Creed Bratton

There’s a 1957 Gibson Country Western – I record a lot with that – and then there’s my ’69 Guild Bluesbird. I once had a 335 and an SG stolen on the road with the Grass Roots, and so I went to Manny’s in New York and bought this Guild. It originally had this wooden bridge, so I put a Gibson tune-o-matic on, and I’ve had it ever since. So that’s the guitar I’d run out of a burning building with. And I have two hands, so I’d grab the Gibson as well!

I had an old Black Beauty Les Paul, with the staple pickups, and I also had a ’52 Tele, and y’know a few years back they were going for like $100,000! It used to drive me crazy that I sold them, until I got on The Office, and then it was like, ‘Well I can buy whatever I want now!’ But I don’t think I’d buy those guitars again now. I needed the money! I needed to pay rent, to pay child support, and you gotta do what you gotta do.

There’s a 1957 Gibson Country Western – I record a lot with that – and then there’s my ’69 Guild Bluesbird. I once had a 335 and an SG stolen on the road with the Grass Roots, and so I went to Manny’s in New York and bought this Guild. It originally had this wooden bridge, so I put a Gibson tune-o-matic on, and I’ve had it ever since. So that’s the guitar I’d run out of a burning building with. And I have two hands, so I’d grab the Gibson as well!

Seen at 0:06 and throughout in this clip from The Office. Appears to be left-handed.

There’s a 1957 Gibson Country Western – I record a lot with that – and then there’s my ’69 Guild Bluesbird. I once had a 335 and an SG stolen on the road with the Grass Roots, and so I went to Manny’s in New York and bought this Guild. It originally had this wooden bridge, so I put a Gibson tune-o-matic on, and I’ve had it ever since. So that’s the guitar I’d run out of a burning building with. And I have two hands, so I’d grab the Gibson as well!

In this The Office clip Creed Bratton is playing a Fender Standard Stratocaster - Lake Placid Blue, from 1:09 to 1:18