The B-52's – Love Shack
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2014 single Love Shack.
Music from Love Shack
Gear Used On Love Shack
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Guitars used by Ricky Wilson (B-52's) on Love Shack
Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar
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Here's the B-52's with "Give Me Back My Man" live in 1982 on the Mesopotamia tour with Ricky on a Stratocaster (probably the same from the original source).
(ORIGINAL SOURCE) Ricky's playing a Strat on this concert photo - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1663402643926861&set=g.8183524066&type=1&theater
To add more details. Starting around the tour for Mesopotamia in 1981-1982, Ricky started using a black Fender Stratocaster a lot. This may be the same guitar also used by Keith Strickland later (ie, the one seen in the "Love Shack" video). Ricky used this guitar in many different tunings or may have had multiple Stratocasters. It appears this one is a vintage pre-CBS model going off the small headstock and maple neck, possibly late 1950's. You can tell when Ricky plays it because it's got a much more airy, modulating, and pingy sound than his other guitars. It's also possible his sister Cindy ALSO used this guitar for "There's a Moon in the Sky" and Kate used it for "52 Girls" as well on this tour. May be the communal B-52's guitar. not much of that is known.
In the video he's in DADxBB tuning. He also may have had one in BADXG#C# tuning for Party out of Bounds and Quiche Lorraine as well. Ricky continued to use the Strat right up until he passed on, and apparently Keith may have started using it on Cosmic Thing onward.
