PRS Guitars Singlecut Model Named "Best Electric Guitar of the Year"

Press release Source: PRS Guitars

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is again the recipient of a Musikmesse International Press Award (mipa). The PRS Singlecut model was the winner of the “Best Electric Guitar of the Year” category. Comprised of a voting panel of editors and journalists from more than 100 publications worldwide, mipa presents manufacturers with awards considered by many in the industry to be the “Grammy” of the musical instrument/pro audio industry, and PRS Guitars has won this award for the past three consecutive years.

The awards were presented to the winners at the annual mipa-Party/Awards-Ceremony held on March 29, 2007, in Frankfurt, Germany. mipa has honored esteemed musical instrument and equipment manufacturers for eight years and included more than forty different categories in 2007. PRS has been nominated as one of three contenders in the electric guitar category every year since the mipa award was created in 2000 and has received the “Best Electric Guitar of the Year” accolade six times, another feat that has never been accomplished by any other guitar manufacturer. Past PRS model winners include the PRS Singlecut in 2000, the Santana SE in 2002, the Santana II in 2003 and the 513 in 2005 and 2006.

“I would like to thank all participating magazines from around the world for their continuing support and confidence in us,” says Peter Wolf, Director of Sales and Marketing at PRS Guitars. “We are honored to be this well received year after year.”

For 2007, PRS has updated the Singlecut model which is now offered as two unique models, the SC 250 and the SC 245. The new SC 250 comes with 250 Pickups, a thick headstock, adjustable PRS Stoptail, Phase II locking mini tuners, comes set up with .010 gauge strings and has an optional satin finish. These changes provide for thicker sound, power and more sustain for players looking for a more modern “rock” sound. The SC 245 appeals to those players looking for a more vintage look, sound and feel. This Singlecut model features a 24.5” scale length, a thin headstock, a non-adjustable stoptail and vintage style tuning pegs. Also featured are 245 Treble and Bass Pickups with scuffed nickel covers.

For more information about Paul Reed Smith Guitars, please visit www.prsguitars.com.

 

From the Makers of Guitar Hero: Rock Band

The folks behind Guitar Hero just shared, a few minutes ago, some details a new game they’re working on called Rock Band, scheduled for release this holiday season.

The best-selling Guitar Hero games have let players tap in to their rockstar fantasies while banging away on a plastic guitar controller to cover versions of modern and classic rock songs.

Guitar Hero 2 let friends play together cooperatively in their living rooms– as players take lead or rhythm guitar parts in songs like “Message in a Bottle” by The Police. Rock Band is aiming to bring the “co-op” play concept to a new level by bringing a singer and a drummer into the mix, says developer Harmonix. What’s more, the whole “band” will be able to get together and jam online– so that nobody has an excuse for being late to practice. The game is being developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The company didn’t announce any songs that will be included with the game, but said that Rock Band will include original recordings, not the cover versions of songs mostly used in the previous Guitar Hero games.

Harmonix chief executive and co-founder Alex Rigopulos said the game will include “classic rock to modern rock…punk to metal to southern rock.” Rigopulos said the company is workng with “huge” artists “that have previously been untouchable in the world of video games.”

In a conference call that just ended, executives from EMI Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music were on hand to confirm that they are providing the company with access to their catalogs for use in the Rock Band. EMI Music, Hollywood Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group’s Universal Music Enterprises and Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment have all agreed to let Harmonix use master recordings.

“We don’t just see this as a game,” said Rigopulos. “We see this as a platform, a new way for people to experience the music they love”

The first version of Guitar Hero available for the Xbox 360 goes on sale tomorrow. In a promotional event for the Xbox 360 version, the GH2 player with the highest score on the Kiss song “Strutter,” one of the tracks in the game, will get to jam out with Kiss singer Gene Simmons at a Virgin Megastore in New York City next week (not a joke).

Article Source: By Mike Musgrove of The WashingtonPost

 

Gibson Guitars, Part 2 from N to Z

Gibson Guitars, the musicians who use them…Part 1 From N to Z

Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of Gibson Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings. Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant — that is, they are musicians with long careers who have a history of faithful Gibson use, or the particular instrument they used was unique or of historical importance, or their use of the Gibson model contributed significantly to the popularization of that particular instrument.

• Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) – used a Les Paul Black Beauty.
• Mike Ness (Social Distortion) – uses a 1975 Les Paul Gold Top Deluxe with pickups
• Grant Nicholas (Feeder)- uses a Cherry Red Gibson SG.
• Jimmy Nolen (The J.B.’s) – used various Gibson models.
• John Norum (Europe) – uses a Les Paul.
• Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) – used a variety of Gibson basses including an RD and a Ripper.
• Ted Nugent – uses a Byrdland and a Les Paul. Gibson has developed a Signature Byrdland model.
• Mike Oldfield – used a L-6S around 1978, various Les Paul models and a SG Junior, which featured on many of his albums in the seventies and eighties.
• Roy Orbison – used an ES-335. Also used a Les Paul(with a Bigsby tailpiece).
• Buzz Osborne (The Melvins/Fantômas/Venomous Concept) – used various Les Paul models throughout his career.
• Ed O’Brien (Radiohead) – uses an ES-330 TD and an ES-335. Also uses a Les Paul.
• Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin/solo) – uses a 1958 Les Paul Standard (“Number 1″), a 1959 Les Paul Standard (“Number 2″, a gift from Joe Walsh), a 1973 Les Paul Standard, an EDS-1275, a 1977 RD Artist, an ES5 Switchmaster, a Goldtop Premium Les Paul and a 1991 Custom Shop Les Paul (built to be an exact replica of “Number 1″ and re-nicknamed “Number 3″). Page also owned a modified 1960 Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty” with a Bigsby Tailpiece and a 3-pickup configuration. This guitar was stolen in 1970 and never recovered. For acoustics Page used a Hummingbird, a J-200 and an A-2 mandolin. Gibson has released a Jimmy Page Signature Model Les Paul Les Paul replicating the features of “Number 2″.
• Joe Pass – used a sunburst ES-175; Epiphone currently produces a Joe Pass signature Emperor model.
• Joe Perry (Aerosmith) – has used many Gibson models over the years, including ES-335’s, Les Pauls, Flying Vs, and Firebirds; has signature Gibson and Epiphone Les Paul models nicknamed Boneyard.
• Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) – Has played a variety of electric and acoustic guitars in live performances. Among those are Les Pauls.
• Al Pitrelli (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage, Megadeth) – uses a Les Paul and an Explorer.
• Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) – helped to popularise the Flying V in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
• John Prine uses a J-200.
• Mick Ralphs(Bad Company/Mott the Hoople) – used a Les Paul Junior, a Firebird and a Les Paul during his Mott the Hoople tenure. Used a Les Paul Standard and a Flying V during his years with Bad Company. Currently uses Les Paul Custom Shop ‘58 & ‘59 Re-issue models.
• Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne) – used a Les Paul Custom.
• Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) – used Les Pauls, Flying Vs and Firebirds in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Currently uses ES-355s, Les Paul Juniors and a Les Paul Standard. Also uses Hummingbird and J-200.
• Howard Roberts – used several Gibson models over the course of his career including: an ES-175, an L-10 and a heavily modified ES-150 simply known as “The Black Guitar”.Howard Roberts Fusion III which is a variation of an ES-165. Gibson produces a signature model
• Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy) – has used a Les Paul throughout his entire career.
• Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) – uses several different Gibson electric models including: a 1968 Les Paul Goldtop, a 1964 ES-335, a Customshop Flametop Les Paul and a Dove.
• Mick Ronson (David Bowie) – used a Les Paul Custom, with the finish stripped, for his guitar work on Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, among others.
• Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – uses Les Pauls and SGs. Previously had a Signature Model Les Paul and SG released by Gibson.
• Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) – used an L-5S, an Explorer and a Flying V.
• Carlos Santana used an SG onstage at Woodstock. He also played and advertised a L-6S in the 1970s. Sanatana has also used sunburst Les Paul Custom.
• Michael Schenker (Scorpions/UFO/Michael Schenker Group)- used four different 1970s Flying V models. Number 1 was a modified 1975. Numbers 2 and 3 were 1979 block inlay Flying Vs. And Number 4 was a mid 1970s white Flying V, formerly owned by Leon Lawson. Numbers 1,2 and 3 had Schenker’s trademark “half black/half white” paint scheme.
  
• Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions)- uses various Flying V models dating from 1958-2001. He uses 3 1958 original Flying Vs, 3 1967-1969 Flying Vs, 2 1971 Medallions (one was repainted black & white), 1 1975 natural finish Flying V, 3 1983 replicas of the 1958 originals, 4 1980 models and 2 1984 Rudolf Schenker Signature Models. Schenker has over 70 vintage and collectible Flying Vs along with several Custom Shop limited editions including a doubleneck Flying V model.
• Tom Scholz (Boston}- uses a 1968 Les Paul Goldtop with a DiMarzio SuperDistorion pickup in the bridge
• Neal Schon (Journey) – uses a heavily modified Les Paul, including a Floyd Rose locking tremolo, custom electronics and sustainer unit.
• Andy Scott (Sweet) – used an ES-335.
• Gene Simmons (Kiss) – used a G3.
• Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) Has used a number of Thunderbird basses throughout his career. Between 2000 and 2003 Gibson manufactured a Sixx signature bass, the ‘Blackbird’.
• Slash (Guns N’ Roses/Slash’s Snakepit/Velvet Revolver/Slash’s Blues Ball) – uses many different Les Paul models. Has also used an EDS-1275.
• Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) – used a Les Paul, an SG and Explorer.
• Johnny Smith was a Gibson endorsee from 1961 to 1989, during which time Gibson sold the Johnny Smith model. Smith switched to Heritage in 1989. Gibson continues to produce the design as the LeGrande.
• Robert Smith (The Cure)
• Bill Spooner (The Tubes) – used a Flying V and Explorer primarily, a Les Paul, SG and a 1957 Melody Maker.
• Paul Stanley (Kiss) – used a Flying V, an Explorer, a Firebird and an L6-S.
• Stompin’ Tom Connors – used an SJ200 (purchased from a furniture store for $80) from 1956 to 1972, and still owns to this day.
• Hubert Sumlin – used a 1956 Les Paul Goldtop for many years. Currently uses various Les Pauls and ES-335s.
• Bernard Sumner (Joy Division & New Order) – uses an SG and ES-335.
• John Sykes (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake/Blue Murder) – uses a 1978 Les Paul Custom. Gibson has released a Custom Shop version of this guitar.
• Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls) – used a Les Paul Standard.
• Rosetta Tharpe – used 1961 double cutaway Les Paul Custom
• George Thorogood – uses an ES-125
• Johnny Thunders – used Les Paul Juniors.
• Pete Townshend (The Who/solo) – used an SG Special from 1967-1972 and various customized Les Paul models from 1973-1979. Also used an EDS-1275. Has consistently used SJ-200 acoustic guitars. Gibson produced a Townshend Signature Model SG based on the guitar he played on at Woodstock in 1969. It was a limited edition and discontinued in 2003. In 2006 the Gibson Custom Shop started production of 3 different Les Paul Signature Models based on the guitars he played in the late 1970s.
• Pat Travers (Pat Travers Band) – uses a Les Paul Junior.
• Derek Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band/The Derek Trucks Band) – uses an SG.
• Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) – uses an SG
• Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap) – uses a Les Paul in the movie This is Spinal Tap.
• Eddie Van Halen – used a Les Paul, a Flying V and an Explorer.
• Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) – Has used various SG models, including the Pete Townshend signature model, which he can be seen smashing on the cover of the Pearl Jam DVD Live at the Garden.
• Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) – uses an ES-295. Has also used a Les Paul and an SG.
• Joe Walsh (Eagles) – uses a Les Paul Standard and used a an EDS-1275 occasionally.
• Muddy Waters – used a Les Paul Goldtop in his early career.
• Leslie West – (Mountain) – Demand for the Les Paul Junior greatly increased after guitarists saw one in the hands of Leslie West. Gibson began to reissue the model in the mid 1970s. West also used an SG and a Flying V.
• Johnny Winter – uses a Firebird. Has also used Les Pauls, SGs, and Flying V’s.
• Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones) – has a Signature J-200 acoustic. uses a black Les Paul Standard and a custom-built single-pickup L-5S.
• Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osborne/Black Label Society) – uses a Les Paul Signature “Bull’s Eye”“Buzzsaw” Les Paul model and Signature “Camo” Model with a Maple Neck, Fretboard and Camouflage finish. model. Also uses a Signature
• Snowy White – (Thin Lizzy/solo) – uses a Les Paul Goldtop
• Angus Young (AC/DC) – uses an SG. Gibson produces an Angus Young Signature SG model.
• Neil Young – uses several Gibson acoustic and electric models. Young’s main guitar, “Old Black”, is a 1953 Goldtop Les Paul(painted black) with a Bigsby tailpiece . Young also has 2 other 1953 Goldtops, one which has modifications similar to Old Black, the other a stock original. Also uses a J-200 and a Mastertone GB-3 banjo.
• Thom Yorke (Radiohead) – uses an ES-125-T and an ES-125. previous used an SG(stolen in 1995).
• Frank Zappa – used Les Paul Custom and an ES-5 Switchmaster. His trademark guitar for most of the 1970s, a brown SG, was actually a homemade copy sold to him by a fan backstage. All guitars were usually heavily modified by Zappa; to include preamps, balanced outputs for studio work, and later, Fernandes sustainers.

 

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Gibson Guitars, the guitarists who use a Gibson

Gibson Guitars, the musicians who use them…Part 1 From A to M

Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of Gibson Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings. Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant — that is, they are musicians with long careers who have a history of faithful Gibson use, or the particular instrument they used was unique or of historical importance, or their use of the Gibson model contributed significantly to the popularization of that particular instrument.

• Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)- used a 1957 Les Paul Goldtop with PAF pickups, a 1959 cherry sunburst Les Paul, a 1958 tobacco sunburst Les Paul and a 1968 cherry SG.
• Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) – Uses several vintage 1950’s Les Paul Junior models, SG’s, ES 335’s, and a J-45. He also used a Les Paul Standard for recording the lead guitar parts on the album “American Idiot.” Gibson has produced a Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior model.
• Carl Barât (Dirty Pretty Things) – uses a Les Paul Junior Double Cutaway.

• Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) has used numerous Gibson models over the course of his career including: a sunburst ES-330, a 1958 Les Paul Special and a 1959 Les Paul Standard.
• Jeff Beck – used a Les Paul Standard while a member of The Yardbirds. A different Les Paul Standard, purchased from Rick Neilson, was used while with the Jeff Beck Group. And an “Oxblood” coloured 1954 Les Paul Standard, with PAF pickups, from 1972-1976.
• Chuck Berry – used an ES-350T early in his career later switching to ES-345s and ES-355s.
• Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band) – uses a variety of Gibson models including a 1961 SG and a 1957 Les Paul.
• Ritchie Blackmore – played an ES-335 but switched to a Fender Stratocaster after seeing Jimi Hendrix playing one in concert. Well-known solo on Child in Time played with ES-335.
• Marc Bolan (T. Rex) – used Les Paul Customs and Flying Vs and a Hummingbird. His main Les Paul model was refinished in a translucent amber finish to resemble the Gibson guitars played by his idol Duane Eddy.
• Creed Bratton (The Grass Roots) – has used various Gibsons including recordings with a Black Beauty on early Grass Roots albums.
• Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – has used various Gibsons including: ES-335s and L-5s. His main guitar was a late-60s non-reverse Firebird.
• Jack Bruce (Cream) – used several EB-3 basses during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Used a 1950s-vintage EB bass during the 2005 Cream reunion concerts.
• Buckethead – uses 2 white customized Les Pauls and an SG.
• Lindsey Buckingham – used a white Les Paul during his early years with Fleetwood Mac.
• Larry Carlton – uses a sunburst 1968 ES-335 along with occasional use of a 1956 Les Paul Special and a 1963 L5. A Larry Carlton Signature Model has been produced by Gibson for the man they call “Mr ES-335″.
• Manny Charlton (Nazareth) – used a Les Paul.
• Eric Clapton – used a Les Paul while with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. While with Cream, Clapton used a 1965 SG painted by Dutch artists collectively known as The Fool. Also, while with Cream, Clapton used a cherry 1964 ES-355,a Les Paul Black Beauty and a Firebird I. A 1958 Explorer was used during recording for his 461 Ocean Boulevard and EC Was Here albums. Clapton still makes occasional use of an ES-335 model during live performances.
• Steve Clark (Def Leppard) – used a Les Paul and a Firebird.
• Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – used a Firebird, and later switched to the Explorer.
• Sheryl Crow – uses a Country Western model, Hummingbird, L-00 Blues King, J-200 Western Classic, 96 Advanced Jumbo, 96 Southern Jumbo, J45, ES-120, ES-125, ES-335 and various Les Pauls.

• Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) – used a Les Paul Special for the majority of guitar work on early Weezer albums, and uses a Les Paul, an SG, a Flying V and an Explorer onstage in late 2001 and throughout parts of 2002.
• Dave Davies (The Kinks) – has used numerous Gibson models over the years including: a 1958 Flying V(prototype model), a 1960 Goldtop Les Paul and a 1978 Artisan.
• Tom DeLonge (Angels and Airwaves, Blink 182) – has a Signature model ES-335.
• Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult) – uses a 1974 Les Paul Deluxe and a 1969 SG.
• K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) – used a Flying V and an SG.
• Bob Dylan – uses a variety of Gibson models including: a J-50, a J-200, a J-180 and a J-45.
• Don Felder (Eagles) – uses a Les Paul and an EDS-1275.
• Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails/Guns N’ Roses) – uses a variety of Les Paul models.
• John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival and a solo artist) – uses a variety of Les Paul models.
• Marc Ford (The Black Crowes) uses an SG and a Les Paul.
• Peter Frampton (Humble Pie and a solo artist) – uses a 3 pickup Les Paul Custom. Gibson has produced 2 completely different Signature models for him.
• Lars Frederiksen (Rancid, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards) – uses cherry sunburst SG Specials and a polaris white 1965 SG Special.
• Ace Frehley (Kiss) – used a 3 pickup Les Paul Custom as well as an Ace Frehley Signature Model^[18] and a an EDS-1275. He also used a Les Paul Standard.
• John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – uses an SG, and has recently been seen live with a vintage black Les Paul Custom.
• Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – used a Les Paul.
• Noel Gallagher (Oasis) – uses a variety of Les Paul models, a cherry ES-355, a Firebird and a J-200.
• Simon Gallup (The Cure) – uses a Thunderbird IV bass.
• Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) – used a Les Paul Custom and an SG early in his career.
• Hank Garland (Nashville guitarist who worked with Elvis Presley among others) – used a “Byrdland” guitar
• Billy Gibbon ZZ Top) – has used several different Gibson models over the course of his career including Goldtop Les Pauls, Flying Vs, Explorers, ES-5 Switchmasters and Les Paul Juniors. His main guitar is a 1959 Les Paul Standard nicknamed “Pearly Gates”.
• David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) – known for playing Fender Stratocaster, but uses a 1956 Les Paul Goldtop with a Bigsby tailpiece on his solo albums and few Pink Floyd’s song, such as Fat Old Sun and Careful with That Axe, Eugene.
• Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) – used a Les Paul Standard and a Les Paul Deluxe with mini humbuckers.
• Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) – has used several Les Pauls models.
• Barry Goudreau (Boston) – uses an SG
• Peter Green – most notable for his 1959 Les Paul that had the pick-ups accidentally wired out of phase. The guitar used to be owned by Gary Moore, but it was sold to a private owner in 2006.
• Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) – uses many different Gibson models including: Explorers, SGs, ES-335s, Firebirds, and a 1970s Trini Lopez Standard.
• Steve Hackett (Genesis,GTR) – uses numerous Les Paul models. His main guitar for many years was a 1957 Goldtop. He had other Les Paul models fitted with a Fernandes Sustainer.
• Kirk Hammett (Metallica) uses a Flying V and a variety of Les Paul models.
• Emmylou Harris – uses a Dove, a variety of J-200’s and a J-200 Western Classic.
• George Harrison – used a Les Paul Standard, SG Standard, ES-345-TD, J-160E and a J-200.
• Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule) – uses a Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Standard, an ES-335 and a non-reverse Firebird.
• Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) – uses an ES-335.
• Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) – while generally regarded as an iconic Stratocaster player, Jimi used several Gibson models including an SG and a Flying V. Gibson has released a replica model of his Flying V.
• James Hetfield (Metallica) – used a white Explorer and also a Les Paul Custom.
• Joshua Homme (Kyuss) – used a cream coloured SG and a Les Paul on the Blues for the Red Sun tour. Also used the SG on tour with the Screaming Trees.
• Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, GTR) – uses an ES-175. and the EDS-1275.
• James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) – Used a black Les Paul Custom frequently, and occasionally used a Yellow SG.
• Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)- has used an SG throughout most of his career but also owns other Gibson models. Currently his collection includes: a rare “Barney Kessel” a red SG nicknamed “monkey”, a red Gibson Custom Shop SG, a black Gibson Custom Shop SG and a black SG Standard Gibson has produced a Tony Iommi Signature SG. left-handed model,
• Daniel Johns (Silverchair) – has used a Firebird, an SG and a Les Paul.
• Eric Johnson – used an ES-335 for the recorded version of “Cliffs of Dover”. Also uses the ES-335 during live performances.
• Robert Johnson used an L-1 acoustic. A Robert Johnson Signature Model is also available.
• Adam Jones (Tool) – uses a Les Paul Custom with a “Silverburst” finish.
• Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) – used an ES-330, a 1956 Les Paul Goldtop and various Firebirds both reverse and non-reverse.
• Mick Jones (The Clash, Carbon/Silicon)) – used Les Paul, now mostly uses Les Paul Junior Double Cut
• Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) – Firebird, Les Paul.
• B. B. King – has used many different Gibson models including: an ES-5 and an ES-175 early in his career. Later he would use several thinline semi-acoustic models such as: an ES-330, ES-335, ES-345. King’s Signature ES-355, nicknamed Lucille, has been his main guitar for many years
• Ed King* (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – used SG’s as an alternate guitar to his Fender Strats while with Skynyrd.
• Freddie King* – used a Goldtop Les Paul with P-90 pickups. Also used an ES-355 in some live performances.
• Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits and solo) – uses original 1958 and 1959 Les Paul models. He also uses ES-335 and Super 400s.
• Erkin Koray – uses a 1961 Les Paul Custom.
• Paul Kossoff (Free) – “Kossoff was a passionate Les Paul player able to say in a few notes what many would dozens attempting.” Kossoff used several late-50s Les Paul models as well as an ES-335 for occasional studio use.
• Robby Krieger (The Doors) – uses an SG, an ES-335 and a Melody Maker.
• Lenny Kravitz – uses a Flying V, a Les Paul and a white SG Custom.
• Kirk Hammett – Played some song with black Les Paul especially for the song Fade to Black & Nothing Else Matters
• Albert Lee – uses a Les Paul Custom, a J-200 and Everly Brothers Model.
• Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) – used a customized ES-335 nicknamed “Big Red”. The Gibson Custom shop now produces a reissue of Lee’s guitar.
• John Lennon – used a J-160E extensively while with the Beatles. Lennon also used a Les Paul Special and a modified Les Paul Junior.
• Alex Lifeson (Rush) – Has used many different Gibson models over the course of his career including: a sunburst ES-335, a black ES-345, a white ES-355, a white EDS-1275, a cherry SG, a sunburst Howard Roberts Fusion III, a variety of Les Paul models and a J-150 acoustic.
• Steve Lukather – owns many guitar models; has an original ‘59 Les Paul. Seen in many videos/interviews
• Bob Marley (Bob Marley and The Wailers) – used a Les Paul Custom. The guitar is buried with him in his mausoleum.
• Johnny Marr (The Smiths/solo) – Uses an SG.
• Jeff Martin (The Tea Party/solo) – uses a 1964 J-50, a Les Paul Classic 1960 reissue, an EDS-1275 and an Explorer.
• Dave Mason – used a Firebird throughout the 1970s, notably on his Certified Live album.
• Tak Matsumoto (B’z) – uses a Les Paul and has had 4 separate Les Paul Signature Models.
• Brian May (Queen)- used a Flying V.
• John Mayer- uses a Les Paul Double Cut and a ES-345
• Paul McCartney – owns a rare left-handed 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Like many players, McCartney has replaced the fragile original tuning machines with a more modern sturdy set. and uses a left handed 1960 Les Paul Standard as his main stage guitar. McCartney also uses a C-5 in the studio.
• Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) – uses a Les Paul, an SG, an ES-335 and a Flying V.
• Jimmy McCulloch (Wings) – used an SG,a Les Paul and EDS 1275 on the “Band on the run tour”
• John McLaughlin – has used many different models over the years, including:Les Pauls, an EDS-1275, ES-335s, Byrdlands, a sunburst dual-pickup Johnny Smith model, an ES-345 as well as Hummingbird acoustics.
• Ralph McTell – uses a J-45 acoustic.
• Pat Metheny – uses a humbucker-equipped ES-175, both live and on many of his mainstream jazz recordings. Has used a Les Paul on occasion, notably on Zero Tolerance for Silence.
• Wes Montgomery – used an ES-175 early in his career as well as an L-5CESs. Gibson currently produces a Wes Montgomery Signature Model L-5CES.
• Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy/Skid Row/solo) – uses a Les Paul Standard. Previously had a Les Paul Signature Model. Regularly uses a 1959 Les Paul Standard once owned by Peter Green. Also used a white Explorer in the 2003 DVD release “Gary Moore: Live at Monsters of Rock”.
• Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley’s original lead guitarist) – While with Presley, Moore initially played an ES-295, before switching to an L5 and subsequently a Super 400.
• Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave) – Uses a number of new Les Paul standards. The latest album “Revelations” was recorded with a Les Paul emblazened with the Budwieser logo, which Morello removed with lighter fluid and wire wool while on Audioslave’s 2005 tour. Fitted with DiMarzio pickups, this has now become his main guitar. Also uses a EDS-1275 in live performances of the goast of Tom Joad while with Rage against the machine

Visit again soon……Part 2 will posted from N to Z

 

Jimmy Page Guitar Effects, Guitar Solo Stairway To Heaven

Will there ever be another Jimmy Page? Has there ever been a guitar solo like Jimmy Page Stairway To Heaven?I doubt it…enjoy the video, this is by far my favorite and one of the best guitar solos ever.

 

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Eddie Van Halen and Fender, the new EVH Brand Guitars

In one of the most anticipated
events in electric guitar history, Eddie Van Halen and the master builders of the Fender Custom Shop have teamed up to introduce EVH® brand guitars, amps and musical products, beginning with a painstaking recreation of one of the most recognized guitars in the world: the red-black-and-white striped “Frankenstein™” guitar played by Eddie throughout his remarkable career!

The video clip seen here was used to introduce Ed to the stage at January 2007’s Fender Frontline Live event in Anaheim.

 

Carl Martin New Quattro

With classic guitar tone disappearing down the road of digital modeling amps and effects, Carl Martin is proud to introduce the Quattro… four of the most popular Carl Martin effects in one package!
Compressor: Compression is a very good effect for overall use, it smoothes out your uneven dynamics, increases sub tones which otherwise would stay too weak in the overall sound. It also gives more depth, body and sustain for a fuller sound. This is great for especially solos. Just set the level knob to match the desired solo level. For more compression turn the compress knob clockwise, and adjust your level to match the bypass level.

Overdrives: Drive 1 is the crunch channel, Drive 2 the high gain channel. To enter drive 1, press the drive switch and set the level to match the bypass level. The tone knob works like a high cut filter. Set the knob at full clockwise for high crisp tone or for warmer and rounder tone, turn the tone knob counter clockwise. To enter drive 2 leave the drive switch on and press the select switch. The level and tone knobs are the same on both channels.

Tremolo: The tremolo effect is a very useful vintage effect found on many old tube amp’s. The tremolo goes from light and easy to a mind-blowing chopping effect. The knob works clockwise for more effect and depth.

Echo: The echo effect is designed to emulate the old vintage tape echo units, with all that they had in low-fidelity noise and distortion. It has extremely musical and warm echo, so don’t expect any clean sterile digital delay here. To enter the echo mode press the echo switch and set the echo level on the echo knob. Turn clock wise for more effect. Turn the repeat knob clock wise for more repeats. The tone knob works like a filter with clear crisp echo’s in the full clock wise position and warmer vintage style echo when turned counter clockwise. The echo time is set on the tempo tap switch and it goes up to 1000 milliseconds. Please note that once disconnected from power, the echo time will revert to the shortest time.

Loop: The loop is a serial loop placed between the overdrives and tremolo, so it’s possible to add another of your favourite distortion boxes with the compressor and overdrive in front of it, and the tremolo and echo after it. It is also the right place to put in another modulation effect like a chorus, flanger or phaser. The loop has low impedance out and high impedance return.

The Quattro is not true bypass, however, the high quality output buffer circuitry ensures noise free operation with long cabling from unit to amplifier, even on large stages. Source: www.carlmartin.com

 

Guitars and Effects of Slash

It is not very difficult to replicate the unique sound of Slash,. basically all you need is a Gibson Les Paul plugged into a Marshall tube amp. Slash’s most relevant equipment: Guitars:
I’m not going to list them all – they’re over 90! – but he mainly uses a Gibson Les Paul Standard, Gibson Les Paul Slash Signature Model (a Custom Shop Les Paul model with Slash image carved into top, cranberry finish and a coffin case that was produced in 1997 in a limited run of only 50!), BC Rich Mockingbird SL (the Slash Model), Gibson SG Double neck, Guild Crossroads Double Neck (designed by Slash) and a Travis Bean electric (for slide guitar). His acoustic guitars are mainly Guild Jumbo design guitars.

Most of his electric guitars have Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups which are low output pickups.

Effects:
The only effects Slash uses are a Dunlop DCR-ISR Crybaby Rack, Dunlop Heil Talk Box, Boss DD-5 Digital Delay and a Boss GE-7 Equalizer (to boost his amplifier volume in the solos when playing live).

Slash uses Ernie Ball strings RPS 11 set and he likes to play with heavy picks (he favors the Jim Dunlop Tortex 1.14 mm picks)