The Darkness – Streaming of a White Christmas (Live)
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2021 album Streaming of a White Christmas (Live).
Music from Streaming of a White Christmas (Live)
Artists on Streaming of a White Christmas (Live)
Gear Used On Streaming of a White Christmas (Live)
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Darkness – Streaming of a White Christmas (Live) (2021). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Dan Hawkins
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Guitars used by Dan Hawkins on Streaming of a White Christmas (Live)
1950's Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty
Avg price: $25,555.55
"'And you have a Gibson Custom Shop “Black Beauty” Les Paul especially made for Jimmy Page – but he returned it because it was too heavy for him? And you got it?'
'Yep. I call that my “Love is More Than a Feeling” guitar. It wasn’t on that first album track, but it’s on both other albums since and live for the song. I had the Bigsby taken off, and a hardtail put on. I had a Fishman Powerbridge pickup put on so I could switch to an acoustic sound,'" reads this interview.
“This was originally made for Jimmy Page, but it was too heavy for him, so basically I phoned Gibson in 2003 and said, ‘I want one of these, can you get me one?’ And Pat Foley, who was the head there at the time, he said, ‘Well, you’re in luck, because I’ve just had one come back in.’ So Jimmy Page had his ’57 stolen in 197-whatever. So he had one made to the exact same spec, because he wanted one of those again for when they reunited for that show. So they did it, sent this to him - but it was too heavy because they did it to the original spec. And it’s a monster, because it’s got so much hardware on it, it’s not chambered, and it’s got a big neck. So they built him a chambered one and they gave this one to me. The bridge pickup is out of one of Angus Young’s SGs, so the original Burstbucker can’t compete with the 498s or whatever they are in my [main Les Paul] ‘Dune’. It’s already a much brighter guitar because there’s so much metal on it. But one of my techs was given the pickup by them, so it ended up in here. I use it for Love Is Only A Feeling and the Christmas song, when we play that.”