Graham Nash
Graham Nash's Gear
Many times during this footage from the recording of The Hollies hit "On a Carousel", Graham Nash is seen playing his (now heavily customised) black 62/63 Epiphone Texan with double pickguards. The guitar was originally "cherryburst" as seen here at 0:45, before getting the "Hollies"-paintjob, as seen here at 0:40.
Graham Nash would extensively use it throughout his time with The Hollies up until he left and formed CSN and CSNY, in which he continues to use it extensively up until the 70s.
In this photograph with The Hollies, Graham Nash poses with a Vox V239 Folk Twelve 12-string guitar. Later on, this guitar would get a pickup and be used by Tony Hicks while performing "Look Through Any Window" on Beat Club.
Graham Nash is see playing a very nice Telecaster, along with his band mate, S. Stills.
Graham Nash holds his Danelectro guitarlin, circa 1964.
In this live performance at Beat Club, 1967, Graham Nash plays a black Gibson Les Paul Custom. It can be seen at 0:33.
In this Shindig performance, Graham Nash is seen playin a Vox Phantom XII at 2:05.
In this stockphoto, Graham Nash plays a golden Les Paul Standard with P-90 pickups.
In this stockphoto from Televsion House, 1964, Graham plays a Rickenbacker Rose Morris 1998; a guitar with an f-hole, three pickups and dot inlays.
Graham Nash was playing a D-28 with the Hollies, before CSN&Y ever started.
In the video, Graham Nash is seen playing a Vox New Escort, which is a Vox-made electric guitar based on the Fender Telecaster. It is a cheap build, with 2 standard pickups and a Bigsby bridge. Nash is seen with this guitar only from 1966 to early 1967. With performances such as Beat-Club in 66', and promo videos in Sweden.
Used live for his guitar amps with Crosby, Nash & Young, as mentioned by monitor engineer Rance Caldwell on the official Audix artist page for Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Rance states, "With the exception of just one mic, everything on CSN's stage is Audix. D6 on the kick; D2s for snare and rack toms; D4s on the floor toms; SCX1 on the hat; CX-111s for the overheads; and D3s for the guitar amplifiers. And for those golden CSN vocals, OM6s and OM7s."
Used live for vocals with Crosby, Nash & Young, as mentioned by monitor engineer Rance Caldwell on the official Audix artist page for Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Rance states, "With the exception of just one mic, everything on CSN's stage is Audix. D6 on the kick; D2s for snare and rack toms; D4s on the floor toms; SCX1 on the hat; CX-111s for the overheads; and D3s for the guitar amplifiers. And for those golden CSN vocals, OM6s and OM7s."
According to Fishman Nash is using this pickup/preamp system on acoustics.
Mentioned by monitor engineer Rance Caldwell on the official Audix artist page for Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Rance adds, "Beyond the stage, Audix is an important part of what the band does in their home studios as well. Graham Nash and David Crosby each have a pair of SCX1s they record with, as does Stephen Stills who also used his CX-111s and D2s on his album Man Alive released last September."
Used live for vocals with Crosby, Nash & Young, as mentioned by monitor engineer Rance Caldwell on the official Audix artist page for Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Rance states, "With the exception of just one mic, everything on CSN's stage is Audix. D6 on the kick; D2s for snare and rack toms; D4s on the floor toms; SCX1 on the hat; CX-111s for the overheads; and D3s for the guitar amplifiers. And for those golden CSN vocals, OM6s and OM7s."
Used to record the vocals on "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", as stated by engineer Bill Halverson in this August 2010 Sound on Sound interview.
"After Stephen had recorded his acoustic guitar part, he, David and Graham were ready to sing, and for that I was ready. We had done all kinds of jingles in the little room at Heider's, from the Anita Kerr singers to Jan and Dean, and so I just took the Neuman U67, opened it all the way around [ie. put it into omni mode], gave them three sets of headphones and went, 'Sing!' Singing into the one mic, they moved around a bit. They didn't need any music; they were rehearsed, they knew the lyrics, and while harmonising with each other they were also in the process of amazing each other."
In this promotional shoot of The Hollies, we can see Graham (second to the left) using a Fender Newporter acoustic. The Fender Newporter in the 60s did not have a cutaway at the bottom, and is designed as a normal acoustic guitar, but with a fender, 6-inlay headstock. Graham would not only use this guitar for this promotional shoot, but also in the TOTP performance of Bus Stop, where Allan Clarke is also playing a similar guitar. This guitar would most likely be short lived as no other pictures or videos show Graham with the Newporter anymore.
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Discography
Album Credits
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Live: Songs For Beginners / Wild Tales
Graham Nash · 2022
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If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby · 1971
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