вЂњYou do hear some players who just tend to play on top of a song and not inside it,вЂќ he says. Though he has the chops, Buckingham is much more interested in serving the song than showing off. Close to hand were his trusty вЂ™62 Fender Stratocaster, DIвЂ™d straight into the reel-to-reel, and a Martin D-18. In a similar fashion, BuckinghamвЂ™s new self-titled solo album, his first for a decade, was recorded in his modest home studio on a Sony 48-track tape recorder. ItвЂ™s about limitations? Well, thatвЂ™s what I try to tell myself!вЂќ вЂњI guess IвЂ™m getting all this stuff done in my own way. вЂњItвЂ™s not what you got, itвЂ™s what you do with what you got,вЂќ he explains. Yet the guitaristвЂ™s ambivalence to these in-storage treasures isnвЂ™t the jaded response of a man who can afford anything вЂ“ rather, BuckinghamвЂ™s always been a guitarist happy with a sparse set of tools, who makes magic with technique more than gear. It turns out that BuckinghamвЂ™s stash also includes a rare Alembic 12-string, a 60s Gibson J-200 and an Epiphone Airscreamer, built to resemble an Airstream trailer, according to his long-time tech Stanley Lamendola. I havenвЂ™t even seen it for years, but I know itвЂ™s there!вЂќ I think probably the most valuable guitar I have there is a вЂ™59 Les Paul. I donвЂ™t have a collection for the sake of a collection вЂ“ itвЂ™s just something that I ended up with for some reason. вЂњOh, good question,вЂќ he says, on the phone from his home in California. READ MORE: вЂњWhere else are you going to wear a 50-foot cape except when opening for Prince?вЂќ: Andy McKee on playing with the Purple One.ThereвЂ™s little point asking Buckingham himself whatвЂ™s in there, though.

Somewhere in Los Angeles, thereвЂ™s a warehouse вЂ“ probably climate-controlled, certainly high-security вЂ“ that houses some of Lindsey BuckinghamвЂ™s rarer guitars.

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