Andy Summers
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Andy Summers' Solid Body Electric Guitars
This 1963 Fender Telecaster is the one Summers has been most associated with. It's unknown who customized most of the guitar. It has Gibson PAF humbucker pickup in neck position.
Used extensively live and on several recordings, as per the historical accounts Fender provided as part of the marketing copy for their custom-shop re-creation
This guitar was the one Andy used in the "Synchronicity tour." He also used this one to record "Ghost In the Machine" as well. Andy says in this article from Music Radar "The few guitars I did this record with were a Stratocaster, which is one that Fender made for me; it’s kind of a replica of my 1961 red Strat."
In a Guitar International interview, Andy Summers says of the Fender Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster: "Fender, for instance, came to me to ask if they could make the Telecaster... They took the whole thing to pieces, photographed it, measured it, videoed it, and somehow made a map of all the scratches and the paint that was missing... The trickiest part about it was actually the electronics... Because it’s got a Gibson humbucker on the front, and a Tele pickup on the bridge position, and then it’s got this overdrive built into it."
In the video we see Andy playing the Hamer prototype
Andy gave this guitar away to Eric Clapton according to this article from Guitar International - "With a career that spans being a member of The Animals, selling a young Eric Clapton his ’59 Les Paul..."
This guitar didn't get much usage by him. This guitar was used for the purposes of recording "Can't Stand Losing You" music video, and at 0:21 minute mark, he can be seen playing the particular guitar.
Andy Summers' official site shows this photo of his Fender Jaguar guitar.
In this photo, which is shown on Summers' website, the Steinberger GL2 bass guitar can be seen.
Summers' official site includes this picture of his White Eric Clapton Model Fender Stratocaster.
This image posted to Andy's Instagram account shows his own Signature Monochrome Stratocaster.
On Andy's official website, he cites that he has used a Glenwood in the past in his photo gallery.
On his official website, a Gibson Junior can be found among the guitars he uses.
In this photo, which is shown on Summers' website, the Rickenbacker 620 can be seen.
According to his website, Andy Summers plays this creamy Fender Esquire.
According to Collings' website, Summers is playing Collings 360 ST.
According to Summers' website, the "Anniversary Telecaster model" is finished. The "Anniversary Telecaster model", resembles heavily to 60th Anniversary Telecaster.
In this photo, which can be found on Summers' website, the Steve Klein electric guitar is featured.
Summers can be seen playing a Danelectro Longhorn Guitarlin in this studio photo.
In a performance of "Can't Stand Losing You" in 1978, Andy Summers is seen playing an Aria Pro II PE-1500, which closely resembles the PE-1000 model, differing mainly in the fingerboard material. Additionally, in a Top of the Pops performance of "Roxanne" on May 3, 1979, Summers uses the same model.
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