Tom Petty Breakdown (Guitar Tutorial) | Get The Tone | Touch, Tone & Technique

Get the tone with the gear you have... A quick electric guitar tutorial on getting the tone Mike Campbell from Tom Petty's “Breakdown". Gear links below!
In this video we will show you how you can get the most out of the gear you do have access to. From small boutiques to Fender and Boss, you can get great tone from the gear you have! Vintage gear isn’t necessary (but can be the extra 10%)
We will demonstrate how to sound like Mike Campbell using a Telecaster, a Stratocaster, and a Gibson L6s Deluxe (humbucker). We'll start with a Timmy overdrive pedal and a Diamond Memory Lane Jr. run through an Oldfield Honky Tonk D'Lux. Then we'll break out the classic Boss Super Overdrive and the Fender Blues Jr.
Great tone doesn't have to cost a fortune. If you check out our other videos on Touch and Technique, you can learn how to get the signature tone of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
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Paul Cochrane Timmy pedal : amzn.to/2Ea5bW2
Oldfield Honky Tonk D’luxe : www.oldfieldtubeamps.com/honky-tonk-dlux-5918.html

[@mkrj2576]

Wow. Super useful guitar video. Very practical.

[@jonathanjohnson8656]

Good example of tone being in the hands. Thanks for showing that valuable point so well using common and custom gear. Great delivery of information and focus on using the knobs to tweak the sound. Well done.

[@MrMd5555]

Humbuckers are like your high school prom date... they just put out more!!!

[@timmcelhannon1883]

Great tutorial! Appreciate your philosophy of listening closely to the tone and working with the equipment that you have on hand to create the tone you're looking for.

[@gobigrey9352]

Yes, I've been playing for over 20 years with everything wide open. Finally in the last couple of years I've figured out that it's ok to adjust that tone control. Lol.

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

The tone control is magic on a good tele!

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

As Bonamassa says, “it’s there for a reason “

[@blainedarian9757]

I realize I am kind of off topic but does anybody know of a good website to watch new movies online ?

[@gobigrey9352]

@@blainedarian9757 , Not Flixzone.

[@milankylan7037]

@Blaine Darian i use FlixZone. You can find it by googling :)

[@Ggman770]

Great breakdown on all the different aspects of learning from great artists. Not merely just the notes. Tone technique etc. You shouldn't have stopped with these intermediate lessons. Some of the best on KZbin. And not many covering all these essential aspects.

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Gg Man thanks for the kind words! I’m planning on starting these back up very soon!

[@djross2043]

Your so young are you still around? Can I use a Fender Hot Rod ?

[@waynegram8907]

TONE TOUCH, What other guitarists use the tone rolled down, can you make a lesson about which songs and guitarists use the tone pots rolled down?

[@DalScottGuitar]

Vince gill for sure.

[@44scoots]

And Tele. What Fralin pickups do you have in your Tele? Thx!

[@LA-zc9rg]

Love a tele & a Princeton

[@Svatopluk]

Nice video-also, a really nice pace and spoken voice on top of the musical stuff. Well done!

[@philf4086]

I heard a comment at one point by Mike Campbell that he used a Strat in position 1 for the lead part in the studio. This sounds just as good though with the Tele, not a lot of difference between the Tele and Strat in many cases. Good job!

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Yeah, since this video I've tried all different things and the recording is definitely position 1 (neck pickup) a good tele neck pickup can be just as good as a strat pickup!

[@findantu]

Learning this using a deluxe player strat with the tele caster mode. It's regular 5 way with button to make it s-s-s. Or S---S. Noiseless coils .

[@pomod]

The Breakdown breakdown

[@Timothy_Jones]

Great video and SOLID information!!!!! Love your channel Dan!

[@Gibson45er]

Awesome video. I have a Blues Junior so this was very helpful. Got a Fender Player Telecaster on the way !! Same color as yours !

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Gibson45er great amps! Very functional and sound really great with a few tweaks. Thanks for watching!

[@JskinnyG]

GREAT video Dan... Keep them up... I will send some of my customers your way buddy!

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Thanks Josh!

[@DavidCrites07]

I’m playing this with an Ibanez RG and a Peavey Vypyr 30w amp..using the fender deluxe amp setting, reverb, delay and a little bit of tubescream..

[@tjFalcon91]

Close, but not quite. Any clean fender amp with a TS style pedal for a little grit (Green Rhino) would be fine. Really any bright’ish guitar with good clarity and a transparent overdrive sound will suffice. Gotta play the part right tho... Campbell (and petty) crafted their parts to perfectly compliment the song so you really should learn the part correctly to do it justice. If you really want to sound like Campbell, carefully listen to his vibrato, bending tendencies and where he is on the neck.

[@auntjenifer7774]

Sho you right, but I noticed it sounds allot better with a tweed amp though.

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

This idea works great for live, but you are right, it’s really more about the feel of the part. The original recording has a little more of a ‘slidey’ feel. Glissing into the notes with a neck pickup.

[@SuperReverbious]

compare: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqLbn6Zjf7mHp6M reference tone tone 1: 2:40 (pick, bridge pickup, volume at 3/4, amp set pretty clean. tone rolled back halfway. tone 2: 5:56 tone 3 7:10 tone 4: 9:11 stratocaster tone 5: 9:39 tone 6: 10:06 tone 7: 10:56 humbuckers tone 8: 11:27 less gain, brighter tone tone 9: 12:03 adjusted amp tone 10: 12:24 pulled back treble

[@dustybeers]

Small question, (thx for the upoad, btw) - what gauge strings you use on the tele? That's the sound I've been looking for! Thick pick? I use a Vox amp, just 'cause that's what I have

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Thanks for listening! I use 10-46 strings on everything. D Addario NYXL s

[@rupertpupkin2493]

You really play well. Do you write anything original ? Would love to hear it if you do !

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

Thanks! I haven’t released any of my own stuff in a long time. I do a good bit of session work locally though. Maybe soon! I’ve been wanting to get back to some writing.

[@rupertpupkin2493]

@@touchtonetechnique6984 AWESOME ! I wish I could find someone as talented and comitted as you to play on my stuff and / or in band :)

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

@@rupertpupkin2493 Thanks for the kind words! I do remote session work as well.

[@djross2043]

PS that wasn’t a put down, being young is good believe me. Just had that question. I noticed MC had one.

[@Rushscored4]

Youll need Mike Campbells soul. Its not just about gear.

[@cryptocalypto6117]

GREAT overall tutorial for style & tone but bro.... ur playin' it wrong - the SLIDES are what makes this groove.

[@touchtonetechnique6984]

It IS more of a ‘slide into the note’ thing for sure. I play it like that sometimes, but in a live context, the legato thing works well for me.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Mikes fretboards are filthy, he refuses to let any tech clean them, look at his No Caster...decades of filth on it...adds tone, lol

[@strat62555]

Broadcaster

[@factsnotfeelings4901]

a Vox and a strat

[@bucmcmaster]

Campbell slides between those notes of the opening riff......it's not a hammer-on technique.