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John Frusciante’s Fender Jaguar

Ivan Serra, 4 months ago 0 4 min read

Frusciante has described his 1962 Fiesta Red Jag in a live video as the “funnest guitar he has” for playing live. But he has form with other models too. He borrowed engineer Jim Scott’s ’66 Jag to record Around The World, the opening track…

Articles, Blues, Gibson, Guitar

Chuck Berry’s Gibson Guitars

Chuck Berry, the father of rock n roll, receives a new tribute from the Gibson Custom Shop: his 1978 ES-355 returns in a limited edition by Murphy Lab. Rock n roll was born on a Gibson, an ES-350T to be precise. Chuck Berry embraced...

Ivan Serra, 5 months ago 0 3 min read

Articles, Blues, Gibson

Albert King and Lucy Guitar

Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps best known for his popular and influential album Born...

Ivan Serra, 9 months ago 0 4 min read

Articles, Guitar, Hohner, Telecaster

Prince and the Hohner “Mad Cats”

Prince was known for playing some very unique guitars through the years such as “The Cloud Guitar” which was designed and built by Dave Rusan, the “Love Symbol” which was originally built by the brilliant German luthier, Jerry Auerswald, in 1993. He was also...

Ivan Serra, 9 months ago 0 5 min read

Articles, Fender, Rock, Stratocaster

Richie Blackmoore’s Fender number 1

English-born guitar icon Ritchie Blackmore is one of the most influential guitar players from the 70s and is often referred to as one of the fathers of heavy metal. His unique playing style, blues-driven riffs using 4ths, classical music influence, arpeggios, and fast picking...

Ivan Serra, 12 months ago 0 4 min read

Articles, Gibson, Guitar, Rock

Jimmy Page number one and number two

Jimmy Page mainly played Gibson Les Paul guitars, among them the 1959 Les Paul Standard nicknamed “Number One”. This was his main recording and live guitar from around the time he started working on the Led Zeppelin II album. Aside from this guitar, he also...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 5 min read

Articles, Guitar, Rock

Jerry Garcia Tiger and Wolf guitars

Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 3 min read

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Articles, Guitar, Latin, Rock, Yamaha

Carlos Santana’s Guitars

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican and American rock guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, Latin music and jazz fusion. Santana continued to work in these forms...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 5 min read

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Articles, Charvel, Fender, Guitar

Eddie Van Halen and the Frankenstrat

Around early 1977, Eddie purchased a Stratocaster body from Boogie Bodies shop, owned by Wayne Charvel and Lynn Ellsworth. The popular theory is that he also purchased a neck that same day, went home, and pieced together the parts creating the infamous Frankenstrat guitar....

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 7 min read

Articles, Fender, Guitar, Rock, Stratocaster, Telecaster

Jeff Beck’s most famous guitars

Jeffery Beck was born in Wallington, Surrey, England on June 24, 1944. He showed interest for music at a very young age, and he was a part of a church choir and took piano lessons for 2 years. His interest in string instruments came after his uncle showed him how to...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 5 min read

Articles, Fender, Guitar, Stratocaster

David Gilmour’s most famous Fender guitars

David Gilmour is best known for playing Fender Stratocaster guitars. He has used a number of different Stratocasters throughout his career, including a black Stratocaster (“The Black One”) that he purchased in the 1970s and has used extensively on many of Pink Floyd’s albums and live performances. Gilmour...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 8 min read

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Articles, Gretsch, Guitar, Rock

Gretsch and Malcolm Young

Malcolm Young’s Guitars and Gear Malcolm (Mal) Mitchell Young was born on January 6, 1953, in Glasgow, Scotland. He was best known as a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Mal‘s rig was relatively simple, and he mostly...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 2 min read

Articles, Fender, Guitar, Rock, Stratocaster

Fender and Mark Knopfler

Summary of Mark Knopfler’s gear What guitar does Mark Knopfler play? Mark Knopfler almost always plays a Fender Stratocaster or a Gibson Les Paul. For example, in “Sultans of Swing,” Mark Knopfler played a 1961 Fender Stratocaster finished in red. And, for comparison, in...

Ivan Serra, 1 year ago 0 4 min read

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