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Oct 15, 2009 · From his beat-up Les Paul to his battered amps and vintage effect pedals, Neil Young's stage rig is a road-worn tribute to his timeless sounds.
Apr 16, 2024 · Larry Cragg has been Neil Young’s guitar and amp tech since the early ‘70s. He has also worked with many other artists like Carlos Santana over the years, and he maintains a thriving guitar repair shop while also maintaining an extensive collection of vintage amplifiers available for rental.
LARRY CRAGG. 8-6-21. Larry is my guitar and amp technician and has been for decades. No longer going with me on tour, he is now a working musician and fine instrument repair man in Northern California.
Larry Cragg with Neil Young’s 1953 Gibson Les Paul, better known as “Old Black.” Photo taken in December 2011, while Cragg worked on an issue with the guitar’s nut.
Jan 26, 2008 · NEIL YOUNG ACOUSTIC SETUP: BY LARRY CRAGG. Larry Cragg began working with Neil on Neil's guitars in 1972 and has toured as his tech since 1976. Larry has played banjo, pedal steel and sax for Neil and he's doubled on keyboards and guitars in Nils Lofgren's band since 1985.
Cragg was tinkering with Young's guitar rig, which sat in a little area to the rear of the stage. A gaggle of amps, a Magnatone, a huge transistorized Baldwin Exterminator, a Fender Reverb unit and the heart of it all: a small, weather-beaten box covered in worn-out tweed, 1959 vintage.
Dec 8, 2021 · In this clip from Young's recent Apple Music 1 interview – premiered today exclusively at Guitar World – the rock icon discusses the inner workings of that one-of-a-kind guitar sound, and how some trusty friends – guitar tech Larry Cragg and former amp tech Sal Trentino – helped him dial it in.