Guitars

Slash owns 80-90 guitars. Among them are the following:

* Gibson
o Les Paul Slash Custom Shop model
o 1987 Les Paul Standard with 3 piece top (Factory Second) (Slash’s main live guitar with cracked neck in 2 places; repaired)
o 1958 Les Paul replica built by Chris Derrig
o 1959 Les Paul replica built by Chris Derrig (some people think that it’s a Max Baranet Les Paul replica, but it’s not)
o Standard and Custom Les Pauls
o 1957-58-59-60 Les Paul Reissue
o 2004 Signature (Velvet Revolver)
o 1963 & 1965 Melody Makers
o 1960s SG**EDS-1275
o 1959 Flying V
o 1958 Explorer
o ES-335
o Firebird VII
o 2007 Gibson Classic Custom
o J-100
* Fender
o A Squier
o 1952 Telecaster
o 1956 Stratocaster
o 1965 Stratocaster
o 2006 JazzMaster
* Ernie Ball/Musicman
o Silhouette
* Guild
o 1999 Crossroads Doubleneck (“Godzilla”)
o 12-string Acoustic Guitar
* B.C. Rich
o Mockingbird (at least three signature models with active pick-up systems)
o 10-string Rich Bich
o Warlock
* Martin
o D-28 Acoustic Guitar
* Ramirez
o Classical guitar
* Travis Bean
o Travis Bean Electric (Used for slide guitar)
* First Act
o 2006 GarageMaster (Used in Volkswagen commercial)

Guitars used in studio for the recording of Libertad :

* 1959 Gibson Les Paul replica built by Chris Derrig
* 1960 Gibson Les Paul reissue
* Gibson Les Paul Slash Custom Shop model
* Gibson Les Paul junior
* Gretsch 6120 Brian Setzer model
* Rickenbacker 12-string
* Fender Stratocaster

In the June edition of Total Guitar, he dismisses talk of signing a deal with B.C. Rich guitars. He says that he uses them solely because of the tremolo arm and he uses his Gibsons 70% of the time. He gets sent a new one every 15 years.

Amplifiers

Slash is the first musician to own a signature amplifier created by Marshall for him.

* Marshall
o Vintage 1960′s Marshall 1959 modified by Tim Caswell at SIR studios; used for the recording of Appetite for Destruction (Attempted to be stolen, but returned accidentally by a roadie)
o 2555SL Signature Head with EL-34 tubes
o JCM-800 2203 Head with 6550 tubes
o JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee (the grey/silver 25th Anniversary head from 1987 and the black edition from 1988)
o 50W Plexi model 1987 (from 1973)
o Vintage Modern 2466 with KT-66 tubes
o 1960BV 4×12 Cabinet
+ 60 Watt Celestion “Vintage 30″ Speakers
o 1960BX 4×12 Cabinet
+ 25 Watt Celestion “Greenback” Speakers
* For the recording of Velvet Revolver’s debut, he told Guitar Player magazine that he used a Vox AC30 and small Fender tube amps (for “oddball” sounds). Live, he only uses Marshalls.
* For the recording of Velvet Revolver’s second CD / Libertad, he told Total Guitar magazine that he used the new Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 amp.

Effects

* Dunlop Rack Mounted Crybaby (controlled with an Ernie Ball volume pedal for live shows)
* Rocktron Hush II CX
* DBX 166 Compressor
* Yamaha SPX 900 Multieffect
* Boss DD-5 Delay (for solos)
* MXR 10-band graphic EQ
* Dunlop Heil Talkbox
* Boss GE-7 (for solos)

Effects used in studio for the recording of Libertad :

* Dunlop Crybaby Slash Wah SW-95
* Dunlop Crybaby Q Wah 95Q and Q-Zone
* Dunlop MXR Boost/Overdrive MC-402 (for solos)
* Chicago Iron Octavian
* Dean Markley Voice Box

Other

* Strings
o Ernie Ball Slinky R.P.S gauge 11-48
* Pickups
o Seymour Duncan APH-1 Alnico II Pro
o Vintage Gibson PAF
* Picks
o Dunlop Purple Tortex (1.14 mm)
* Miscellaneous
o Shure Wireless Guitar Kit
o CAE custom switcher/router
o Peterson Strobe tuner (used by Adam Day)
o Nady 950-GT Wireless Guitar System (used in Guns N’ Roses)
o Monster cables

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