Stories Collection Mike Campbell Red Dog Telecaster (USA, MN) – red dog red

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Mike Campbell is credited with many of the riffs, rhythmic flourishes and solos inspired by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Campbell acquired the original « Red Dog Telecaster » from one of his former students. Dated 1972, it was customized with a Bigsby vibrato and a boost circuit called « Destruct ».
You can listen to this guitar on the track « Refugee » from the album « Damn the Torpedoes » and see it in the song’s video.

The FENDER Stories Collection Mike Campbell Red Dog Telecaster (0117472725) is a fundamentally vintage model in the brand’s 70’s period, with an Alder body, solid Maple neck and fingerboard set with 21 frets (70s C profile, 7.25″ radius). A Bigsby B5F vibrato and Heirloom nitro-cellulose varnish complete the Red Dog’s old-school features.

Thanks to its trio of Fender Mike Campbell Red Dog pickups (one single-coil and two double-coils) and its Destruct boost circuit, which provides +34 dB of gain (dedicated switch), this model offers sonic flexibility that’s absolutely unusual for a Telecaster.