay. 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. Are there two or three that you grab more often than others? I can see it coming down to fewer shows. And I go, It sounds like Clapton and Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Mike Bloomfield, like it reminded me of those tones. In 1970, Campbell was two years out of high school and living in. I got it for $120. My approach to guitar, I think, is probably a lot like his in terms of fitting into the song and not overplaying. Speaking of, thats the track you played on your recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and you guys were amazingly tight. It was Georges. I realised that when you produce somebody, you really need to give it 100 per cent of your energy. 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. Pay me back later. So I was lucky to get that guitar I didnt pay her back for like five years. The bulk of his sound comes from a 1963 Fender Princeton and a 1954 Fender tweed Deluxe. I listened to lots of John Lennon, Keith Richards, Brian Jones. Nov 3, 2020. It has two Gibson humbucking pickups and a normal Telecaster pickup in the bridge.". Its a more deliberate way of working, I sort of know exactly what I want to do. But there were others. That was it, I think, though Mike has always got some sort of exotic s*** going on. 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. But I used it in that video because its the guitar I used to record the solo on Refugee.. Wed usually set up acoustic guitars in Jeffs kitchen, which is adjacent to his studio, and just lay the basics down, usually on acoustics. Yes, they thanked me prolifically and I mean a lot. Pick your selections. Lisa asked: How old were you when you started playing the guitar and what kind of guitar was it? In fact, over-the-top great. 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. 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. Wed build tracks up, usually with acoustics, and overdub the other instruments to finish it off. Mike Campbell was best known as Tom Petty 's right-hand man for decades. It had a weird kind of Formica finish when I got it, but I put a pale blue finish on it.. And theres something to be said for the aesthetic qualities of a bunch of them, as opposed to one. What are you waiting for. Absolutely. I bought those two guitars for $200 a piece. Mike Campbell is a long time Duesenberg artist and this Starplayer was put into production to celebrate their long standing friendship.