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Any scoop on Mike’s new guitars?

RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,260
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Obviously Mike has always changed up his guitars through the years, but this tour seems much more extreme and I’m wondering if there are any cool stories from guitar magazines or anything like that I missed.

He’s using a white Strat for Even Flow and Black, which really stuck out to me because EF in particular is meant to be his signature solo every night and he ALWAYS uses his 60 Strat for it. Seems like this white one must be pretty special to him for him to replace it for those songs.

But I also noticed he’s playing 2 Telecasters as well for several songs. Which is awesome because he barely ever plays them. On Porch and quite a few others he’s using a really cool red sparkle Tele, and I can’t remember which songs, but he’s also using a semi-hollow Tele for some songs as well. 

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  • JD87070JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 274
    if i remember right, he was playing a Tele for Corduroy in Indy. I know he was playing a Les Paul most of the encore that night too. No stories behind them that i remember seeing. Feel like he’s been playing the white Strat for a few years now but it has been taking on a bigger role this tour seems like.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,310


    I’m obsessed with the red sparkle Tele
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,260
    SVRDhand13 said:


    I’m obsessed with the red sparkle Tele
    I am a guitarist only by the most loose definition imaginable, but Telecasters are by far my favorite and seeing him play one as cool as this so many times at the 4 shows I went to (Wrigley 2 - Baltimore) was such a treat. Easily my favorite guitar of his. 
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,201
    SVRDhand13 said:


    I’m obsessed with the red sparkle Tele

    Damn that's hot! 🔥
  • Charlie_modCharlie_mod Posts: 138

    Wrigley. I noticed the new guitars as well. Red Sparkle Tele is RnR!!
  • nalyd61nalyd61 Boston Posts: 725
    I’ve been wondering if it’s an old worn red tele. Or did he buy it to look vintage. Hope it’s road worn and not factory 
  • shepshep Houston Posts: 5,800
    The red telecaster stood out to me at wrigley too... It's gorgeous.

    It looks like it has a pedigree / story... hopefully someone digs it out of mike.  would love to know where it came from.
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • kosteva2kosteva2 Posts: 329
    Seeing it up close at MSG and Philly the sparkly red one has some Dorothy from Oz's ruby red slippers vibe.  
    Played it on a few songs including Porch.
    Looked a little beaten up around the edges like it has some stories/experience.
    TFC '97, TFC '98, Pittsburgh '98, Camden I,II '98, Camden I,II '00, Pittsburgh '00, Philly '03, Camden I,II '03, MSG I,II '03, Hershey '03, Reading '04, Philly '05, Camden I,II '06, Meadowlands I '06, Camden I,II '08, DC '08, Spectrum I,II,III,IV '09, Made in America '12, Philly I,II '13, GCF '15, Philly I,II '16, MSG I '16, Apollo ‘22, MSG ‘22, Camden ‘22, MSG I,II '24, Philly I,II '24
  • kosteva2kosteva2 Posts: 329

    TFC '97, TFC '98, Pittsburgh '98, Camden I,II '98, Camden I,II '00, Pittsburgh '00, Philly '03, Camden I,II '03, MSG I,II '03, Hershey '03, Reading '04, Philly '05, Camden I,II '06, Meadowlands I '06, Camden I,II '08, DC '08, Spectrum I,II,III,IV '09, Made in America '12, Philly I,II '13, GCF '15, Philly I,II '16, MSG I '16, Apollo ‘22, MSG ‘22, Camden ‘22, MSG I,II '24, Philly I,II '24
  • dwjmu84dwjmu84 Posts: 391
    That’s the one I got to touch and strum..


  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,310
    edited September 16
    This has turned into the Sparkly Red Tele Appreciation Thread! Lol 
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
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