Billy Squier – The Tale Of The Tape
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1980 album The Tale Of The Tape.
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Gear Used On The Tale Of The Tape
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Billy Squier – The Tale Of The Tape (1980). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Billy Squier on The Tale Of The Tape
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Billy Squier has used at least 3 Les Paul Standard Bursts in his career, one was stolen from the recording Studio around the time of Emotions In Motion (circa 1983), he got a second one, a 59' Burst, from a guy in the midwest.
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My next move was to swap my ’57 Strat for a similar one with a whammy bar, in ’76. I acquired the Tele Custom for Tale of the Tape around the time I hooked up with Richie Friedman at We Buy Guitars on 48th Street. After Don’t Say No, he got me my first ‘Burst – a ’58.
I was given a ’58 Burst by my merchandiser and friend, Peter Lubin, at the start of the second leg of the Emotions tour. After my original ’58 was stolen, I eased the pain by buying a ’59 from a guy in the Midwest. I also went back to Richie and picked up a ’58 goldtop that had previously belonged to Henry Gross, who previously owned my ’58 Burst. I found the ’58 Rick from a collector named Richard Heyman, in the East Village; he had a bunch of them. That must have been around 1990 or ’91. During a photo shoot in L.A. for the Truth album, I borrowed a ’52 goldtop that had been refinished in green and black, and I liked it so much that I went back to the shop and bought it. That was in early ’93.
I don’t remember what I used on the solo for “Nobody Knows” because I tracked it a bunch of times, so the resulting sound isn’t tone-specific. It was definitely a Paul, however, and my guess would be my ’58 ‘Burst. These days, I play a ‘Burst when we do “I Need You” and “Nobody Knows,” so that makes me think I did the same on the record.
Fender Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar
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Probably the best known guitar in Billy's collection besides the Strings & Things St. Blues (Pink) - This was the guitar he was holding on the front of the "Don't Say No" breakthrough album - the one "In the Dark", "My Kinda Lover", and the big hit "The Stroke" came from.
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Which guitars and amps do we hear on the album? My 1960 Fender Tele Custom was really the guitar of record, excuse the pun… It’s the one you hear on “In The Dark,” “My Kinda Lover,” “You Know What I Like,” “Too Daze Gone,” and “Lonely Is The Night.”
When and how did the others come along? My next move was to swap my ’57 Strat for a similar one with a whammy bar, in ’76. I acquired the Tele Custom for Tale of the Tape around the time I hooked up with Richie Friedman at We Buy Guitars on 48th Street. After Don’t Say No, he got me my first ‘Burst – a ’58.
