Deniz Tek
2007 inductee, Australian Music Hall of Fame (Radio Birdman)
Deniz Tek's Gear
Deniz Tek explains that the guitar was previously owned by Fred 'Sonic' Smith of MC5. It features three mini-humbuckers, a rare factory installed Bigsby and a three-way pickup selector.
In the Vintage Guitar interview, Tek also mentions that he bought the guitar during a visit to his parents in Ann Arbor. Also, the article states that this Epiphone Crestwood is from 1965.
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In the Vintage Guitar interview, Deniz Tek mentions this pedal as a part of his Birdman setup. Also, along with the Dyna Comp, he used the unspecified Dunlop Cry Baby Wah model.
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I used it on the early recordings, but switched over to Marshalls when we started playing bigger places; I had a 100-watt JMP and a 50-watt MKII. The 50-watt didn’t have a Master Volume and was louder than the JMP by far. Anything with the Volume knob past 4 was lethal. I used Marshalls from then on.
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Deniz Tek is associated with the Epiphone 1966 Worn Wilshire, featuring three mini-humbuckers and a Bigsby, as noted in the Alchetron entry.
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I used the first guitar I got, when I was about 12; it was a Harmony Bobkat. I later had a Danelectro, then an early-’60s National Val-Trol Baron. I sold that guitar to Keith Richards; if you see Keith’s recent documentary [Under the Influence], Pierre de Beauport holds it up and says, “This is an one of the guitars Keith wants me to fix.”
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On the EP, I used a Takamine Legacy series EF-341 dreadnought. I also had a Regal resonator I got maybe 30 years ago. It doesn’t have a serial number, but I think it’s an RD-40. I used it to play slide.
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The only other guitar that I played much in Birdman was a Rickenbacker 460 with Gibson “toaster top” humbuckers. I got that guitar off of Ben Miller, in Ann Arbor.
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I used it on the early recordings, but switched over to Marshalls when we started playing bigger places; I had a 100-watt JMP and a 50-watt MKII. The 50-watt didn’t have a Master Volume and was louder than the JMP by far. Anything with the Volume knob past 4 was lethal. I used Marshalls from then on.
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On the EP, I used a Takamine Legacy series EF-341 dreadnought. I also had a Regal resonator I got maybe 30 years ago. It doesn’t have a serial number, but I think it’s an RD-40. I used it to play slide.
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On the Eastman Guitars website, It provides photographic evidence of Deniz Tek playing a T386.
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