John Oates

"I use my vintage 58 [Fender] Stratocaster. I played a couple of songs on Daryls old [Fender] Telecaster that we had around the studio."

"I use my vintage 58 [Fender] Stratocaster. I played a couple of songs on Daryls old [Fender] Telecaster that we had around the studio."

"I used many different acoustic guitars some belonging to me. I used the Martin D-28, a baby Taylor, and my regular Taylor that I use live onstage. I [also] used a lot of guitars that belong to Jamie Rosenberg, the engineer who did the guitars and vocals in Aspen. He has an extensive guitar collection. I didn't use a lot of effects. I used a Marshall amp on the lead guitar solo in the heavy part of Color of Love."

Oates also brings this TV Jones Model 10 in Lake Placid Blue on the road. It features TV Jones pickups, Sperzel tuners, and a Bigsby B5 with Vibramate Spoiler.

"I used some vintage amps, a Fender VibroKing. A CryBaby wah-wah a lot, obviously. I even used some Line 6 equipment with the electronic wah-wah."

"I used some vintage amps, a Fender VibroKing. A CryBaby wah-wah a lot, obviously. I even used some Line 6 equipment with the electronic wah-wah."

"Sonically, we did it in my older studio before I had Pro Tools on an [Akai] MPC-60. We came up with a really cool drumbeat, and it all started with that. Jed was doing all the keyboard parts, and it was a very keyboard-oriented song. Then Jed came up with that quirky trumpet. We were talking about Miles Davis, and he actually played that with a trumpet sample. It was just so cool, it sounded like the night. It kind of had that feel. So that's what we went for."