Michael Chapman
British guitarist and singer-songwriter
Michael Chapman's Gear
"Do you still use your Martin D-18? No. That was on the road with me for a long, long time. But it got damaged twice, both times by Air France, so now it’s just in the front room. Hendrix actually played that guitar."
"My main working guitar is a 1951 [Martin] 000-17, which is a fabulous little thing. It’s all mahogany, obviously, like the 17s were. If you think about it, in 1951, there was no wood around. It was just after World War II, the Korean War was about to kick in, so it was probably made out of old furniture. Some of the wood in that guitar could be 200 years old. In 1951, that guitar was $27, but it sounds fantastic. The definition is just stunning. And it’s small and it goes in the overheads on airplanes."
"For the feedback stuff I did with Thurston, I was using my Gibson ES-175, because they feed back quite early. I used to have a beautiful ES-330 and that fed back really early, but in those days, that was the last thing I wanted to do."
"For the feedback stuff I did with Thurston, I was using my Gibson ES-175, because they feed back quite early. I used to have a beautiful ES-330 and that fed back really early, but in those days, that was the last thing I wanted to do."
According to Premier Guitar's article, Chapman uses the Elixir Light Medium 12-56 acoustic guitar strings.
According to Premier Guitar's article, Chapman uses the Gibson J-50.
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Discography
Rainmaker (2011 Remaster)
1969
Window (2014 Remaster)
1970
Fully Qualified Survivor (2011 Remaster)
1970
Wrecked Again (2013 Remaster)
1972
Millstone Grit (2009 Remaster)
1973
Original Owners (Live)
1984
Navigation
1995
Originals
2007
And Then, There Were Three (Live at the Nottingham Playhouse July 1977)
2010
Trainsong : Guitar Compositions 1967-2010, Vol. 2
2011
Trainsong : Guitar Compositions 1967-2010 (Disc 1)
2011
The Resurrection and Revenge Of the Clayton Peacock
2012