

Since 2010 and his solo tours, Slash decided to mainly use his signature Les Pauls. Rich Mockingbird ("You Could Be Mine", "The Alien", "Sucker Train Blues"), Gibson EDS-1275 ("Patience", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"), Guild Crossroads ("Neither Can I", "Back And Forth Again", "Back To The Moment") or Travis Bean 1000 ("Bad Obsession", "Rusted Heroes"). During this period, he also used several B.C.

On stage, from the early 1990s, Slash mainly played with Les Paul Standard and particularly two 1987 models that he brought on tour with Guns N 'Roses, Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver. It just sounds good and feels right to me." (Slash) This one has always been my main stage guitar. "The main guitar I play live is one of two Les Paul Standards I bought in 1987. Travis Bean 1000 (slide) (Bad Obsession / The Garden / Beggars And Hangers-On / Shine / Rusted Heroes).Rich Warlock (Reckless Life / Nice Boys / Move To The City / Mama Kin) Rich Mockingbird (lead) (You Could Be Mine / The Truth / The Alien / Headspace) Gibson Les Paul 12-strings 1990 (rhythm) (You Got No Right / The Dissident).Gibson Les Paul Junior (slide) (30 Years To Life).

Gibson ES-135 (rhythm) (Wicked Stone / Stone Blind / Beneath The Savage Sun).Gibson ES-335 1967 (rhythm) (Back To The Moment / Loving The Alien).Gibson Explorer 1958 (lead) (Locomotive).Gibson Flying V 1959 (lead) (Live And Let Die / Knockin' On Heaven's Door).Gibson Slash Les Paul Appetite (rhythm) (Standing In The Sun / Halo / Bad Rain).Gibson Les Paul Goldtop 1956 (rhythm) (Estranged / Fall To Pieces / You Got No Right).Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 replica (main studio guitar used on almost every song/album).However, when he wants a specific sound for some parts, he sometimes plays with other guitars such as Flying V, Explorer, Stratocaster or Telecaster. It is with this instrument that he recorded almost all parts of Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver and solo albums. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life." (Slash)įor studio sessions, Slash almost exclusively uses a 1959 Les Paul Standard replica made by Kris Derrig. (The Strokes), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Brian Hiatt (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Jon Landau (Manager), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Nils Lofgren (The E Street Band), Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr."Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know.

THE VOTERS: Trey Anastasio, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Brian Bell (Weezer), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), James Burton, Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Clark Jr., Billy Corgan, Steve Cropper, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Tom DeLonge (Blink-182), Rick Derringer, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Melissa Etheridge, Don Felder (The Eagles), David Fricke (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Peter Guralnick (Author), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Albert Hammond Jr. Featuring Keith Richards on Chuck Berry, Carlos Santana on Jerry Garcia, Tom Petty on George Harrison and more. We assembled a panel of top guitarists and other experts to rank their favorites and explain what separates the legends from everyone else.
