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Mike Campbell & Tom Petty during Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tour 2002 - Los Angeles at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Mike Campbell reveals how he and Tom Petty developed the guitar tandem that defines the Heartbreakers' classic sound

By Phil Weller published

Petty had started out as a bass player, but when he moved to electric the seeds of one of rock’s greatest guitar partnerships were sown

Guitarists
Mike Campbell and Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform onstage in the late 1970s. Campbell is playing the rare 1950 Fender Broadcaster he purchased for $600 in 1976.

Mike Campbell says it's the original Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers sound, and the guitar he can't live without

By Joe Bosso published

Campbell played the Fender Broadcaster on "American Girl" but retired it from the road when a shipping incident convinced him touring life was too risky for the rare guitar

Guitars
1952 dual-pickup Fender Esquire

When Is a Telecaster Not a Telecaster? When It’s a Dual-Pickup Esquire

By Rod Brakes published

Vintage guitar veteran David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars treats us to an eyeful with this pristine 1952 Fender dual-pickup Blackguard Esquire.

Gear
Fender Blackguard

The History of the Fender Telecaster

By Richard Smith published

How Fender’s seminal solidbody helped ignite a cultural revolution.

Electric Guitars
John 5

3 Holy Grail Blackguards from John 5’s Dream Guitar Collection

By Joe Bosso published

The Telecaster master shows us his hallowed '50s Fenders.

Electric Guitars