steven stills and his guitars
guitarwannabee
Posted 2012-03-19 11:23 PM (#452111)
Subject: steven stills and his guitars


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Location: Michigan		i have been checking out c,s,& n videos tonight and it seems like steven stills plays different electric guitars all of the time and does not stick with any certain model for very long . i have seen him with gibson sg's to fenders strat's and everything in between . i wonder if it is just because the guitar companies graced him with anything that he wanted to play just to get advertising or did he really enjoy playing all sorts of different models. i had to post one of my favorite live songs by them and please let me know what kind of guitar steven stills is playing. i thought it might be a gibson firebird but im not sure . GWB

http://youtu.be/_2e2kC-geMI
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Designzilla
Posted 2012-03-20 5:14 AM (#452115 - in reply to #452111)
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Location: Orlando, FL		Yep, that's a Firebird. Nice performance too!
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noah
Posted 2012-03-20 5:33 AM (#452116 - in reply to #452111)
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The following is from the 1976 Guitar Player issue...

January 1976 (cover story)
by Lowell Cauffiel
photo's by Steven R. Sanders

For electric work on the road, Stephen carries a Fender Precision bass, two Les Paul (double cutaway) Specials, a Les Paul Standard, three Gibson Firebirds (two with one pickup, one with three pickups), and two White Falcons and three Country Gentlemans made by Gretsch. Most of these instruments are dated in the Fifties and the early Sixties.

Stills explains that he uses this wide variety of axes in his three-hour performance because "they each have a different voice. Gretsch pickups are built entirely differently than humbuckings. Firebird pickups are different from humbuckings. The Firebird gives me the feel of a Gibson with a Stratocaster sound. The double cutaway is my jazz guitar. The Gretsch is my country guitar." Stills says his favorite is the one pickup Firebird. "One pickup and two knobs," he describes, "right down to brass tacks. How can you go wrong? And they really put out the beef. I'll do the rest with my fingers."

STEPHEN STILLS' GUITARS (List from 1976 Guitar Player)

Electric Instruments / Model No. 
Ampeg Upright Bass 
Coral Sitar 821068 
Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe 64793 
D'Angelico New Yorker 2103 
D'Angelico New Yorker 
Fender Precision Bass 178986 
Fender Precision Bass 50519 
Fender Stratocaster (Lefty) 18093 
Fender Stratocaster (Sunburst) 7877 
Gibson Double Neck (prototype) 70001 
Gibson Violin Bass 32682 
Gibson Les Paul special (black) 78536 
Gibson Firebird 15249 
Gibson Firebird 
Gibson Firebird (white) 
Gibson Firebird Bass 
Gibson ES 
Gibson Lap Steel 227-24 
Gibson Super 400 819930 
Gibson Les Paul (Sunburst) 0-8087 
Guild Blonde 12-string e1-0114 
Guild Blue 
Gretsch White Falcon 31476 
Gretsch White Penguin 26330 
Gretsch White Falcon 
Gretsch Country Gentleman (club) 35309 
Gretsch Country Gentleman 35121 
Gretsch Country Gentleman 36978 
Gretsch Country Gentleman (D.C.) 
Gretsch Chet Atkins 23462 
Gretsch Chet Atkins (orange) 35937 
Gretsch Chet Atkins 25807 



Edited by noah 2012-03-20 5:57 AM
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guitarwannabee
Posted 2012-03-20 8:18 AM (#452119 - in reply to #452111)
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Location: Michigan		thanks for the great info noah , they did forget to mention this one the gibson s.g. GWB

http://youtu.be/FzM5a5d5j2s
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alpep
Posted 2012-03-20 9:27 AM (#452124 - in reply to #452111)
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Location: NJ		stills was one of the original collectors not sure what his collection is like now but he had a boatload of gretsch guitars.
in the csny early days he and young used them almost exclusively. now neil favors his old les pauls.

also collected old tweed brown and white fender amps

pre war martins d 45's etc
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Darkbar
Posted 2012-03-20 10:16 AM (#452128 - in reply to #452111)
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evvignes
Posted 2012-03-26 11:02 PM (#452415 - in reply to #452111)
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA		He also has a ridiculous collection of martin acoustics. Pre war type stuff
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evvignes
Posted 2012-03-26 11:04 PM (#452416 - in reply to #452111)
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA		Oops, Someone already mentioned the martins. Sorry
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