Tom Petty's Strings

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Mentioned in this March 1983 Musician article.

Tom Petty and Mike Campbell change guitars like some people change radio stations­—after damned near every song, but they do have certain favorites that they keep returning to: Les Paul Gold Top, Fender Strat, California Classic Telecaster and three (count 'em) Rickenbacker twelve-strings. Pickups and insides are standard. The strings, which they change "only if they break," according to equipment man Bugs, are Ernie Ball Regular Slinky.

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