Guitarists and their axes!

[BlackLagoon]

Including bass players too--what guitarists have seen that have a signature guitar, or something you remembered from an album insert, video etc etc--

Here is a small list of mine:

Steve Harris' "Number 1"--His Fender P bass with the West Ham decal on it. White with black pick guard...I mean he named it "Number 1" it's just iconic!!

Jerry Only's "Devastator"  If Batman played bass he'd play that.

Doyle's "Annihlator"--See above!

Ace Frehley's "Smoking Les Paul"

Kerry King's "Flammble" Flying V- Tears it up on the "Live Intrustion" home vid.

Dimebag's Washburn "Dime Slime"--on my "to buy" list.

Rob Barrets Jackson used on Vile for Cannibal Corpse--air brushed scene of a cemetary, grim reaper and pit bull's with red eyes! Awesome

Man I could be here all day....

[Illoman]

Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Number One".

Mike

[mike c]

B.B. King sat one night and told the story of 'Lucille'. I'll never forget it.

[Inkfink]

Saw Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Number One" too!

Does Dick Dale's "Beast" count? Or B. B. King's "Lucille?"

[BlackLagoon]

I dunno if Billy Sheehan has a name for that teal colored bass--but I know it's a signature series you can actually purchase.

How this thing doesnt ignite is beyond me...

billy sheehan bass solo

[Gillman-Fan]

Brian Setzer - Gretsch 6120

[marsattacks666]

Wow! What about Gene Simmons? He literally has a AXE bass. Lol. 
Steve Harris.....Awesome!!!!

[BlackLagoon]

Wow! What about Gene Simmons? He literally has a AXE bass. Lol.  

Yeah and if he'd learn how to play it, it'd be even better!!

LOL--I'm just kidding, everyone sleeps on his musicianship and actually his bass lines walk around..alot.

Black Diamond and Love 'em and Leave 'em are 2 of my favorite bass lines.

Both Eerie Von and Glenn Danzig used those "axes" on the 1st Samhain album-Initium.

[MDG]

Rory Gallagher's worn '61 strat

[The Creeper]

Here is one of Steve Vai''s guitars.

[Bogey]

Saw a guy twice playing this one:

 

[Inkfink]

Remember Cheap Trick...



Did he ever play the lowest neck?

[spideydroogy]

I saw Stevie Ray three times back in the mid '80's.  At one show he sat on the edge of the stage with the crowd all around him and played "Lenny" on his SRV worn Stat.  He opened with a faster version of "Rude Mood" that was just unbelievable.  I have great memories of those shows.  One show had him opening for Huey Lewis and the News.  I went just to see Stevie Ray.  There were people in the audience that actually booed Stevie when he finished his set.  I felt embarrassed for him because of the rude fans we had.   I saw Rory Gallagher playing his worn Strat on a tv show called In Concert that was on back in the '70's.  Can still see him with that guitar and his other trademark plaid flannel shirt.  I saw Cheap Trick twice and I can't remember if he ever played that fretless neck or not.

How about Billy Gibbons and all those guitars he played with ZZ Top?
Or Johnny Winter's Gibson Firebird and now the headless Steinberger?
Tony Iommi's Red Gibson SG
Angus Young, same thing.
Yngwie's cream colored Strat with the scalloped frets...
Mark Knopfler, Ronnie Earl and Eric Clapton playing Fender Strats
Albert King and his Gibson Flying V
Fender Telecaster masters Albert Lee, Jimmy Bryant and Albert Collins or Roy Buchanan's worn out Tele.
Clarence White's Martin D-28, now owned by another great Tony Rice.  Or the Parsons\White String Bender Tele he used with the Byrd's.
How about Willie Nelson's old worn out nylon string named "Trigger"?

[Gillman-Fan]

I know a lot of people like to hate on "Country & Western" music but BUCK OWENS was a hell of a picker . . . I'll never forget that red, white and blue acoustic (Harmony?) guitar he used.

[Illoman]

I saw Stevie Ray three times back in the mid '80's.  At one show he sat on the edge of the stage with the crowd all around him and played "Lenny" on his SRV worn Stat.  He opened with a faster version of "Rude Mood" that was just unbelievable.  I have great memories of those shows.  One show had him opening for Huey Lewis and the News.  I went just to see Stevie Ray.  There were people in the audience that actually booed Stevie when he finished his set.  I felt embarrassed for him because of the rude fans we had.  "?

Spidey, this seems like a real mismatch. Sorta like when Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees. What the hell were they thinking? I can't image the Huey Lewis crowd even understanding SRV's music.

He did the same thing when I saw him in 1985: sat on the edge of the stage, bathed in a blue spotlight playing Lenny. Just magic!!!

Mike