Mike Campbell's Fortress of Fender Amps

During Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2013 tour, we got a chance to peek behind the curtain of guitarist Mike Campbell's setup. In this clip we get to see the four Fender amps that make up his rig.

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[foxholiday]

I saw Tom and the heartbreakers in 2010 and still to this day was the best sounding band I’ve ever heard

[adadogod]

To this day, I have not heard a better live guitar sound than Campbell's.

[edcherry]

I had a fender leslie many years ago..jesse ed davis inspired me to get one..

[voxpathfinderr]

This guy obviously hasn’t been killing his ears all these years apparently. He is a top notch musician- how come he found no issues with 5-15 watt amps and all these other artists had to have armies of ear deafening beasts? Maybe 100 watt stacks made sense up through’68. But P/A systems have been around a lot longer than most people think

[MrSmiley]

I thought Mike was playing through a Princeton Reverb all this time. Hell, he probably switches his amps out fairly regularly. I have a '73 Princeton that I've been using for the last 25 years or so. It's an incredibly clean amp, almost no overdrive/distortion. I run a tweed champ along side it and /or pedals for overdrive/distortion.

[robertm]

I notice with these Rig Rundowns, a lot of players seem to use more than one amp. I, as a player who can't afford roadies and can't lift heavy things, usually go with one small, light, good sounding amp, mic it if necessary, and put the best pickups I can afford in my guitar. That is how I get a great tone all the time!

[andyhightides]

The Princeton has to be '65. Wrong company name for pre-CBS.

[jdl]

Don't alnico speakers sound better?

[accidentals_hacks]

Cool but unnecessary / purist bull shit.