Mike Bloomfield's Gear

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In Columbia's New York studios in June and then again in July, Michael played his Telecaster through an Ampeg Gemini I, a studio amp, while he, Dylan, Al Kooper and a number of studio musicians laid down tracks.

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In this video you can see a lot of photos of Mike playing telecasters. And you surely can hear him playing one.

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"Michael Bloomfield 1959 Les Paul Standard To most guitar and blues aficionados, Michael Bloomfield was more than just a renowned, big-city blues guitarist. A session player who was weaned on Chicago's legendary south side blues, Bloomfield forever altered American-based blues with his bold and passionate guitar playing and he did it all while strumming a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard." ~ Gibson

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Mike used this amp with huge amounts of reverb.

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According to the "Bloomfield's Guitars" section on Mikebloomfieldamericanmusic, Mike Bloomfield played a Fender Duo-Sonic Electric Guitar.

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In the GuitarPlayer article "10 Ways to Play Like Mike Bloomfield," it is noted that Mike Bloomfield utilized a 1960s Fender Super Reverb Combo Amp, highlighting the amp's distinctive spring reverb feature.

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Mike Bloomfield was known for using two 1965 Twin Reverb amplifiers, as seen in photos of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band available on Getty Images.

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According to Mikebloomfieldamericanmusic, Mike Bloomfield used a 1954 Ampeg Guitaramp in his early recordings.

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The 1963 photo shows Mike Bloomfield with an upright bass, highlighting his involvement with the instrument during that period.

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