Eli Hansen (Real Numbers)
SPB: What type of guitar are you playing with Real Numbers and how did you choose it?
Hansen: I play a 1965 Hagstrom I. Many years ago I was guitar shopping in Milwaukee with my Dad (also a musician and guitar collector) and stumbled across one at Rockhaus Guitars. It was so cool and unusual and it played so effortlessly that it pretty much inspired me to start my own band, which I did shortly after buying it. The Hagstrom has been the guitar I've used in Real Numbers ever since, except for our first recording session, where I used an ‘80s Rickenbaker which belonged to the producer.
I also have a ‘60s Kalamazoo from Faust Music (also Milwaukee) that I've used at a show or two and was the rhythm guitar featured on the "Tear It In Two" single.
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"Tear It In Two" from 2011 (Floridas Dying Records 7in, later compiled on "What Was & What Is") featuring the Hagstrom I on lead and the Kalamazoo on rhythm, both played by me.
The Hagstrom still in use 10 years later on "Brighter Then", 2021 (Slumberland/Meritorio Records). Shimmering lead is a Rickenbaker played by Ian Nygaard.
