Tom Petty and Mike Campbell

 

Classic live footage of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers featuring the chronically great Mike Campbell. Clip posted in honor of the latter’s birthday.

 

AD: Mike Campbell for EBow

The Electronic Bow for Guitar

This is a super early endorsement for Mike Campbell. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ self-titled debut was released less than a year before this ad ran in Guitar Player, October 1977. The EBow was nothing new, however, as it was invented by Greg Heet in 1969. 

 

Check out Mike Campbell’s guitars

TomPetty.com is featuring a series of fan club-exclusive videos highlighting guitarist Mike Campbell’s impressive array of instruments. You can currently get a preview of  the videos, which were produced by Justin Kreutzman, son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman, at The Huffington Post. As they quote Campbell:

I sat with a crew and went through my collection, playing and discussing the guitars as we went. The resulting video series answers many questions about the instruments. The stories behind the acquisitions, demonstrations of their tones, and parts they played on recordings with my band over the many albums we have put out.

Read more and see Part 1 of the series at HP.

Right here.

 

The George Harrison iPad app

The iTunes store has hundreds of apps pertaining to guitar in every imaginable way. And now there’s an app relating strictly to George Harrison’s guitars. As Mojo describes it:

Featuring 360° photographs alongside audio and video footage, The Guitar Collection will allow users to get up and close and personal with this priceless collection of instruments.

Mike Campbell and Josh Homme are among the guitarists who display the late master’s instruments.

Read more and see video previews at Mojo.

Right here.