Earl Slick
Earl Slick's Guitars
I’ve also got an Epiphone Jorma Kaukonen model which has a Bigsby, too. It’s got a great neck, with a 335-style body. It sounds good acoustically, but it didn’t have the type of electric tone I wanted. So I gutted it and put in a pair of DiMarzio PAFs.
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Earl Slick discusses using the Framus Mayfield Custom Electric Guitar during his work with David Bowie on the "Next Day" album.
arl Slick was just 22 years old when David Bowie recruited him to replace Mick Ronson in the wake of the breakup of The Spiders from Mars. Slick’s searing six-string work, played primarily on one of several go-to Les Pauls, adorned such classic Bowie discs as Station to Station and Young Americans. Later, John Lennon chose Slick to be one of the main guitarists on his and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy album. This terrific solo disc, graced by a cover shot of Slick with one of his beloved Les Pauls, shows why he’s always been in such demand.
At 0:18 minute mark, Slick starts telling the story of his 1968 Gibson J-45.
Then I’ve got a double-cutaway goldtop Les Paul Classic. They are so cool. It’s got a thinner ’60 neck, and that’s what I have on the other ones, too. I don’t like the old ’50s neck as much. It’s an interesting guitar and it definitely sounds different from the others because it’s chambered. It’s a very warm-sounding guitar. Those guitars are all stock. It’s the first time in years that I haven’t had to modify my guitars.
I’ve got my Ampeg Dan Armstrong on the road with me, too. It’s a reissue. It’s actually as good, if not better, than the originals. They’re way cool. I pull that one out on the encores. I’ve also got a Tacoma dreadnaught 12-string.
I’ve got a great ’69 Gibson J-45, a ’65 SG Junior, an old Strat and an old Tele. I couldn’t tell you the years, but they’re both ’60s.
On 1:34 minute mark, Slick starts to talk about his Gibson J-200M 75th Anniversary acoustic guitar.
Earl used this guitar with Bowie according to this article.
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