Shop the Sound
Start with a player, end with a rig. Every page breaks the tone down into the gear that made it and the gear that gets you there today.
Jimi Hendrix
Fender Stratocaster (right-handed, flipped and restrung)
Van HalenEddie Van Halen
The Frankenstrat — a self-built Strat body with a Gibson PAF in the bridge
Led ZeppelinJimmy Page
1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Number One')
The Yardbirds / Jeff Beck Group / soloJeff Beck
Fender Stratocaster (Jeff Beck signature)
SoloB.B. King
Gibson ES-355 / Lucille
Black SabbathTony Iommi
Gibson SG ('Monkey'), and the Jaydee Custom 'Old Boy'
Cream / Derek and the Dominos / soloEric Clapton
Fender Stratocaster ('Blackie'); previously a 1960 Les Paul Standard
Pink FloydDavid Gilmour
1969 Fender Stratocaster ('The Black Strat')
Double TroubleStevie Ray Vaughan
1962/63 Fender Stratocaster hybrid ('Number One')
SoloChuck Berry
Gibson ES-350T, later ES-335
QueenBrian May
The Red Special — built with his father from a fireplace mantel
Quintette du Hot Club de FranceDjango Reinhardt
Selmer-Maccaferri acoustic
SantanaCarlos Santana
PRS Santana signature (previously Gibson SG Special and Les Paul)
The Allman Brothers BandDuane Allman
1957 Gibson Les Paul goldtop / 1959 Les Paul
MetallicaJames Hetfield
ESP Explorer models ('So What', Snakebyte)
Deep Purple / RainbowRitchie Blackmore
Fender Stratocaster with scalloped fingerboard
Dire Straits / soloMark Knopfler
Fender Stratocaster (early), Pensa-Suhr and Schecter later
Solo / David Lee Roth / Frank ZappaSteve Vai
Ibanez JEM / Universe (the 'Evo' and 'Flo' guitars)
Solo / The RevolutionPrince
The Hohner Madcat Telecaster copy and the 'Cloud' guitar
SoloAlbert King
Gibson Flying V 'Lucy'
The WhoPete Townshend
Gibson SG Special, later Les Paul Deluxe and Fender Stratocaster
Ozzy Osbourne / Quiet RiotRandy Rhoads
Karl Sandoval polka-dot Flying V / Jackson Concorde
Pantera / DamageplanDimebag Darrell
Dean ML 'Dean From Hell'
SoloWes Montgomery
Gibson L-5 CES
Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Allman Brothers BandDerek Trucks
Gibson SG (1961 reissue) in open E
AC/DCAngus Young
Gibson SG Standard
Thin Lizzy / soloGary Moore
1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (formerly Peter Green's)
Solo / ChickenfootJoe Satriani
Ibanez JS Series
Guns N' RosesSlash
Gibson Les Paul (the Kris Derrig replica used on Appetite)
Pat Metheny GroupPat Metheny
Gibson ES-175; the Pikasso 42-string; Ibanez PM signature
Fleetwood Mac / John Mayall's BluesbreakersPeter Green
1959 Les Paul 'Greeny' with a reversed neck pickup magnet
Dream TheaterJohn Petrucci
Ernie Ball Music Man JP series
RushAlex Lifeson
Gibson ES-355 and Les Paul; later Signature and Telecaster hybrids
The Aristocrats / SoloGuthrie Govan
Charvel Guthrie Govan signature
Rising Force / AlcatrazzYngwie Malmsteen
Fender Stratocaster with heavily scalloped fretboard
Solo / UK / Soft MachineAllan Holdsworth
Charvel and Carvin custom builds; the SynthAxe
The Smiths / soloJohnny Marr
Rickenbacker 330; Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster
ExtremeNuno Bettencourt
Washburn N4 (the original 'Nuno' guitar)
The Mothers of Invention / soloFrank Zappa
Gibson SG ('Roxy'), modified Stratocasters
U2The Edge
1976 Gibson Explorer; Fender Stratocaster; Rickenbacker 330
Animals as LeadersTosin Abasi
Abasi Concepts Larada 8-string
Taste / soloRory Gallagher
1961 Fender Stratocaster (famously stripped to bare wood)
SoloJoe Bonamassa
1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (many of them)
The Allman Brothers BandDickey Betts
1957 Gibson Les Paul goldtop
Ozzy Osbourne / Black Label SocietyZakk Wylde
Gibson Les Paul Custom 'Grail' and the bullseye Rebel
King CrimsonRobert Fripp
Gibson Les Paul Custom; later Fernandes and Crimson-spec guitars
Solo / John Mayer Trio / Dead & CompanyJohn Mayer
Fender Stratocaster; PRS Silver Sky
MetallicaKirk Hammett
ESP KH-2 'Mummy' / the 1959 Les Paul 'Greeny'
Gov't Mule / The Allman Brothers BandWarren Haynes
Gibson Les Paul (the 1961 SG and Firebird also appear)
PolyphiaTim Henson
Ibanez TOD10N nylon-string electric
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