"I use a Stratocaster 1960 model; for bottleneck guitar I use a Telecaster with Strat pickups and wiring ( to enable it to go out of phase) Also, a National steel-bodied acoustic guitar, a Martine D-38 and some odds and ends.

Don't you have a Silvertone? ( Laughs) "Yeah, I got it for $15. Sometimes with an expensive guitar you get an expensive sound: when you want a cheap sound you need a cheap guitar. You get a rough tone with them...I played it on "Tattoo" and " Cradle Rock" . My Fenders- I like the sound: It's not as fat a sound as other guitars, but it's a question of what people get used to."

"I've been using my Stratocaster since '62 or '63: so it's gotten pretty old. I restring it every second night- I've got a lot of salt in my blood and that and sweat kind of messes them up."

"As for amps. I use Fender Bassman amps- four 10" speakers: sometimes I link it up with Fender Twins.

"Recently I had a tone control put into my treble pickup; normally a Stratocaster has only two (controls); not on the treble. That's the only strange thing I've done.

What, no wah-wah? No, all I have is a tone boost around the amp to overdrive it. I twist the volume controls for a kind of wah effect."

Practice/ "I've been getting back into it- it's important to do scales, even if they're not orthodox scales. Keeping the right hand flexible is important, doing mandolin runs so when you play normally you're more flexible."

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