John Frusciante’s Fender Jaguar
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Red Special and Brian May
This is the guitar Brian May built with his father Harold in the early 1960s, and the one he has used as his main recording instrument ever since. It is one of the most unique guitars in rock music history because it is the...
Frank Zappa’s guitars
“Considering the fact that Frank rarely used anything standard, it’s hard to imitate his sound. The important thing is to have the right mid tones and to have the feedback controllable at will. Frank devised the system to do this by equipping his guitars...
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