TelecasterShaggy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 There are lots of famous guitars I'll just throw some out there to start it off... Jimmy Page's Gibson EDS 1275 Double Neck, Les Paul, and Psycadelic Telecaster Stevie Ray Vaughan's #1 and Lenny David Gilmore's Black Straocaster Jimi Hendrix's White Woodstock Strat and The Psycadelic Strat he smashed at Montery Eric Clapton's Psycadelic Gibson SG and Blackie Willie Nelson's Trigger (This one is my pick for the best) Randy Rhode's Karl Sandoval Polka Dot Flying V ' Kurt Cobain's Mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc1973 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Billy Gibbons' 1959 Les Paul, aka "Pearly Gates"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezer Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I really don't think there's any more famous guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezer Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 There's also Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein. Man, what a crazy looking guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Derigable Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Don't forget about the bassist Les Claypool Rainbow bass John Entwistle Spider Bass of course John Paul Jones 1963 Fender Jazz 4-string Alembic 8-string Alembic Triple Neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmsofAtlas Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Slash's 59 Les Paul copies he used in a the GnR days Adam Jones is practically synonymous with the Silverburst LP Custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evermore Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 There's also Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein. Man, what a crazy looking guitar: Jimmy Page's Gibson EDS 1275 Double Neck Willie Nelson's Trigger (This one is my pick for the best) A three way tie as far as I'm concerned. These three guitars have an iconic identity all their own. All the other guitars are run of the mill stock made famous by their players. Say is it true that Eddies yellow and black striped guitar is buried with Dimebag Darrell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonefreelee Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 1)Dont forget about Lucille! BB's, that is.... 2) chuckleberry's (doin' the duck walk) - not sure what it was-not a musician 3) Hendrix white strat 4) Jimmy p's double neck 5) SRV burnt guitar (wasn't this actually one of Hendrix's to begin with?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezer Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 1)Dont forget about Lucille! BB's, that is.... 2) chuckleberry's (doin' the duck walk) - not sure what it was-not a musician 3) Hendrix white strat 4) Jimmy p's double neck 5) SRV burnt guitar (wasn't this actually one of Hendrix's to begin with?) That guitar wasn't burnt, he just played it so much that the finish was worn off. He traded another Strat for that one in like 1976 at Ray Hening's Heart Of Texas music store in either Dallas or Austin can't remember which. It did not previous belong to Hendrix. If you say Trigger, they'll think you're talking about the Lone Ranger. If you talk about Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein, a lot of people won't know what you're talking about. But I have yet to find a person who when you say "Lucille," they won't say B.B. King. That guitar is that iconic. Never has one guitar been so closely associated with one artist. Stevie had other guitars he played in addition to Number One. Jimmy Page had other Les Pauls. B.B. King uses only one. He might had a few different Lucille's throughout his 60 or so year career (think he's had like 17 Lucille's) but that's always been that guitar. It's pretty hard to argue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Rory Gallagher's Strat. Paul McCartney's Hofner bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtazy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm currently in love with Albert King's bluesy tunes. His beloved guitar was a Gibson Flying V, named Lucille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtazy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Oh yeah, and of course, Angus Young of AC/DC with his Gibson SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezer Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I'm currently in love with Albert King's bluesy tunes. His beloved guitar was a Gibson Flying V, named Lucille. I hate to split hairs, but it's actually Lucy. It was kind of a nod towards BB's Lucille. He also took BB's last name (he was originally named Albert Nelson) and while he didn't say that he was BB's half-brother, that was the rumor, and he certainly didn't do anything to stop. Freddie King's last name was also not King, it was Christian. So many people were changing their last name to King that when Buddy Guy went to Chicago, everybody told him he had to change his name to Buddy King. Luckily, he didn't. Speaking of BB and Albert and Stevie's famous guitars, here's a video of all three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9tImXou-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonefreelee Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 That guitar wasn't burnt, he just played it so much that the finish was worn off. He traded another Strat for that one in like 1976 at Ray Hening's Heart Of Texas music store in either Dallas or Austin can't remember which. It did not previous belong to Hendrix. If you say Trigger, they'll think you're talking about the Lone Ranger. If you talk about Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein, a lot of people won't know what you're talking about. But I have yet to find a person who when you say "Lucille," they won't say B.B. King. That guitar is that iconic. Never has one guitar been so closely associated with one artist. Stevie had other guitars he played in addition to Number One. Jimmy Page had other Les Pauls. B.B. King uses only one. He might had a few different Lucille's throughout his 60 or so year career (think he's had like 17 Lucille's) but that's always been that guitar. It's pretty hard to argue with that. Thanks for the heads-up, deezer. I couldn't agree more about your comments concerning "Lucille"...the two are nearly interchangeble..I was lucky enoug to see him 2-3 years ago (stl) with Kenny Wayne Sheppard and Joe Bonnamassa...was fairly pissed that Joe (who opened) only got to play, like, three or four songs...that's how it goes, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbucker Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Whilst there are numerous contenders for the title "Most Famous Guitar Of All Time", one of the oddities must be Eric Clapton's 1964 Cherry Red Gibson ES335. Although used for over 30 years of his career, it became known as the 'Cream" guitar: solely due to its appearance in the farewell concert footage from 1968. This guitar sold at auction in 2004 for $847,500 to raise funds for the Crossroads Centre. However, there is virtually no evidence that this guitar was used during Cream's existence, only being wheeled-out for the last Royal Albert Hall gigs! In other words, this guitar took on iconic status from only one gig. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the queen without a king Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 This one hasn't been mentioned...Steve Vai's heart shaped guitar (Used by Steve mostly in the 80's) That's wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtazy Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I hate to split hairs, but it's actually Lucy. Oh yeah, that's right! My bad, sorry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2mZwHVfBMk. One of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezer Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yeah, that's really awesome. I really like the disc In Session with Stevie Ray Vaughan. Great playing from two blues greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 this is what I think of when I think Jimmy Page, not the double neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnir Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 If we are including bass guitars: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 If we are including bass guitars: I don't think that one counts because nobody likes kiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnir Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I don't think that one counts because nobody likes kiss. Well, I do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanna be drummer Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Reall famous guitars: Eddie's Frankenstrat BBs Lucille Randy Rhoads' polka dot Flying V Page's Gibson Les Pauls Angus Youngs Gibson SG Page's double-neck Stevie Ray Vaughan's Lenny Kurt Cobain's Fender Jaguar theres more, but I don't really want to post more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezer Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I would substitute SRV's Number One rather than Lenny. Number One was the guitar he loved and played the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanna be drummer Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 True, true. But I prefer Lenny better so I just threw that one out there instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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