Fred Sonic Smith's Guitars

Fred Sonic Smith is seen playing a Rickenbacker 450/12 12-String Guitar, notably used during his time with MC5.

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Bought by Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman in the early seventies after the MC5's disbandment.

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I had traded the Silvertone for a Fender Esquire, which is the same as a Telecaster except it had one pickup. Finally, we got the manager to spring for another bank loan and I got a Gibson ES-335, and Fred Smith got a Gretsch Tennessean, and the bassist, a Fender Precision.

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Fred Sonic Smith is seen with a Mosrite USA 65-SB guitar on the cover of "Kick Out the Jams."

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