I don’t think I did much recording with it, maybe the odd thing around the eponymous 1987 album. "I used the Electraglide live a few times in America. "Nowadays I just use one guitar, my Fender Jaguar, most of the time but in those days I had a big rack of guitars – you have to give the roadies something to do. I know when I started the band I wanted a Telecaster because of Wilko Johnson of Dr Feelgood. "Maybe it’s because guitarists like to buy into that tradition of a guitar being a Fender or a Gibson or a Gretsch. You had to have a power supply and that was just another thing that could possibly go wrong while you’re on stage but I’m surprised it never took off more than it did. The carbonfibre stepped fretboard made it smooth, fast and easy to play – you could zip up and down the neck without any problems. It was super-modern with little LEDs on it and buttons for your volume rather than knobs. I liked that band Big Audio Dynamite and I knew Mick Jones had one. Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen explains what the Bond Electraglide means to him: "I was given an Electraglide for free – it was like a new toy to play with.
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