BC RICH WARLOCK
Slash's main guitar before getting signed was this decidedly 80s beast, which appeared at 18 early GN'R club shows. It's immortalized on the live tracks from GN'R Lies, recorded in 1986. It was missing for 30 years before appearing at auction in 2016, where it fetched $96,000.
GIBSON FLYING V
In TG's interview, Slash waxes lyrical about his '67 Hendrix reissue Flying V which appears on two tracks on new album 4. Turns out he's got history with Vs, having to use a phenomenally rare 1959 Korina model for lead parts on Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Live And Let Die.
GIBSON ES-335
Appearing only with Velvet Revolver, particularly for live versions of The Last Fight, was Slash's black 335, with block inlays and Les Paul Custom-style diamond headstock inlay. Uncovered humbuckers (black, of course), completed the Slash look.
TRAVIS BEAN 1000
These rare beasts have a neck and hollow body all milled from a single piece of aluminum, with a solid wood top. Slash's heroes Keith Richards and Joe Perry have both used one live. The aluminum's stinging resonance is great for slide, which Slash exploits on Shine from the second Slash's Snakepit album, Ain't Life
Grand GUILD CROSSROADS DOUBLE-NECK
Slash owns at least four of these, but arriving in 1993 they came too late for Guns N' Roses' heyday. The Tele-inspired hollow body has an electro-acoustic upper neck and a lower neck with twin humbuckers. It's been recently seen on performances of Anastasia.
FENDER 1965 STRATOCASTER
This story is from the March 2022 edition of Total Guitar.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the March 2022 edition of Total Guitar.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
"THERE WILL BE A LOT OF GREAT GUITAR PLAYING AT THESE SHOWS!"
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram is a huge fan of Slash- and the feeling is mutual
"THE WHOLE LINE-UP IS STELLAR!"
Samantha Fish is thrilled to be joining Slash's blues festival - with a new band and as many guitars as she can handle
"WHEN YOU HEAR THAT TONE, YOU KNOW IT'S HIM"
Mike Clink is the producer who first worked with Slash on Guns N' Roses' debut album. Now, having reunited with the guitarist for Orgy Of The Damned, he reveals how this new album was created - and recalls those magical sessions with Slash in the '80s
“IT'S ALL THE SAME CHORD CHANGES.MORE OR LESS THE SAME NOTES.BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES HOW pos a im TO PLAY THEM.THAT IS WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT BLUES GUITAR...”
The rock icon finding new inspiration in deathless blues standards. The guitarist synonymous with the Les Paul now mixing up his Gibsons with a Strat and a Tele. This is Slash as you've never heard him before...
"I VIEW A GUITAR AS A WEAPON!"
As a cult hero of underground American rock, Buzz Osborne describes his band Melvins as \"an avant-garde, weird thing”. And as a guitarist, he's all about heaviness and spontaneity...
"I'M VERY GOOD AT NOT FOLLOWING RULES!!!
As one half of Slayer's fearsome guitar attack, Kerry King shaped the sound of extreme metal. With a new album and a new sparring partner, he hasn't mellowed...
"PEDALS CAN AFFECT YOUR PLAYING SO MUCH"
Shoegaze stars DIIV have abandoned their roots as a live band to redraw their sonic landscapes - with a vast array of effects at the heart of their songwriting
"PEOPLE SAID, "WOMEN AREN'T REALLY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.SO WE WERE VERY LOUD!"
Flying in the face of sexism in the '70s, Heart made it big with some of the most powerful and beautiful rock songs of that era. In turn, Nancy Wilson became one of the most inspirational female guitarists of all time. Now, on the eve of a UK tour, she tells TG: “You have to feel proud of your gnarly hands!\"
"IS THIS PERSON VIRTUOSIC OR DO THEY TOTALLY SUCK? THAT'S KIND OF WHERE ILIVE!"
St. Vincent's new album sees her teaming up with two Foo Fighters, stealing Josh Homme's secret weapon, using Prince's favourite pedal and embarking on a prog odyssey. It also sees her return to real amps played real loud...
"THERE'S SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT THREE-PART HARMONIES"
BATTLESNAKE ARE PUTTING THREE CLASSIC GUITAR RIGS INTO ONE CRAZY HEAVY METAL MELTING POT
