Rob Baker (guitarist)
| Rob Baker | |
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 Rob Baker performing with Stripper's Union, 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Bobby Baker |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Associated acts | The Tragically Hip, Stripper's Union |
Rob Baker (born April 12, 1962 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.[1] He has also released an album with the side project Stripper's Union in 2005.
Biography
Rob Baker is the son of the late Judge P.E.D. Baker. Baker is a former student of Queen's University where he studied visual art. Later he designed many of the band's t-shirts and album art. Until the Tragically Hip's fifth release, Day for Night, he was credited in the liner notes as Bobby Baker.
He was inducted—as a member of the Tragically Hip—to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in April 2005 at the Juno Awards in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was also one of the winners of a 1999 Juno Award for Best Album Design, for The Tragically Hip release Phantom Power.
Gear
Up until the mid-1990s, he used a 1970s burnt umber Fender Stratocaster along with Mesa Boogie amplification and more recently Hamilton amplifiers. He now uses a variety of guitars such as Paul Reed Smith, Ernie Ball Music Man and Ovation Guitars, as well as a cream coloured Fender Telecaster, and Garrison acoustics.
Baker uses these specific guitar models on stage:
Garrison: G-41-CE
Garrison: G-50-CE
Ernie Ball Music Man: Silhouette Special
Paul Reed Smith: Custom
Rickenbacker: 360/12 JG
Fender: Stratocaster
Fender: Telecaster
References
- ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Biography: The Tragically Hip". AMG. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
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