Brian Setzer (born April 10 1959) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
guitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as acoustic guitars, electric guitars, classical guitars and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :...
, singer and
songwriterA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
.
Setzer was born in
MassapequaMassapequa is a hamlet located in Nassau County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 22,652.Massapequa is a suburb on the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Oyster Bay....
,
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Beginning in January 1980, he fronted the popular
rockabillyRockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
band,
Stray Cats Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer with school friends Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had several hit singles in the UK, Australia and the U.S...
. After performing from New York to Philadelphia, Setzer, Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) decided in June 1980 to go to
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
where they believed people would better appreciate their sound and style.
Brian Setzer (born April 10 1959) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
guitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as acoustic guitars, electric guitars, classical guitars and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :...
, singer and
songwriterA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
.
Career
Setzer was born in
MassapequaMassapequa is a hamlet located in Nassau County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 22,652.Massapequa is a suburb on the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Oyster Bay....
,
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Beginning in January 1980, he fronted the popular
rockabillyRockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
band,
Stray Cats Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer with school friends Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had several hit singles in the UK, Australia and the U.S...
. After performing from New York to Philadelphia, Setzer, Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) decided in June 1980 to go to
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
where they believed people would better appreciate their sound and style. To make the money for the plane, Brian, Lee and Slim Jim went to the Sam Ash Music on 48th Street to sell their instruments and gear to the store and rather than negotiating, sold all of it for just enough for three plane tickets. Upon arrival, they decided to call themselves "
Stray Cats Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer with school friends Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had several hit singles in the UK, Australia and the U.S...
", a name suggested by Rocker. The Stray Cats drew the attention of producer
Dave EdmundsDave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early years:As a teenager Edmunds first played...
and released a series of successful singles in the UK.
The Stray Cats caught America's attention with the 1982 album
Built for SpeedBuilt for Speed is the first American album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was the most successful record for the band, with the videos for songs such as "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut" reaching MTV regular rotation status. This album is a compilation of 12 songs taken from the...
, which included the two Top Ten hits, "Rock This Town" (#9) and "Stray Cat Strut" (#3), as well as with the follow-up 1983 album
Rant 'N Rave with the Stray Cats, which included the two successful singles "(She's) Sexy + 17" (#5), and "I Won't Stand In Your Way" (#35).
The Stray Cats broke up in 1984, but would reunite briefly to record albums and mount tours several times through the early 1990s.
In 1986, Setzer released his first solo album,
The Knife Feels Like JusticeThe rock album The Knife Feels Like Justice by Brian Setzer was released in 1986 on the EMI America record label.- Track listing :# "The Knife Feels Like Justice"# "Haunted River"# "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"# "Bobby's Back"# "Radiation Ranch"...
, which marked a move away from rockabilly and towards a more mainstream rock sound. The album found minor success, peaking at number 45 on the US album charts. Also in the mid-80s, Setzer was the lead guitarist for the touring version of
Robert PlantRobert Anthony Plant CBE , is an English rock singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist and lyricist, as well as for his successful solo career...
's ensemble band,
The HoneydrippersThe Honeydrippers was a rock band of the 1980s. Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant formed the group in 1981 to satisfy his long-time goal in having a rock band with a heavy R&B basis. Formed originally in Worcestershire, the band went on to record an EP in the US...
. In 1987, Setzer played the part of
Eddie CochranRaymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran was an American rock and roll musician and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s, early 1960s.- Early life and career :...
in the biographical film on the life of
Ritchie ValensRichard Steven "Ritchie" Valenzuela , better known by the stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist....
,
La BambaLa Bamba is an American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The picture features Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, among others...
.
Setzer led a comeback for swing and
jump bluesJump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. Jump blues was very popular in the 1940s and was called "rock and roll" in the 1950s.- Origins :...
music in the mid-1990s when he formed
The Brian Setzer OrchestraThe Brian Setzer Orchestra is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. The group had success covering Louis Prima's "Jump Jive an' Wail", which appeared in Prima's 1957 album The Wildest!...
, an ambitious 17-piece ensemble project, which released four studio albums, a Christmas disc and several live releases between 1994 and 2002. The group's biggest success (and Setzer's outside the Stray Cats) came in 1998 with the release of
The Dirty BoogieThe Dirty Boogie is the third album from the swing band The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The album is considered as the breakthrough for the band, with their first single being a cover of Louis Prima's "Jump Jive an' Wail", which Prima had made popular in 1956 and included in his album The Wildest!...
which cracked the top ten on the US album charts and featured a hit single, a cover of
Louis PrimaLouis Prima was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas...
's "Jump, Jive an' Wail".
Setzer continued to release solo-billed albums sporadically, including a solo live disc
Rockin' By Myself in 1998 and
Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy in 2003. In 2001 he released an album titled
Ignition with his new trio billed as the '68 Comeback Special. A tribute album titled
Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records was released on July 26, 2005, in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. His latest Record,
13, was released in October 2006.
On September 25 2007, the Brian Setzer Orchestra released
Wolfgang's Big Night Out which features Setzer's take on classical pieces, such as Beethoven's
Symphony No. 5Works with the title Symphony No. 5 include:*William Alwyn's Symphony No. 5*Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No. 5*Arnold Bax's Symphony No. 5*Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5*Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 5*Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 5...
,
Flight of the Bumblebee"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to...
, and
Für Elise"Für Elise" is the popular name of one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions, the Bagatelle in A minor for solo piano, marked poco moto, dated 27 April 1810. The original autographed manuscript has been lost and the piece itself was not published until 1865.It is not certain who...
. "Wolfgang" earned Setzer his 8th Grammy nomination, this time for Best Classical Crossover album of the year.
Setzer spoofed himself in a 2002 episode of popular animated series
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
. He voiced himself as a "tutor" at a fictional
Rock 'n Roll Fantasy CampRock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp is an event that can be experienced in one to five days. The five day experience is offered in New York, Las Vegas, London and Hollywood...
attended by
Homer SimpsonHomer Jay Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, and delivered the amusing line (after his animated version participated in chasing Homer in a motorized devil's head): "I hope you won't judge the entire Brian Setzer orchestra based on my actions."
On October 13, 2009, the Brian Setzer Orchestra will release a new album entitled "Songs From Lonely Avenue." For the first time in Setzer's career, he is the sole writer on every song. Frank Comstock, the 87-year-old big band arranger whom Setzer collaborated with on "Wolfgang's Big Night Out," orchestrated most of the horn parts for the new album.
Honors
Setzer was awarded the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1999 Gibson Awards. As of 1999, the previous recipients of this award were
B. B. KingRiley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and guitar playing....
,
Emmylou HarrisEmmylou Harris is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists.-...
,
Vince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
and
John FogertyJohn Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. He was born in Berkeley, California and is the younger brother of Tom Fogerty...
.
Since 2000, Setzer has earned 3
Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry...
s: Best Pop Performance Duo/Group for "Jump Jive An' Wail", and two Best Pop Instrumental Performance awards for "Sleepwalk" and "
Caravan"Caravan" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and first performed by Duke Ellington in 1937. Tizol also composed "Perdido" for the Ellington band. The lyrics were written by Irving Mills, but as many versions are instrumental he is sometimes not listed. The song is variously seen as the first...
". In December 2006 he received his 7th Grammy nomination for his version of "
My Favorite Things"My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.- The Sound of Music version :The song was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film adaptation.In the musical the lyrics to the...
," again in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category.
Personal life
Setzer recently moved from Southern California to
MinneapolisMinneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities,...
,
MinnesotaMinnesota is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the...
, with his wife Julie (née Reiten, former singer with the Dustbunnies), whom he originally met when she auditioned (and was hired) as a back-up singer for the Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2000. They were married in
Palm SpringsPalm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,807. Golf, swimming, tennis, horseback riding and hiking in the nearby desert and mountain areas are...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
in the summer of 2005. Setzer was previously married twice: to Christine Schmidt, from 1994-2002, with whom he has two daughters, and DeAnna Morgan from 1984-1992 with whom he has a son, Cody.
Stray Cats
- Stray Cats
Stray Cats is the first album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was released in England and was very successful, with hits such as "Runaway Boys," "Stray Cat Strut," and "Rock This Town."...
(1981)
- Gonna Ball
Gonna Ball is the second album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was released only in England and was not as successful as Stray Cats. Five of the songs from it, including "Baby Blue Eyes" and "Little Miss Prissy," were issued on the band's first American album Built for Speed.-Track...
(1981)
- Built For Speed
Built for Speed is the first American album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was the most successful record for the band, with the videos for songs such as "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut" reaching MTV regular rotation status. This album is a compilation of 12 songs taken from the...
(1982) #2 (15 weeks) US
- Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats
Rant 'N Rave with the Stray Cats is the third album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats, released in 1983 . The album features the #5 hit " Sexy + 17" and Top 40 hit "I Won't Stand in Your Way."-Track listing:#"Rebels Rule"...
(1983) #14 US
- Rock Therapy (1986) #122 US
- Blast Off!
Blast Off! was the second American release by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts. It was released in 1991 and only in America...
(1989) #111 US
- Let's Go Faster! (1990)
- The Best of the Stray Cats: Rock This Town (1990)
- Choo Choo Hot Fish (1992)
- Original Cool (1993)
- Rumble in Brixton (2004)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1994) #158 US
- Guitar Slinger
Guitar Slinger is The Brian Setzer Orchestra's second album.-Track listing:# "The House Is Rockin'" – 3:02# "Hoodoo Voodoo Doll" – 3:39# "Town Without Pity" – 4:04...
(1996)
- The Dirty Boogie
The Dirty Boogie is the third album from the swing band The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The album is considered as the breakthrough for the band, with their first single being a cover of Louis Prima's "Jump Jive an' Wail", which Prima had made popular in 1956 and included in his album The Wildest!...
(1998) #9 US
- Vavoom!
-Track listing:# "Pennsylvania 6-5000" # "Jumpin' East of Java"# "Americano"# "If You Can't Rock Me"# "Gettin' in the Mood"# "Drive Like Lightning "# "Mack the Knife"# "Caravan"# "Footloose Doll"...
(2000) #62 US
- Boogie Woogie Christmas
Boogie Woogie Christmas is a 2002 Christmas album recorded by the Brian Setzer Orchestra.-Original:#Jingle Bells - 2:22#Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - 3:02#Winter Wonderland - 2:40#Blue Christmas - 2:48#Santa Claus Is Back In Town - 3:48...
(2002)
- Jump, Jive an' Wail - The Very Best of the Brian Setzer Orchestra (2003)
- The Ultimate Collection Live (2004)
- Dig That Crazy Christmas
Dig That Crazy Christmas is an album by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Released in 2005 on Surfdog Records, it's a collection of holiday songs performed in big band swing style. Although most of the songs have been previously recorded by other artists, it includes two originals written by Setzer...
(2005)
- Wolfgang's Big Night Out
Wolfgang's Big Night Out is the seventh studio album from the American swing revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra, released on September 25 2007 on Surfdog Records. It is a collection of rockabilly and swing versions of classical compositions. The album is said to be 'largely instrumental'...
(September 2007)
- Christmas Rocks (October 2008)
- The Ultimate Christmas Collection CD/DVD (October 2008)
- Songs From Lonely Avenue (October 2009)
Solo Material
- The Knife Feels Like Justice
The rock album The Knife Feels Like Justice by Brian Setzer was released in 1986 on the EMI America record label.- Track listing :# "The Knife Feels Like Justice"# "Haunted River"# "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"# "Bobby's Back"# "Radiation Ranch"...
(1986) #45 US
- Live Nude Guitars (1988) #140 US
- Rockin' By Myself (1998)
- Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy
Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy is the eleventh solo album from American musician Brian Setzer, released in 2003 on Surfdog Records. He said, when released, that it was the most personal record he'd ever done. He ventured away from his traditional 'hot rod rockabilly side' and wrote more about love ,...
(2003)
- Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records (2005)
- 13
13 is the thirteenth solo album from American musician Brian Setzer. It was released in 2006 on Surfdog Records, and contained the Japanese hit single "Back Streets Of Tokyo". Setzer had originally intended for the album to have one direction, or sound, but after thinking about how The Beatles'...
(2006) #2 JAP
- Red Hot & Live (2007)
Filmography
- La Bamba
La Bamba is an American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The picture features Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, among others...
(1987)
- Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme is a 1990 Disney Channel TV movie starring Shelley Duvall as Little Bo Peep and Dan Gilroy as Gordon Goose, the son of Mother Goose . The film deals with Little Bo Peep, who while still trying to find her sheep, goes to Mother Goose's house, but she was not there...
(1990)
- The Great White Hype
The Great White Hype is a 1996 film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson and Jamie Foxx.The movie is a satire of racism in boxing...
(1996)
- The Nanny
The Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc. and Highschool Sweethearts Productions in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
- "The Bobbi Flekman Story'" (1997), as himself
- The Country Bears
The Country Bears is a 2002 live-action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Disney attraction Country Bear Jamboree. It was Disney's second movie based on a ride or attraction, following Mission to Mars , and followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and The...
(2002), along with the '68 Comeback Special
- The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
- "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" is the second episode of The Simpsons
' fourteenth season. The episode was first broadcast on November 10, 2002. It was intended to be the season premiere, but "Treehouse of Horror XIII" was moved ahead for Halloween...
" (2002)
Live DVDs
- Brian Setzer Orchestra live In Japan (2001)
- Rumble In Brixton (2004)
- Brian Setzer Orchestra Live: Christmas Extravaganza (2005)
- One Rockin' Night ('95) (2007)
Other works and appearances
- Composed the theme song for the Disney cartoon show House Of Mouse.
- Appeared in a Bud Light commercial where his rehearsal session was interrupted by an elderly woman (recording pioneer Cordell Jackson
Cordell Jackson was an American guitarist thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label...
) who could play rock-and-roll guitar.
- Setzer also performed on Tomoyasu Hotei
is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor.-Biography: Hotei first began playing the guitar in junior high school. In high school, his band “Blue Film” finished runners up in a school contest to “Death Penalty", a band led by Kyosuke Himuro. Hotei was expelled shortly before graduation...
's album Soul Sessions, on the tracks Back Streets of Tokyo and Take a Chance on Love.
Musical equipment
Brian Setzer has a very large guitar collection spanning many decades and brands. Setzer favours vintage equipment and semihollow body guitars and is currently endorsed by Gretsch.
Vintage guitars:
- D'Angelico Excel - 1938
- D'Angelico New Yorker - 1940
- Martin
The C.F. Martin & Company is a US guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. Martin is highly regarded for its steel-string guitars, and is a leading mass manufacturer of flattop acoustics with models that retail for thousands of dollars and vintage instruments that...
Model D-28 Acoustic - 1956
- Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top horn for balance while standing...
Turquoise - 1957
- Guild
The Guild Guitar Company is a USA-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, an ex-executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company....
Bluesbird - 1959
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6130 Round Up - 1955
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6128 Black Duo Jet - 1957
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6136 White Falcon - 1957
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6129 Silver Jet - No Pickguard - 1957
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6129 Silver Jet - White Pickguard - 1957
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6136 White Falcon - 1957
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6129 Silver Jet - Black Pickguard - 1958
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 "Stray Cat" - 1959
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Chet Atkins - 1959
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6119 "Christmas Custom" - 1959
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6119 Blue Sparkle Jet - 1959
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 - 1960
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6119 - 1960
- Gibson
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer, Valley Arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. In addition to guitars, the company makes pianos through its...
Firebird V - 1964
Signature guitars:
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Setzer Signature Prototype
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Setzer Hot Rod Custom Purple
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Setzer Hot Rod Custom "Pinstripe"
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Setzer Hot Rod Custom "Spotty"
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Setzer Hot Rod Custom "Sparkle Red"
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 Setzer Hot Rod Custom "Sparkle Blue"
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 SSLVO Brian Setzer Signature
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 SSL Brian Setzer Signature
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 SSU Brian Setzer Signature
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6120 SSUGR Brian Setzer Signature
- Gretsch
Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. It is known primarily for drums and electric guitars such as the White Falcon and Duo Jet.-Beginnings:...
Model 6136SLBP Brian Setzer Black Phoenix
Other guitars:
Effects:
- Echoplex
Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.-Early delay...
- Chorus Echo
A chorus effect is:* A condition in the way people perceive similar sounds coming from multiple sources.* A simulation of this effect created by signal processing equipment.* A signal processing device designed to produce this effect.- Methods :...
Amplifiers:
- Fender Bassman
The Fender Bassman was a bass amplifier introduced by Fender in 1952. Although it was originally designed for bass guitars, it was frequently used for normal electric guitar in rock and roll, blues, and country bands.-History:...
- 1962
- Fender Princeton
The Fender Princeton was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1947 and discontinued in 1979. After Fender introduced the Champ Amp in 1948, the Princeton occupied the next to the bottom spot in the Fender line...
- 1960
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