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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Eric Clapton’s Guitars and gear
Eric ‘s collection of guitars features some of the most iconic instruments in Rock and Roll history. His first guitar was an inexpensive Kay Jazz II model , but in 1964 Clapton already replaced it with a Fender Telecaster red, which he used on most...
The guitars and Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain first began playing with a Univox Hi-Flier guitar , which is a cheap replica of the more expensive Mosrite Gospel model. He played some of these Hi-Fliers in his early periods, including a spoke model decorated with stickers, and a white one,...
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitars
1962/63 Fender Stratocaster (Number One) This was Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s lead guitar. He got it from Ray Henning’s Heart of Texas music store owner in 1973 and it quickly became his main companion. Number one originally had a white pickguard that has been replaced...
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