"This '54 Tele - it's a favorite Tele. I prefer to have the Broadcaster out but for whatever reason he'll take it out. I like the Broadcaster just because the way it is, I mean that's what was done on American Girl and all the first recordings was all Tele sub. This is really solid and it's for W...

"It's an original Camel Toe. He's got three of them. We found three of them. It's what he likes. And Dunlop was going to do a version put out by Dunlop called Campbell Toe for Mike Campbell - a smaller version. That may or may not happen," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Way Huge Camel...

On page 3 of his interview in Tone Quest Report Vol. 9 #5, published March 2008, Mike Campbell states the following:

We love them because we love the Beatles and we assumed that they were using AC30s. During the middle years of the band, that was pretty much all we u...

"'64-'65 SG. He's had it for years and years and years, but he's just really fell in love with it for this tour. Angus Young, Malcom, you know, whatever, it's just solid as a rock. He plays it pretty much in the set. Loves the long road and on through the set," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech ab...

"That's a custom tweed. That Excelsior, because they have the green one and other ones, but Nate White, at Fender, when these came out Mike did something with Danny Harrison at A&M and that Green Fender amp was there and he asked about getting it. Mike got us a green one and then we brought it in...

"The Princeton is probably a '63 or '64. The bottom line is about tone. Nothing matters other than tone. Guitars, amps, it's all about tone. A lot of bands are like that," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Fender Princeton Blackface Amp.

Used on a slew of recordings, Campbell himself mentions the guitar in this September 1999 "Spotlight on a Heartbreaker" interview from the official Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers website.

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.

26) Hank asked: I saw that you use those Danelectro pedals. Can you tell me your settings on the Daddy-O?...

"The Deluxe is probably a '54 or a '55," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Fender Deluxe Amp.

"This one, '59 B-Bender, it's tuned for 'American Girl.' Here's another thing about Mike: if you clean the necks you're fired, haha, especially on a maple! He likes that," mentions Mike Campbell's guitar tech while talking about the Fender 1959 Telecaster B-Bender Electric Guitar.

In this source video Mike Campbell is playing a Rickenbacker 325 Capri in black. He tunes the guitar down a whole step, and has been using it on the Hypnotic Eye tour for "American Girl".

Campbell himself mentions the Rat in this September 1999 "Spotlight on a Heartbreaker" interview from the official Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers website.

24) Mark in GA asked: What kind of guitar, pick-ups, amps, any effects pedals, etc. did you use to get the sound f...

"Rickenbacker, 370, 360? I don't know. Maple Glow. 65, or 66. This is 'Free Falling.' It's what he plays on 'Free Falling," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech while talking about the Rickenbacker 360 Electric Guitar.

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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." R...

"Rich Robinson had this out, or had a new Mason from Duesenberg. 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?' and I said 'Well I don't know Tom hasn't said any...

In a Video from Rolling Stone.com, "Campbell talks about the Rickenbacker sound and the various styles he's used througho...

In this photo, Campbell is seen playing the mapleglo Rickenbacker 330.

The Calhoun V2 is a collaborative signature pedal for legendary guitarist, writer, and producer Mike Campbell.

Campbell himself mentions the Bassman in this September 1999 "Spotlight on a Heartbreaker" interview from the official Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers website.

26) Hank asked: I saw that you use those Danelectro pedals. Can you tell me your settings on the Daddy-O?...

"Sherwood green Strat. 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.

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This Magnatone Custom 260 High Fidelity is owned by Mike Campbell

Serial: 2023 The tolex is a bit worn and has a fair amount of tears here and there as well as some dirt. The faceplate has a good amount of scratches on i...

" '67, 375. This is for everything else for 12-strings," says Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Rickenbacker 1967 375 Electric Guitar.

In this 1985 live footage, Mike Campbell plays a red Fender Telecaster with Gibson Humbuckers and a Bigsby vibrato. He is quoted as saying "I have a Fender Telecaster I call Red Dog. It has two Gibson humbucking pickups and a normal Telecaster pickup in the bridge."

Mentioned in this March 1983 Musician article.

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.

Mentioned in this March 1983 Musician article.

Tom Petty and Mike Campbell change guitars like some people change radio stations­—after 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. Then it splits off. This is the bypass switch for the Whammy. 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.

"This is one of my favorites. This is called Little Ricky. It's a mandolin with a whammy bar which tells you all you need to know about Mike Campbell. 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. this is what he uses for 'Running Down a Dream.'" says Mike Campbell's guitar tech about the Gibson Firebird Vintage Electric Guitar. Pictured here is a sort of reissue Firebird V.

On pgs. 3-4 of this interview in Tone Quest Report Vol. 9 #5, published March 2008, Mike Campbell states the following about the Super Beatle:

We went to a store out in the ...

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