Slash plays what kind of guitar

On the current world tour, the axeman has brought two of his original Silver Jubilees out of retirement, as well as one of his limited run Marshall JCM signature heads. These ones, however, benefit from on-board distortion and the highly acclaimed Fasel-loaded Classic circuit. He's interviewed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos with a member of Slayer on a track released internationally.

Either way, this model featured a fast mahogany slim-taper neck with rosewood fingerboard and featured a classic setup of 61R and 61T humbuckers.

Be that as it may, the legend says that one piece of the guitar was taken to Guitars R Us. Finish: Goldtop Years used: to According to many sources, this was his most babied guitar during the Appetite for Destruction tour until it went missing during the promotional tour for Use Your Illusion. As for its specs, Slash made sure that every Les Paul he owned sounded similar to his specified and signature set up.

There was a fair share of gigs in which Slash used this guitar, and it can be distinguished by its zebra-colored Seymour Duncan pickups. The most iconic one has to be the live at the Ritz concert in New York. After it was stolen, Slash posted an ad to look for it with a cash reward in case anyone can find it.

This ad includes the guitar serial number and contact information. With a considerable amount of live appearances, this vintage guitar is also known as the one featured on the Velvet Revolver single Slither. He kept using it for special occasions throughout the new millennium and into his legendary status as a guitar hero. Allegedly, Slash kept this guitar close to him, even closer than a few Les Paul models, it is said that he wrote the acoustic part for the ballad Patience while that may be unspecified, it is known that he recorded the track on it.

Shortly after acquiring a first Guild JF, Slash decided that he would need a backup so he purchased another identical one.

These era of Guild acoustics were the main go-to in live performances and studio even through the Use Your Illusion era and tour, meaning that it had a fair share of live-action with Civil War as well. One of these guitars remains with Slash stored in his personal collection, while the second one was recently auctioned.

The band got a chance to stock on whatever they pleased and so Hudson took the chance to get his hands back on one of his previously favored models, the B.

C Rich Mockingbird, which he preferred over his Warlock. This guitar is very well known to fans as the You Could Be Mine six-string and lawfully ever since the song came out as the promotional single for both the album and the Terminator sequel, Slash has been popping out this guitar when its time to play that specific tune.

This B. C Rich Mockingbird some extensive action ever since it was purchased. Louis concert in In Slash auctioned a B. It can even in the latest live performance of You Could Be Mine. Many sources point out that Slash use to carry this guitar with him at all times during the Use Your Illusion era, but there are records of the guitarist using a Martin D even earlier than the 90s.

There were several reported Martin D models involved with GNR during the peak height of their career, but probably Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan or even Gilby Clarke could have owned a couple of them since Slash has repeatedly stated that he was a more electric oriented guitarist.

This Les Paul features a unique inlay with a snake all across the fretboard, the Snakepit logo in the lower part of the body, and a cherry red finish with black Alnico II humbuckers, which makes for a unique piece of craftsmanship. Initially, Hudson received a couple of these guitars, but they were taken from him when his apartment was burgled during the late 90s.

It is said that Hudson received the guitar a couple of days before the gig, in it, the duo played a good number of GNR acoustic-based tunes before showing off their original repertoire. The MAX sessions show served to amplify the project, and spawn massive comparison between Myles Kennedy and Axl Rose, this was mildly controversial in the limelight, nevertheless, the heat was dismissed by all parties.

Slash was slowly becoming a brand himself; he was already a respected figure that seemed appealing enough for certain companies aside from Gibson. So Black Death Vodka stroke a deal with the guitarist, he would become the face of the brand as long as he played this Les Paul they got for him, which featured a vodka sticker in the bottom part of the body. This is one of the few guitars that are not set up the signature Slash way, in fact, the only modification it has is the PAF pickup shell removed, he conserved the Gibson patent ones, and as usual, he removed the pickguard.

Its use was extended from the Use Your Illusion tour, all the way to the years following the breakup of GNR, it is in fact considered one of the most pinpointable Velvet Revolver Les Pauls, as Izzy Stradlin would also adopt it from time to time. It is also known as the Dirty Little Thing because he would often play this Les Paul when performing this specific song. The latter was directly added to his personal collection, while the black one was frequently used to perform Bad Obsession on tour.

The Travis Bean was one of the most promising prospects of the s, its popularity was rather brief, and it would eventually drift into legendary status. There are lots of other guitars that he used throughout his career that you find here. The guitars that are mentioned above are his main and the most notable ones. Contents hide. Slash Firebird Slash J Slash B. Rich Mockingbird. Wrapping Up. It's got the embossed Slash logo on it and the snake inlay in the neck.

It's a gorgeous guitar. Fucking killer sounding guitar, that one. Once the AFD was released and band went on the tour to promote the album, Slash needed a couple of more guitars to use as a backup for his beloved replicas.

He got two nearly identical Les Paul Standard models from Gibson, only difference being the darkness of the finish, and moded both guitars to sound as close as possible to his favorite Les Paul. This included installing the Alnico II Pro humbuckers, repainting one of them, and of course — removing the pickguard.

Both of the guitars were factory seconds, meaning they had small flaws that prevent retail stores from buying them.

Bought this guitar together with the Flying V. He refers to them as the most expensive guitars he ever bought. Billy Loosigian, who worked at the shop, bought it himself, and played until when he sold it to a guitar dealer Gerry Beaudoin. Among them was Slash. Slash supposedly had a deal with Black Death Vodka to play this guitar. It was completely blacked out, and had their logo on it.

Used from around , for the Use Your Illusion tour. Ebony finish, two Alnico humbuckers and of course — missing the pickguard. Since he was playing mainly Les Pauls at the time, he needed a guitar with tremolo, and this Mockingbird seemed like an ideal choice.

You can see him play it on Bad Obsession live in France. He basically wanted to avoid switching guitars during songs which required both acoustic and electric sound.

This guitar allowed him exactly that. Top part of the body is hollow, and therefore sounds like an acoustic, while the bottom part is solid, and holds two humbuckers for the usual Les Paul sound. Slash had a number of these — but his most often used a black one. Although Slash is rarely imagined with a Fender guitar, he does own a couple of them.

Perhaps the one he most often uses is the vitage model from , kept in a completely stock condition. Slash played this guitar as a 6-string mainly when playing Stone Temple Pilots songs. The guitar was one of the two identical guitars that he used during the UYI tour. The other one survived and was recently auctioned, but the original one was unfortunately destroyed on the tour. It seems that this is something that Slash bought just recently — meaning post