An excerpt from Dan Erlewine's "How To Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great", including celebrity setups from Jeff Beck to Jim Weider.
A-FAMOUSSETUPS
Here are over three dozen precise setup specs collected by Dan Erlewine as he interviewed famous players and roadies. All of these came from Dan's hands-on measurements of the actual guitars. More information can be found in the last chapter of Dan's book, including a detailed "10-step Fender Setup."
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Players' setups:
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Jeff Beck's Strat
John Borchard's '59 Gretch Anniversary
John Borchard's '67 Gibson ES-355
Junior Brown, Tone Player
Robert Cray's Strats
Chris Duarte's Strat
Eric Johnson's '57 Strat
Jorma Kaukonen's Signature Epiphone
Albert King's Lucy Flying V
Bill Kirchen's Tele
Leon Rhodes' '62 Epiphone Sheriton
Duke Robillard's Archtop Electric
Brian Setzer's "Hot-Rod"
Brian Setzer's '59 Gretch
Jimmy Smails' '75 Tele Custom
Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Number One"
Jim Weider's Fender Esquire
Jim Weider's Fender Tele
Jim Weider's Slide Setup ('60s Silvertone)
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More setups, by maker:
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Tom Anderson Guitarworks
Gene Baker BH1
John Carruthers Custom
Danelectro U2 ('56)
Fender Bajo-Sexto
Gibson ES-350 T (short scale jazz archtop)
Gibson Les Paul Gold Top ('54)
Gibson Les Paul with Humbuckers ('59)
Gibson Les Paul with P90 Pickups ('78)
Gordon-Smith
Ibanez Factory Specs
Roger Sadowsky's Setup
Paul Reed Smith (PRS) McCarty
Michael Stevens LJ
Washburn Nuno Bettencourt Signature Model
Washburn Custom Shop Centurion CT5BB
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