In more recent interviews, using a capo seems to have fallen in disfavor with him even though he says "I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now". In an interview in the mid-70's he said "I have no qualms with capos". The first time I saw him in concert was in October, 1972. He played a Martin D-35 and a Martin D12-28S, as his regular gear had either been stolen or was being worked on. Personally, when I saw him on the cover of his first UA album, he was holding a D-28. I bought a D-28 because I didn't like the D-18. Mainly because I love an ebony fingerboard. It's so damn easy to play! I remember seeing him in 1983 with that Gibson electric, which from a distance resembled an SG model. Pete Townsend was the only one I ever saw that could do justice to an SG. But maybe that's for another column. I read many of the same interviews but beyond the guitars, I never paid much attention to his PA system.
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