The Guitar Solo on 'Runnin’ Down a Dream' - Mike Campbell's 1962 Gibson Les Paul™ SG™ Junior

In this excerpt from GTV's The Collection, Mike Campbell talks about the 1962 Gibson Les Paul SG Junior he used to write the iconic "Runnin' Down a Dream" solo for Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever. Mike sits with Mark Agnesi and shares the story of how he found the guitar for just $120 in a video store while on tour and the accident that almost destroyed it while playing with Bob Dylan.

If you're a fan of the music of Mike Campbell and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, you've DEFINITELY heard this iconic Gibson SG Junior.

Watch the full episode of The Collection with Mike Campbell, where Mark Agnesi talks about vintage guitars and uncovers some incredible instruments with Mike Campbell! He also goes through his entire guitar collection and shows you some vintage and rare electric and acoustic guitars that fans of Mike's work with Tom Petty will instantly recognise!

Check out the full episode on Gibson TV now!

ABOUT GIBSON BRANDS

[brianwood]

I used to play that song in a bar band and I went off for about 4 minutes and nobody stopped me it was great

[ocwaveoc]

If you don’t play that solo you may not know which part he’s talking about. But it’s a lick I’ve never seen anyone do on a record. Pretty cool.

[FoardenotFord]

One of the most underrated guitar legends. This solo is incredible, especially that lick he mentioned. I never would have guessed it was a P90 SG.

[aitken]

Mike and Tom were together so long that they sounded like each other!

[martydibergi]

I remember back in the late 60s those guitars were so inexpensive and sounded great

[markgreene]

One of the best guitar solos of all-time..

[dropclutch]

Yeah, it took me a minute to figure out what he was doing on that lick. Totally sounds like 2 guitars. Legendary solo.

[joshpointoh]

You ever notice that all those "Gibson is overpriced" comments are suspiciously missing on a video like this, where an actual legend is telling you how he used it and why he loves it.

[DissTopia-op]

I love that lick he's talking about - cool story about Jeff Lynne

[privateer]

I have one, and it's an awesome guitar. Picked it up for cheap 40 years ago.

[mystereedsayshi]

“It’s hard to impress Jeff”.
But also, that apparently impressed Jeff.

[John-pjo]

I'll never forget when Damn The Torpedo's came out, I played that album to death. A great American band!

[gbmillergb]

I modified one of my guitars with a pull switch to cut out the tone control since the amp has a tone stack, with the tone bypassed the sound is cleaner.

[Peter-icvj]

Where you. Working this. Week. Mark???

[leonwhildenjr]

Hi Mike I’m Boo🦋 and I’m a big fan of yours!😎🤘The SG is Cool Thank you!💪💀Thanks to Gibson for showing these Videos.🙏✌️🎉🇺🇸🌅

[Pat-nlwk]

Gibson should dump the modern lite and bring back the SG Junior.

[CurtisHarrison-gt]

Run strings across the top of the anchor. It gives a better tone, and a softer, more monuverable string.
It makes for a stupid good solo, in the hands of the Heartbreaker.

[james]

Looks moded like it used to have a bigsby or something

[Paul-hhs]

I started out
I started out this morning
Hmm....
Like any other morning
Weather and traffic warning
Careful driving in the dark

[raypolakovic]

Mike Campbell looks like Tom Petty wearing a disguise