Peter Cetera's Gear

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In the official Chicago video from July 21, 1970, at Tanglewood, Peter Cetera can be seen playing a Fender Precision Bass, which he reportedly acquired in 1969 and used extensively throughout his career with the band.

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Peter Cetera played a Gibson EB-3 bass from 1972 to 1975, as seen in the 1973 YouTube video of Chicago performing "Saturday in the Park" and "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"

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Stated on official website

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1972 live footage @ 3:41 mark you can clearly see Peter turning and you can see the slotted headstock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTFD1C4tVIg

here is other people on Youtube with a similar vintage EB-3L

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ldYhxq8sTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avMyeCs7Vq0

The "L" at the end of the name is for Long Scale. 34 +1/2 inch.

documentation on the model.

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/1971gibsonEB3L.php

http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/catalogues/1970_bass_3.php

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“I had Pat make a bass and send it to Mike Huckabee, and along the way Pat and I talked about making me a bass, I sort of always liked my white Fender Precision Bass, and so I had him make a Wilkins version.”

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Cetera performing during The Under the Stars Summer Arts Festival on July 29, 2017. In this photo he is seen with a Gibson J-45.

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Listed on its official website

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Throughout this performance of happy man, Peter can be seen with a music man stingray. A clear shot of the instrument can be seen around 2 minutes into the video, with the back of the headstock visible at the start of the clip.

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