Slash

GADGETS

GUITARS

* Gibson

o Les Paul Slash Custom Shop model
o 1959 Les Paul replica built by Kris Derrig (some people think that it's a Max Baranet Les Paul replica, but it's not) The recording Holy Grail used on all CD's.
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 Kris Derrig
o 1959 Les Paul replica built by Kris Derrig
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
o EDS-1275
o 1959 Flying V
o 1958 Explorer
o ES-335
o Firebird VII
o J-100

Signature Gibson Les Paul

• Body :
• Top wood: Carved maple
• Back wood: Solid mahogany
• Binding: Single-ply cream on top
• Finish Colors: Custom Authentic Dark Tobacco Sunburst
• Neck :
• Neck construction: 1-piece mahogany with long neck tenon
• Fingerboard wood: 22 fret rosewood
• Inlays: Acrylic trapezoid
• Binding: Single-ply cream
• Profile: Slash custom
• Scale length/Nut width: 24 3/4"; 1 11/16"
• Electronics & Hardware :
• Hardware color: Aged Nickel
• Bridge/Tailpiece: TOM with Fishman/Stopbar
• Tuner style: Vintage tulip
• Pickups: Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II humbuckers, Fishman Powerbridge
• Controls: 3 volume, 1 master tone, 3-way switch, 3-way mini-toggle for Fishman

* 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

AMPS

* Marshall

o Vintage 1960s 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 4x12 Cabinet
+ 60 Watt Celestion "Vintage 30" Speakers
o 1960BX 4x12 Cabinet
+ 25 Watt Celestion "Greenback" Speakers

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
o Gitanes cigarettes
o Marlboro Red cigarettes