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Albert Lee has said his main guitar is his Ernie Ball Music Man Albert Lee signature model, some fitted with factory B-benders, alongside Telecasters with B-benders. He strings up with Ernie Ball Regular Slinky sets with a .015 third string, and has said he plays through Fender Tone Masters with ports cut in the back.
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“I'm fortunate to have a first-class guitar with my name on it.”
“I fell in love with it, and he gave it to me. That became my main guitar.”
“He gave me that guitar when we started playing together in '79. It's one of my treasures.”
“I like to be able to bend that third string.”
“I use Fender Tone Masters.”
“It was Cliff who really hooked me, and I really worked at copying his solos”
Albert Lee has said his main guitar is his Ernie Ball Music Man Albert Lee signature model, which grew out of an all-maple prototype Sterling Ball gave him. He also has Music Man and Telecaster guitars fitted with B-benders.
He has said he plays an Ernie Ball Regular Slinky set, .010 to .046, with a .015 in place of the .017 so he can bend the third string.
He has said he plays through Fender Tone Masters with ports cut in the back for an open-back sound. With Clapton around 1979 he played Music Man 130-watt heads into open-back 2x12 cabinets.
Albert Lee is the English country and rock guitarist known for his speed, his B-bender playing and his years in the bands of Eric Clapton and Emmylou Harris. This guide covers his Music Man signature guitar, his strings and amps, and the records that set him on his path.
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