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My band The Chesterfield Kings, Owner of Andy Babiuk's Fab Gear guitar shop, author of the books Beatles Gear, Rolling Stones Gear and The Story Of Paul Bigsby

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

The Chesterfield Kings new single out today ‘Your Strange Love’ co-written by Little Steven & Andy. The flip side is a cover of The Beatles classic ‘It’s Only Love’. Check it out on your favorite streaming service. Links below… https://t.co/auknQu7hzY

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

The Chesterfield Kings are looking forward to playing the AZKENA ROCK FESTIVAL on June 21st… it will be good to be back in Spain!

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My pal Peter Buck from REM showing me his cool Rickenbacker 360 during the Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise a few weeks ago. A very cool guitar! We were both geeking out on our Rickenbacker guitars during the cruise...

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

The Chesterfield Kings European Tour 2025 starting soon… here we come Scotland, England, Spain and France!

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

Just a few weeks before we head out for our European tour… first stop the UK!

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

Backstage watching Social Distortion with the our pals the wonderful Michael Des Barres, Louis Arzonico who runs Wicked Cool Records and the man behind the Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise, and Dennis Mortensen the program director for Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

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After one of our shows on the Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise our pal Peter Buck from REM came backstage to check out our light show Rickenbacker guitars…. it was Rickenbacker - mania!!

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

We had a blast on the Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise! More photos to follow...

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

It's just days before we start swashbuckling on the high seas!!!

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Ted using his Gretsch White Penguin to overdub a lead on our new LP. And our producer the great Ed Stasium is making sure it’s good!!

[Fab Gear @FabGearOfficial]

Introducing the Gretsch Fab Gear Broadkaster Jr. We have worked with our good friends at Gretsch to create a stunning new take on Gretsch’s Broadkaster model. The Fab Gear Broadkaster is what happens when you fuse a 59’ flametop, with the unmistakable class of a @gretsch guitar!

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

Andy tells about a rare 1920’s instrument called a Marxophone that he used to write and record the song 'So Down And Blue’ which is on the latest Chesterfield Kings album. Check it out!

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

Here’s Jeff with our producer and pal the great Ed Stasium doing a fuzz bass overdub with his Rickenbacker 4005XC bass on ‘Meet You After Midnight' .

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Mike talks about his cool Ludwig Hand Hammered Bronze Supraphonic Snare that he’s had forever! He’s played that same snare on every show all over the world and on like every Chesterfield Kings' record!

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

Andy doing an overdub on a 1912 Steinway Model O Grand Piano that he bought a few years ago that was refurbished at the Steinway & Sons factory. It plays and sounds Amazing! We used it all over the new Chesterfield Kings LP.

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

John talks about our vintage 1965 Vox Continental Organ with the wood keys that he used on our new album. We’ve had this same organ since the early 80’s and have used it on every Chesterfield Kings' recorded. This instrument has been all over the world with us a ton of times!!

[Fab Gear @FabGearOfficial]

Here it is, the new 2025 Rickenbacker Fab Gear Limited Edition 4003 bass in Blue Hawaiian! This model is exclusive to Fab Gear and only 30 will be available for the whole world!

Pre-Orders go live on our website tomorrow, Feb 18th at 12:00 PM EST. The bass is priced at $3998

[The Chesterfield Kings @ChesterfieldKng]

John adding a guitar track with his Gretsch White Falcon during the recording sessions for the new Chesterfield Kings LP.

[The Beatles @thebeatles]

Ten of the tracks on Please Please Me were recorded in one long 12hr session #OTD in 1963. The album, The Beatles' first, went on to reach the top of the chart in May that year, and remained there for thirty weeks before being replaced by With The Beatles.

[John Lennon @johnlennon]

THEY CAN'T BEAT LOVE.
They, whoever they are, don’t stand a chance, because they can’t beat love. Because all those old bits from religion and that, about love being all-powerful is true, you know. And that’s the bit they can’t do, you know, they can’t handle it. #HappyValentinesDay ❤️