How Les Paul Giant Lindsey Buckingham Took Fleetwood Mac to the Top

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Odd how the article neglects to mention Lindsey's switch to Turner around the Tusk era. Although I do recall some interview where he did say he used a Les Paul in the studio at times (post Rumours).
I don't recall him ever saying what he used during the Buckingham Nicks sessions. I'll leave that to the actual players on this board to speculate. Maybe I'm having a senior moment but Jim Keltner played on B/N?
Also after the taping of Soundstage, I was fortunate enough to run into a rack that carried the guitars LB had played that evening. Of course there were the Turners but what I was most fascinated by was a gorgeous white guitar which I first mistook for a Fender but was later pointed out to be a Les Paul. I think he used it for Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind although I can't be certain.
I was also fascinated with the acoustic he used for Big Love and Landslide but couldn't discern the manufacturer.

Prior to joining Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey was a "Fender guy", Strats & Teles (mainly Teles) I think most of the BN album was done on a Tele.

Yeah, Keltner was brought in to "sweeten" up some of the drum parts. Gary Hodges did most of the drum work. Think they might've even done a couple of dual drum things, too....I know LIVE, BN had two drummers (Hodges & ex-Fritz'er Bob Aguirre)

"Big Love": Gibson Chet Atkins CE

"Landslide": I'm not all that familiar with models of Taylors (one ending in "14", I believe), but I think that was the one he used for that (at least that's what he used on The Dance).

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

If memory serves, he's playing a gold top Les Paul, in the Tusk doc, in the studio. Where he's sitting in the control room, noodling solo...

"Gold Top"?? Hmmmmm, I recall him playing a faded '59 Sunburst....I need to see that again. I can't ever recall seeing Lindsey playing a "gold top" anything.