Rob Baker
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| Rob Baker | |
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 Rob Baker performing with Stripper's Union, 2006
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| Also known as | Bobby Baker |
| Born | April 12, 1962 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | 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. He has also released an album with the side project Stripper's Union in 2005.
[edit] Biography
Rob Baker is the son of the late conservative 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.
Baker's style is eclectic, ranging from country influence on tracks such as "Twist My Arm" and the country styled solo on "Long Time Running", to his frequent use of slide, either on a regular electric guitar, or a lap steel. This sets him apart from many of his contemporaries, and incorporates a distinct blues sound on some tracks. Baker also exhibits very modern alternative styles at times ("Gift Shop").
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.
[edit] 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
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