Watch Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs talk about his Gibson 1959 Les Paul and share his thoughts on how these 1959 Gibson les paul guitars have become such a sought-after piece!
In this excerpt from The Collection with Mike Campbell, available now on Gibson TV - click here - @gibsonguitar Mike sits with Mark Agnesi and picks out his favorite guitars from his storied career. Watch as he shows us his most prized Gibson guitars including this 1959 Gibson Les Paul. Watch him talk about why he thinks great players gravitated towards the 1959 Gibson Les Paul and in the full version, see why this particular guitar was used during his time in The Heartbreakers over others when they were used to using "jangly" Fender and Rickenbacker-type tones. As Mike puts it "lot of our songs didn't lend themselves to this type of sound."
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