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Mark Agnesi talks vintage guitars with guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

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The Dirty Knobs’ frontman Mike Campbell’s unique approach to songwriting and versatile playing style helped shape the sound of seminal artists including the likes of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, and Don Henley. You can bet with a career as illustrious and long as he’s had that he has the guitars to match.

In this episode of “The Collection” host, Mark Agnesi heads to “Knobville” in Los Angeles to talk shop with Mike and see where all the magic happens. The two go deep into Mike’s arsenal, including several Gibson classics like the 1960s Gibson SG Jr that he picked up at a video store and used on Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream.”

Head to https://www.thedirtyknobs.com/ to listen to the Dirty Knobs’ new album, External Combustion, and to find out how to catch them on tour.

Chapters & Guitars featured in the Mike Campbell collection:
0:00 Who is Mike Campbell?
0:54 Interview pt.1 - Learning guitar & first Gibson guitar
4:45 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard
9:49 Interview pt.2 - Why Mike Campbell loves Gibson Firebird guitars
11:30 90s Gibson Firebird V with Johnny Winter's Signature
14:06 1965 Gibson Firebird III
16:08 Interview pt.3 - Guitars The Heartbreakers used
18:02 1965 Gibson J-200
20:11 Gibson Double Dove
22:06 Early 20’s Gibson L-4
25:11 1937 Gibson L-00
26:50 Interview pt.4 - Playing with Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Muddy Waters
28:05 1959 Gibson ES-335TD - when Mike & Tom Petty use a 335
31:25 1968 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
32:41 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom
34:54 Interview pt.5 - Mike’s wife Marcie & investing in guitars
36:16 1964 Gibson ES-335TDC
38:34 Interview pt.6 - Guitars have songs in them
39:47 1962 Gibson Les Paul SG Junior - the guitar on ‘Runnin’ Down a Dream’
43:17 1963 Gibson SG Standard
44:43 1969 Gibson ES-150TDC
45:45 1957 Gibson Les Paul Junior
47:14 1954 Gibson ES-175TDN
48:29 1960’s VOX Teardrop XII
50:36 1950 Fender Broadcaster - the guitar on ‘American Girl’ & First two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers records
53:25 1964 Fender Stratocaster as used by Tom Petty and track ‘I Need To Know’
55:25 1956 Fender Telecaster B-Bender - The Mudcrutch guitar
58:11 Duesenberg Mike Campbell 40th Anniversary
1:01:18 Interview pt.7 - How Mike chooses guitars
1:04:34 1963 Rickenbacker 625-12 - The ‘Listen To Her Heart’ guitar
1:06:45 Rickenbacker Custom
1:08:49 Gretsch Country Gentleman
1:11:07 1962 Gretsch White Falcon
1:13:24 1960’s Mosrite Ventures Model
1:14:49 Interview pt.8

Learn how he wrote the song ‘Good Enough’ with his 1959 Gibson Les Paul and the story of the Gibson Firebird with Johnny Winter's signature and broken neck. Learn how Mike was convinced to buy his first ES-335 by Tom Petty and see his most prized guitars including the guitars he used on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers records including ‘American Girl’.

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