The Roots – How I Got Over
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2010 album How I Got Over.
Music from How I Got Over
Artists on How I Got Over
Gear Used On How I Got Over
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Roots – How I Got Over (2010). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
"Captain" Kirk Douglas
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Guitars used by "Captain" Kirk Douglas on How I Got Over
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"Captain" Kirk Douglas posted a photo (June 2014) of his white Epiphone Crestwood Custom electric guitar. He captions the photo, "Miss June. #guitarporn #epiphone #crestwood"
At one point he loaned it to Prince so he could play it on the Late Night show, and at the end of the song "Bambi" Prince threw the guitar on the ground and cracked the headstock. According to an interview with Douglas, Prince apologized but refused to sign the guitar for Douglas. Prince replied, "No, I haven't signed anything since the 70s."
Kirk Douglas recalls that he bought the guitar around 2004, at 30th Street Guitars in New York.
Yes. That’s the guitar on that song. I also used it on “Uma.” That guitar has a very distinctive sound. I’m playing the rhythm part through a Divided By 13 RSA 23 amp, and I just love the way they interact together. But yeah, that guitar is very dear to me, so when it was initially broken, I was just concerned that I wouldn’t get to play it again, you know? I was excited that Prince played it and everything, but I was really concerned about the prospect of him being the last person to have played it. Luckily it didn’t work out that way.
In 2019, Douglas [reported[(https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwmh0FvllAU/) that this guitar was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
