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Michael Hampton recalls his Gibson L6-S in Funkadelic interview

Michael Hampton recalls his Gibson L6-S and Funkadelic’s fluid recording sessions.

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AI-assisted editorial portrait of Michael Hampton, based on a 2012 photograph.
AI-assisted editorial adaptation by GuitarGangsters, based on MhamptonVlcsnap-2025-08-08-18h41m11s089.jpg, by Alex Lozupone, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Original reference: Million Man Mosh, January 4, 2012. Changes: AI-generated portrait composition and illustrative styling. This is an editorial illustration, not a photograph of the album sessions. No endorsement is implied.

Michael Hampton revisits Funkadelic’s Let’s Take It to the Stage sessions in a Guitar World interview published October 9.

Asked about guitars used for the album, he identifies an unmodified Gibson L6-S as an instrument he played frequently then.

His account also underlines the limits of memory. Hampton describes overlapping sessions and says he cannot confidently reconstruct every player’s contribution.

The L6-S detail is a firsthand recollection, rather than a complete equipment list or definitive session credits.

Read Andrew Daly’s full interview at Guitar World.

AI-assisted editorial adaptation by GuitarGangsters, based on MhamptonVlcsnap-2025-08-08-18h41m11s089.jpg, by Alex Lozupone, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Original reference: Million Man Mosh, January 4, 2012. Changes: AI-generated portrait composition and illustrative styling. This is an editorial illustration, not a photograph of the album sessions. No endorsement is implied.