I know he was talking about expensive vintage guitars but you know the Gibson marketing team was sweating when he was talking about how there’s a line where you’re just spending money for the name or the label. 😂
Slash is always enjoyable in a interview because he is relatable and logical in his views and experience . Always praising his influences is a sign of a genuine talent in my opinion .
Probably one of my favorite interviews. Specially when he is so candid about the addiction that is for us guitar players to buy and buy and buy guitars when one or two can really do the trick and you actually form a far better connection with the instrument and the quote unquote myth that is the vintage guitar rabbit hole. Plus he’s rocking an amazing new Breitling Chronomat B01 42. Love this guy to death.
I gifted him that little wolfman bobblehead you see on top of his amp I’m the beginning and towards the end of this video! I geek out every time I see it. I’m so happy he loved it that much to continue taking it on the road with him.
Just love how Slash has cleaned up (long time ago), and has become a better player, even though he already was kickass. I love seeing how awesome he is doing, this is a fantastic interview. I'd love to hang out with him for a day, sweet spirit and down to earth, awesome. Especially when he mentioned Johnny Winter, who happened to be my first guitar concert (1973), Johnny was fresh out of rehab and on fire, I'm still impacted from that. Yessir, keep on rockin' Slash, keep on rockin'
🙌🏻 True! With time we define our own tone and we try to pay attention more to detaills, trying to take the best juice out of the instrument itself! Thank you Reverb&Slash
How a guitar feels in your hands after a few weeks of playing is something missed in nearly all guitar reviews on YT. And yet it is what we value most and member longest about any guitar.
Great video. The guitar maturity shows. Tonal quality is the pallete of the musician. He references this in this short interview. Plus for a fellow that can have any guitar (and does in his collection) it is about functionallity. Keep rockin' Slash! You are aging like fine wine. Love your music! Long live rock n roll!
@@loganknapp8905totally. I got an epiphone modern les paul, it has everything: ebony fingerboard, mahogany body, locking tuners, weight relief, good sounding pickups…. only for 700€! If I want, I can just change the pickups for 100-200€ and it will be incredible!
I've got an epi lp custom and since none of my friends are serious players they wouldn't know the difference between that and a gibson, I bet a lot of players wouldn't always know the difference blindfolded
I wasn't going to say anything, but since you decided to reupload this I just wanted to be That Guy and point out that it should either say "Slash on Choosing a Guitar That Isn't a Les Paul," or "Slash on Choosing Guitars that Aren't Les Pauls." You may all yell at me now.
Amen. This was pretty much my thought process when I bought my Easman T59/v over a 335. To me personally the sound, feeling, quality and value for money with the Easman was all there over a Gibson that was 2x more expensive. Play what ever makes you feel nice and enjoy yourself.
Les Paul, Strat, Tele player here, for many years. But last year I got an ES-339 (smaller version of the 335) and that thing sounds fantastic, plays smooth as silk, and changes my style of playing. I get exactly what he's saying here.
Having multiple guitars is a must for seasoned guitarists. I have a Ibanez S series, 97 Fender Strat, Les Paul, and an Aria Pro II. That’s all I need for any and every genre essentially. Currently in love with my Ibanez and les paul tho
When Slash speaks of making it work, it's the tweaking of PU & pole heights. I gots a personally built Kramer Vt211s, put Area 61 in the neck, A58s in the middle & JB humbucker in the bridge. Had to readjust PU heights when I started using a fixed gain (clean) amp. Was saturating at like 5 to 6. Got the neck to hevay saturate at 7, middle at 9. Then set the JB height to heavy saturation at 8. But then had to adjust the poles to get the JB to voice similar to the Areas. Also, I can no load tap dial the JB, which I drop out the flat poles. Work all done to preference of ear.
1:27 Yui Hirasawa from K-ON! even knows that as she knows a musical instrument is meant to be played. Despite being heavy, she thought the Les Paul is cute.
I’ve got a Les Paul standard 2006 1960 Les Paul reissue. Never needed another guitar but I’ve gotten more and always go back. He’s right about only needing one good one
Slash is def one of those guitarists you can hear & know pretty quickly it's him. I remember first listening to "Ordinary Man," by Ozzy off the album of the same name, when it came out, & thinking the guitar solo sounded like Slash; looked & it was him, alright!
I really do not know how many guitars I own, I only know if I think I might like it and I can get it, I just get it. Now if it ends up on a album or not, played in the studio only or used for live gigs only or stays in the private collection/ gets modded or sold off in the catch and release program. It's all part of my rock n roll fantasy. 🎸🤠
Very informative and why my last guitar purchase was a les paul classic with a pickup and wiring swap instead of a 10k murphy lab it plays just as good, and after the swap it sounds just as good.
Me personally I have bond with a guitar, a connection. That's how I know it's the one for me. Also one of the reasons I like going to instore shops. It's like getting to know a guitar like a person.
Slash, have you ever played a Westone guitar? I own one since my childhood (gift from my Dad) and found out last year it was an 80's Japanese prototype handmade shredding machine due to the neck arch and shape. One of your all time greatest fans, Kevin Laplante
This is exactly why I like slash, not is he a great musician, he's very knowledgeable about instruments. But he is right, as a guitar player, we only really need one good guitar, but because I play multiple different genres, I needed multiple to avoid constant tuning changes from E standard to drop A.
Nothing over-the-top since that would be chasing trends. Products that stand the test of time should matter in a way as merit. Les Pauls are the best at that. They can be comforting to play. The lighter models are nice too.
I've always found Slash's soft voice, chill, gentle Good vibes to be calming, comforting somehow, he's always been my fav guitar player, but even more as we all age i get to appreciate as much his genuine and Good, mature vibes. It's hard to explain, i call it the Slash Effect: from a Spiritual/Intuitive point he's High Vibrational, there's something special about Slash, a gentle, genuine, Good soul, different from many chaotic, nasty, toxic, fake, Ego driven, self obsessed A/A+ Listers faking kindness and/or humility out of Selfinterest, greed and PR/image.. Slash's talent and Iconic Rock Legend status are one thing, the person behind the brand is another, hence heartbreaking to see him at his worst in the early 2000s, still crazy how close he really was from Death, then heartwarming to see him fight to live, get clean & sober, learn hard lessons, mature, be happy, at Peace, thriving, he's been so productive since, you can feel he's in a happy place in his life. Slash is still that kid who still loves to play and collaborate with artists, record and tour for the love & fun of playing live, who will tour for as long as his health allows him to, grateful to be alive and well, transpiring in his interviews bc it's sincere, so is his humility and laid back mindset, not afraid of showing vulnerability regarding addictions, self reflection, accountability, a true Rock Star who's NOT ruled by Ego... To guitar players out there calling him a sell out i'll say this: The man is no Gene Simmons nor Jimmy Page !!! he's not greedy, he had to learn to know his worth: it's different. After all he's been through and all the millions he was ripped off for so long he's become strategical: endorsments/partnerships then GN'R's revival bigger checks finance all his small creative projects (not just music) that make no profit or very little, including this excellent Blues album with a very small venues US tour, and even a part of his albums with Myles & Conspirators (good reviews doesn't mean high grossing sales & tours); and his divorce had cost him more than half of what he had.. Moreover, when you look into it Gibson's selling prices for his signature guitars are lower compared to other high profile household names' esp compared to Jimmy Page and Kirk Hammet's ones... Slash is a lot more known/famous than any Zakky Wilde, Jason Isbell and Bonamassa combined, yet Slash's signature models sell for the same price: 3000-3500$... Kirk Hammet's Greeny models are up to 20k in comparison, AND Jimmy Page's signatures never sold for less than 8k$ (prior to inflation), the double neck SG limited signature sold for 50k$, outrageously expensive in comparison.. +Remember Axl had "negociated" most rights to GN'R royalties in addition to the band's name, so once Slash and Duff had quit in 94/95 they stopped getting big checks from GN'R until their return in 2016...
I bought a Les Paul Studio in 1991 from a shop in Charlotte after looking for one I could afford. Slash and MTV made them pretty hot. This was before eBay and the internet, so they would show up in pawn shops from time to time for a good deal. I spent 6 months hitting pawn shops trying to find own I could afford and eventually found the Studio at a small guitar store run by some musicians. They had bought out a studio and it was one of the guitars. Black with a dot neck. The most stripped down as they come, but for some reason people kept it around. It turned out to be one of the “good ones” and is the only electric I own to this day. Every Les Paul player that hears it, loves it. In the process of tracking down that guitar, I saw a ton of ugly Fenders that pawn shops would sell to kids that wanted to try guitar for the first time. The ugliest and most common were Fender Jaguars…..which Nirvana and MTV were about to make expensive.
There's a lot of truth to the old chestnut, "How many guitars does a guitarist need? Just one...........more!" I'm a keyboard player who also plays guitar, I only have 15. So far!
Nice interview, He's really honest about his guitar tone, he has always played great but his tone is always the same no matter what guitar he plays, I never really understood why he plays so many different models since it doesn't make any difference.
fyi, he’a always played various styles of guitars but his main ones have been les pauls for quite a while. he played a slide dobro, bc rich, double neck SG, etc. on the use your illusion tours. before they were signed he had a few different ones that weren’t les pauls. there are a lot of pics and videos on line… they do look weird though, i’ll admit, lol.
@@jeremythornton433 Dust n' Bones The Ritz Theatre, he's playing a Sanchez superstrat. Also, there's a vid of him playing the Godfather theme on a white strat at the November Rain shoot.
I have a Lyx Pro Les Paul for $350 and a Leo Jaymz SG for $250 both off of Amazon. Both are good quality and sound great. It's true you don't need to spend an arm and a leg for a good guitar.
We’ll slash is very old school and traditional with his guitar stuff. Different guitars are sometimes like different instruments. Les Paul and strat is like two different instruments. It’s like banjo vs mandolin.
I’m curious if we were to compare LP’s. I definitely crossed the line and own way too many. Myself and my partner build custom amps that we have one built for you but don’t know how to get it to you. All hand built/wired. Even the chassis is hand cut and bent. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen. Or at the very least we could ride some BMX! I actually supposedly own a certain red mockingbird that may have been yours at one point. I even had the builder verify it and he said he never knew who the build was for, but that’s how he would have done it. He even had a small piece of wood with the same grain 😮 there’s some other secret things about it that only you and the person who wired it would know… early 90’s era. First rock song I ever heard - you could be mine. Changed me man.
00:51 Yay, I feel vindicated by Slash I've said many times there is a quality price point, but too much over that and you start getting into something priced for prestige and not necessarily anymore quality.
I dont get my hands on the kind of guitars Slash does, but I can still relate. I once had a neck thru Washburn with single coils. Mild single coils. It played fantastic and sounded crystalline when clean, but I wanted a Les Paul/Marshall sound & really was never satisfied with it. After dumping it for a much cheaper guitar with humbuckers, I struggled with that until I could afford a decent one. 10 years Iater , after having a few guitars come & go ,I really regretted ditching a nice guitar with unique quality tone for a junky one that had none.
@@satyanpatel6403 I used to have a reverb pedal (a Digitech, I think, with Lexicon reverb) that came with a rubber cover for the knobs, so they wouldn't shift settings by accident. I wish all pedals had one of those. It's a damn shame that they don't.
Thats true slash.. Ive been stop buying expensive guitar.. It is not worth when i think back ive spent alot.. And those guitars just sleeping in the cases and seldom use.. Now i stick to my stratocaster..that suits me.. My hand my fingers.. My playing. Everything is there.. Im done.. Thanks slash.. Youre the reason i play guitar.. Im a big fan of you since 1990..until now... 🎉
Slash is still my Number One favourite guitar player of all time since 2001 when I was 15 years old. The next project has to be a collaboration with his twin Brother in music: Lenny Kravitz.
At 3:04’, did you notice Wednesday Adam’s headless doll. Family did a Wednesday theme for Halloween. Life size mannequin in that “dance,” wig and that doll-shoulder bag. Standing in the shadows had people wondering, is she real.
I think when someone finds a pristine vintage guitar in a closet, under a bed etc, it’s usually pristine because 1)the owner never got seriously into playing or 2)it plays like a dog and/or sounds like a turd
@@revtimewest There is a scientific explanation for vintage guitars. When guitars age, the moisture leaves the guitar and they become more solid and stable, often resulting in a better tone. This is especially true for spruce top acoustic/classical guitars. They simply sound better with age. Now, if you get a guitar with a roasted maple neck, like Misha Mansoor, that adds to stability as well.
I have what was a $5,000 Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul that now lists for $10,000. I also own a $1,200 dollar guitar. I prefer the sound of the $1,200 dollar guitar. I also prefer playing it over the Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul.
And in this whole video he didnt mention anything that wasn't a Gibson lol. Waita step away from the Les Pauls for a second but it was more of a baby step.
So true it's just a name. It's the same with cars for a while there people would fork out absence amounts for them or DVDS, VHS etc because sellers are using this Vintage BS to up the price when the item is not worth it basically be a smart shopper. I blame it on all those auction hunter and storage war TV shows my self now everyone is looking at stuff in there closet, attic, basement, garage when they could care less about it before thinking there stuff is worth a ton of $$ when they don't have the knowledge about it when most of it is just junk. It also kills the market.
Slash owns a few Travis Beans, i own a black one just like one of his. I highly recommend folks trying one of these at some point in time. Expensive, yes. But nothing plays or sounds like a Bean. ;-)
I know he was talking about expensive vintage guitars but you know the Gibson marketing team was sweating when he was talking about how there’s a line where you’re just spending money for the name or the label. 😂
You're gay.
*coughs* Epiphone *coughs*
I thought the same thing!
I had a les Paul deluxe once. Once is enough.
@@InhalerOfTheRifftree A high-end Epiphone Les Paul is better quality than a low-mid Gibson IMO.
“You only really need 1 good one” lol if we all lived by this.
Only if you play in one tuning. I got a guitar for E, Eb, C and a baritone.
Literally haha! Its an addiction.
Only need one, but I want about 50
Most people don’t have a choice lol
Keyword being "need" 😅
Slash is always enjoyable in a interview because he is relatable and logical in his views and experience . Always praising his influences is a sign of a genuine talent in my opinion .
This is a monologue and not an interview
Probably one of my favorite interviews. Specially when he is so candid about the addiction that is for us guitar players to buy and buy and buy guitars when one or two can really do the trick and you actually form a far better connection with the instrument and the quote unquote myth that is the vintage guitar rabbit hole. Plus he’s rocking an amazing new Breitling Chronomat B01 42. Love this guy to death.
You know the dude appreciates watches when he's also got a chronomat and not just the hulk.
A what!!??
@@Sighdaballa watch I think. Not into watches.
Slash is genuine ! That's why we love you Sir ! thank you for your music
I gifted him that little wolfman bobblehead you see on top of his amp I’m the beginning and towards the end of this video! I geek out every time I see it. I’m so happy he loved it that much to continue taking it on the road with him.
That’s cool
Back in 2015 he had a lot of little toys and stuff on his amp.
Oh that's sick.
Sweet
No you didn't 😂
Just love how Slash has cleaned up (long time ago), and has become a better player, even though he already was kickass. I love seeing how awesome he is doing, this is a fantastic interview. I'd love to hang out with him for a day, sweet spirit and down to earth, awesome. Especially when he mentioned Johnny Winter, who happened to be my first guitar concert (1973), Johnny was fresh out of rehab and on fire, I'm still impacted from that. Yessir, keep on rockin' Slash, keep on rockin'
Great interview, I haven't seen him talk this passionately about a subject in a while, thanks a lot! 👏🏿
“Potential is there but I’ll work with it” - exactly how I feel with every new guitar hahah
slash is actually way more well-spoken than I would’ve guessed, what an interesting video
As he's gotten to a better place in his life he actually is a really interesting person to listen to
He’s always cool in videos. Great guy
He's never looked too terribly bright, but that was his "look". He's probably as well-spoken as anyone else.
Must be his British background
This is clean an sober,Slash. He sounds friggin great
Its time for someone to give Slash a Jazzmaster already !!!!
I just threw up in my mouth a little.😅
🙌🏻 True! With time we define our own tone and we try to pay attention more to detaills, trying to take the best juice out of the instrument itself! Thank you Reverb&Slash
Shoutout Norm!! You legend in the Rock world ❤
How a guitar feels in your hands after a few weeks of playing is something missed in nearly all guitar reviews on YT. And yet it is what we value most and member longest about any guitar.
Great video. The guitar maturity shows. Tonal quality is the pallete of the musician. He references this in this short interview. Plus for a fellow that can have any guitar (and does in his collection) it is about functionallity. Keep rockin' Slash! You are aging like fine wine. Love your music! Long live rock n roll!
Following Slash's advice and I now have three Epiphone Les Paul with Seth Lovers pickups! The most expensive one I paid it was: $600. LOL!
Epiphone les Paul standards are a damn fine guitar.
@@loganknapp8905totally. I got an epiphone modern les paul, it has everything: ebony fingerboard, mahogany body, locking tuners, weight relief, good sounding pickups…. only for 700€! If I want, I can just change the pickups for 100-200€ and it will be incredible!
I've got an epi lp custom and since none of my friends are serious players they wouldn't know the difference between that and a gibson, I bet a lot of players wouldn't always know the difference blindfolded
enjoyed this alot! Slash is a smart dude!
Slash is 100% badass.
Seems like a humble dude ..good stuff
He is. As someone who has met, and chatted with him, he really is as humble as he comes off here. Total class act!
He is, I met him.
Gotta love his honesty.
I know he's mostly a Les Paul man, but Slash playing a Firebird is a really good match. He gets a very nice sound out of it.
I wasn't going to say anything, but since you decided to reupload this I just wanted to be That Guy and point out that it should either say "Slash on Choosing a Guitar That Isn't a Les Paul," or "Slash on Choosing Guitars that Aren't Les Pauls." You may all yell at me now.
AAAAAHHHH!!!
If you're referring to a grammatical error, it looks like they corrected it. We'll done sir
@@davidpepper442 Bucket list complete!
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Good interview! I like the leaving the questions out technique. Works well for this type of interview.
First time I've seen Slash wear shorts. I guess that Magnatone changed his whole personality 🤣.
I remember him drunk wearing shorts and doing a solo 😂
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Amen. This was pretty much my thought process when I bought my Easman T59/v over a 335. To me personally the sound, feeling, quality and value for money with the Easman was all there over a Gibson that was 2x more expensive. Play what ever makes you feel nice and enjoy yourself.
Who knew he was so honest and level headed - what a nice guy
Les Paul, Strat, Tele player here, for many years. But last year I got an ES-339 (smaller version of the 335) and that thing sounds fantastic, plays smooth as silk, and changes my style of playing. I get exactly what he's saying here.
Having multiple guitars is a must for seasoned guitarists. I have a Ibanez S series, 97 Fender Strat, Les Paul, and an Aria Pro II. That’s all I need for any and every genre essentially. Currently in love with my Ibanez and les paul tho
When Slash speaks of making it work, it's the tweaking of PU & pole heights.
I gots a personally built Kramer Vt211s, put Area 61 in the neck, A58s in the middle & JB humbucker in the bridge.
Had to readjust PU heights when I started using a fixed gain (clean) amp. Was saturating at like 5 to 6.
Got the neck to hevay saturate at 7, middle at 9.
Then set the JB height to heavy saturation at 8. But then had to adjust the poles to get the JB to voice similar to the Areas.
Also, I can no load tap dial the JB, which I drop out the flat poles.
Work all done to preference of ear.
1:27
Yui Hirasawa from K-ON! even knows that as she knows a musical instrument is meant to be played. Despite being heavy, she thought the Les Paul is cute.
I’ve got a Les Paul standard 2006 1960 Les Paul reissue. Never needed another guitar but I’ve gotten more and always go back. He’s right about only needing one good one
Then why does he tour with several?
Slash is def one of those guitarists you can hear & know pretty quickly it's him. I remember first listening to "Ordinary Man," by Ozzy off the album of the same name, when it came out, & thinking the guitar solo sounded like Slash; looked & it was him, alright!
Slash is a guitar player and hero. I love his music and his voice
I really do not know how many guitars I own, I only know if I think I might like it and I can get it, I just get it. Now if it ends up on a album or not, played in the studio only or used for live gigs only or stays in the private collection/ gets modded or sold off in the catch and release program. It's all part of my rock n roll fantasy. 🎸🤠
Very informative and why my last guitar purchase was a les paul classic with a pickup and wiring swap instead of a 10k murphy lab it plays just as good, and after the swap it sounds just as good.
Love the sound that comes from your finger and the gear you use I agree 335 is hard to beat
Very interesting points 👍
Me personally I have bond with a guitar, a connection. That's how I know it's the one for me. Also one of the reasons I like going to instore shops. It's like getting to know a guitar like a person.
6:55 Slash's pedal board.
Can someone say what pedals does he have??
This is so good I forgot what the title of it was. The man exudes guitar.❤
Slash, have you ever played a Westone guitar? I own one since my childhood (gift from my Dad) and found out last year it was an 80's Japanese prototype handmade shredding machine due to the neck arch and shape.
One of your all time greatest fans,
Kevin Laplante
This is exactly why I like slash, not is he a great musician, he's very knowledgeable about instruments.
But he is right, as a guitar player, we only really need one good guitar, but because I play multiple different genres, I needed multiple to avoid constant tuning changes from E standard to drop A.
I'd love to hear his take on Fractal etc. Any Slash interviews out there covering that??
Nothing over-the-top since that would be chasing trends. Products that stand the test of time should matter in a way as merit. Les Pauls are the best at that. They can be comforting to play. The lighter models are nice too.
Buckethead fans can never get this sort of interview from their idol. Ever.
Slash is the real deal.
Buckethead has legit autism and severe anxiety. He had an interview with his phycologist a while back that was insightful, but has since been removed.
I've always found Slash's soft voice, chill, gentle Good vibes to be calming, comforting somehow, he's always been my fav guitar player, but even more as we all age i get to appreciate as much his genuine and Good, mature vibes. It's hard to explain, i call it the Slash Effect: from a Spiritual/Intuitive point he's High Vibrational, there's something special about Slash, a gentle, genuine, Good soul, different from many chaotic, nasty, toxic, fake, Ego driven, self obsessed A/A+ Listers faking kindness and/or humility out of Selfinterest, greed and PR/image.. Slash's talent and Iconic Rock Legend status are one thing, the person behind the brand is another, hence heartbreaking to see him at his worst in the early 2000s, still crazy how close he really was from Death, then heartwarming to see him fight to live, get clean & sober, learn hard lessons, mature, be happy, at Peace, thriving, he's been so productive since, you can feel he's in a happy place in his life.
Slash is still that kid who still loves to play and collaborate with artists, record and tour for the love & fun of playing live, who will tour for as long as his health allows him to, grateful to be alive and well, transpiring in his interviews bc it's sincere, so is his humility and laid back mindset, not afraid of showing vulnerability regarding addictions, self reflection, accountability, a true Rock Star who's NOT ruled by Ego...
To guitar players out there calling him a sell out i'll say this: The man is no Gene Simmons nor Jimmy Page !!! he's not greedy, he had to learn to know his worth: it's different. After all he's been through and all the millions he was ripped off for so long he's become strategical: endorsments/partnerships then GN'R's revival bigger checks finance all his small creative projects (not just music) that make no profit or very little, including this excellent Blues album with a very small venues US tour, and even a part of his albums with Myles & Conspirators (good reviews doesn't mean high grossing sales & tours); and his divorce had cost him more than half of what he had.. Moreover, when you look into it Gibson's selling prices for his signature guitars are lower compared to other high profile household names' esp compared to Jimmy Page and Kirk Hammet's ones... Slash is a lot more known/famous than any Zakky Wilde, Jason Isbell and Bonamassa combined, yet Slash's signature models sell for the same price: 3000-3500$... Kirk Hammet's Greeny models are up to 20k in comparison, AND Jimmy Page's signatures never sold for less than 8k$ (prior to inflation), the double neck SG limited signature sold for 50k$, outrageously expensive in comparison..
+Remember Axl had "negociated" most rights to GN'R royalties in addition to the band's name, so once Slash and Duff had quit in 94/95 they stopped getting big checks from GN'R until their return in 2016...
@@S.X-sr7dd that's way too much to bother reading
Beautiful comment, you are absolutely right. Respect and long live Slash
So, Slash is saying that you don't have to buy his signature and buy a PRS for the money
I bought a Les Paul Studio in 1991 from a shop in Charlotte after looking for one I could afford. Slash and MTV made them pretty hot. This was before eBay and the internet, so they would show up in pawn shops from time to time for a good deal. I spent 6 months hitting pawn shops trying to find own I could afford and eventually found the Studio at a small guitar store run by some musicians. They had bought out a studio and it was one of the guitars. Black with a dot neck. The most stripped down as they come, but for some reason people kept it around. It turned out to be one of the “good ones” and is the only electric I own to this day. Every Les Paul player that hears it, loves it. In the process of tracking down that guitar, I saw a ton of ugly Fenders that pawn shops would sell to kids that wanted to try guitar for the first time. The ugliest and most common were Fender Jaguars…..which Nirvana and MTV were about to make expensive.
A good acoustic, a good passive single coil, a good passive bucker and something with actives
Btw..i still love slashes $300 epiphones with the built in tuner..lol they play and feel and sound great...great budgrt guitars...feels great.
The fact is that Gibson doesn’t sell affordable guitars other than the epiphone brand,and now some of them are 1299 lol
... "I'll make that work!" 😸😸😸... &, ".. That it's really the player!" 😺😺😺😸
There's a lot of truth to the old chestnut, "How many guitars does a guitarist need? Just one...........more!" I'm a keyboard player who also plays guitar, I only have 15.
So far!
Nice interview, He's really honest about his guitar tone, he has always played great but his tone is always the same no matter what guitar he plays, I never really understood why he plays so many different models since it doesn't make any difference.
It absolutely does make a difference……maybe you don’t notice it but it’s there.
play because you love it !
Black Keys Dan Auerbach / Sound of His Own Old New Mastery
Mr Hudson hopefully will do another Blues venture with Joe Perry and Keith Richard and neck why not Bonamassa
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So glad he's playing different guitars.
Would love to see him playing a Strat or a Tele.
fyi, he’a always played various styles of guitars but his main ones have been les pauls for quite a while. he played a slide dobro, bc rich, double neck SG, etc. on the use your illusion tours. before they were signed he had a few different ones that weren’t les pauls. there are a lot of pics and videos on line… they do look weird though, i’ll admit, lol.
@@jeremythornton433 Dust n' Bones The Ritz Theatre, he's playing a Sanchez superstrat. Also, there's a vid of him playing the Godfather theme on a white strat at the November Rain shoot.
My favourite Guitar is an Epiphone Les Paul Slash Appetite for Destruction from 2010, beautiful guitar
Damn man he’s so intelligent and well spoken. Slash is so damn cool.
Yes, Slash. Sleazy is the right word. 😃
I have a Lyx Pro Les Paul for $350 and a Leo Jaymz SG for $250 both off of Amazon. Both are good quality and sound great. It's true you don't need to spend an arm and a leg for a good guitar.
I’ve always liked Slash be it GNR or solo.
1:36 Slash wears shorts???
So does the rest of G&R. It gets hot up there.
We’ll slash is very old school and traditional with his guitar stuff. Different guitars are sometimes like different instruments. Les Paul and strat is like two different instruments. It’s like banjo vs mandolin.
I am a Gibson les Paul man and I am a owner of two Gibson les Paul’s and I one two Ephipone les Paul’s as I own a Martin acoustic
I’m curious if we were to compare LP’s. I definitely crossed the line and own way too many. Myself and my partner build custom amps that we have one built for you but don’t know how to get it to you. All hand built/wired. Even the chassis is hand cut and bent. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen. Or at the very least we could ride some BMX!
I actually supposedly own a certain red mockingbird that may have been yours at one point. I even had the builder verify it and he said he never knew who the build was for, but that’s how he would have done it. He even had a small piece of wood with the same grain 😮 there’s some other secret things about it that only you and the person who wired it would know… early 90’s era. First rock song I ever heard - you could be mine. Changed me man.
Do ya do guitar trades Slash? Got a 96 prs 10t with birds
So he’s going to Epiphone now, right? Right…?
00:51 Yay, I feel vindicated by Slash I've said many times there is a quality price point, but too much over that and you start getting into something priced for prestige and not necessarily anymore quality.
I dont get my hands on the kind of guitars Slash does, but I can still relate.
I once had a neck thru Washburn with single coils. Mild single coils. It played fantastic and sounded crystalline when clean, but I wanted a Les Paul/Marshall sound & really was never satisfied with it. After dumping it for a much cheaper guitar with humbuckers, I struggled with that until I could afford a decent one. 10 years Iater , after having a few guitars come & go ,I really regretted ditching a nice guitar with unique quality tone for a junky one that had none.
Hunt down that guitar man.
Slash has always been so secretive about his pedals...it's crazy!
Not really. His pedals are just taped up for exact settings for touring and for the roadies to not make mistakes adjusting them.
@@satyanpatel6403 I used to have a reverb pedal (a Digitech, I think, with Lexicon reverb) that came with a rubber cover for the knobs, so they wouldn't shift settings by accident. I wish all pedals had one of those. It's a damn shame that they don't.
@@shredfantomthat's actually a great idea
Thats true slash.. Ive been stop buying expensive guitar.. It is not worth when i think back ive spent alot.. And those guitars just sleeping in the cases and seldom use.. Now i stick to my stratocaster..that suits me.. My hand my fingers.. My playing. Everything is there.. Im done..
Thanks slash.. Youre the reason i play guitar.. Im a big fan of you since 1990..until now... 🎉
I like his philosophy ! ❤
We love slash !
Dr Demento. You youngins missed out on that great radio show.
Slash ✨
Has he seen the price of his signature models
Slash is still my Number One favourite guitar player of all time since 2001 when I was 15 years old. The next project has to be a collaboration with his twin Brother in music: Lenny Kravitz.
I'd love to hear more Slash + Lenny. Always on the Run is such a fantastic song
slash baba ne demiş '' eğer kullanmayacaksanız pahalı gitarlar almaya değmez.'' baba adamdır.
At 3:04’, did you notice Wednesday Adam’s headless doll. Family did a Wednesday theme for Halloween. Life size mannequin in that “dance,” wig and that doll-shoulder bag. Standing in the shadows had people wondering, is she real.
Which Fleetwood Mac song is he talking about?
The one at the beginning? That was Oh, Well
Can't talk Gibson Firebird without mentioning Johnny Winter... Slash knows.
But why is his pedal board all taped up, like its some big secret what pedals hes running?
Might be a case of he’s not getting paid by them so he’s not giving them free ads.
Slash picking guitars be like I want that one, that one and that one
Would love to him with a tele or anything with p90s
coolest guy ever.
There is this EVH guitar I have been hearing good things about...
I don't believe that vintage is better thing. I've heard some vintage guitars that sound like absolute dogshit.
I think when someone finds a pristine vintage guitar in a closet, under a bed etc, it’s usually pristine because 1)the owner never got seriously into playing or 2)it plays like a dog and/or sounds like a turd
Old and busted vs the new hotness?
I will take the new hotness every time. Even if they make it look old and busted.😊
Plus newer is cheaper. Tone is 99% is in the hand.
@@revtimewest There is a scientific explanation for vintage guitars. When guitars age, the moisture leaves the guitar and they become more solid and stable, often resulting in a better tone. This is especially true for spruce top acoustic/classical guitars. They simply sound better with age. Now, if you get a guitar with a roasted maple neck, like Misha Mansoor, that adds to stability as well.
How to choose a Guitar that Is not a LES Paul: search for an Electric singlecut usa made With a couple of humbuckers and a tune o matic bridge.
I have what was a $5,000 Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul that now lists for $10,000. I also own a $1,200 dollar guitar. I prefer the sound of the $1,200 dollar guitar. I also prefer playing it over the Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul.
6:56- Slash does not give out free advertising.
And in this whole video he didnt mention anything that wasn't a Gibson lol. Waita step away from the Les Pauls for a second but it was more of a baby step.
Every single vintage guitar was new at one time😂❤
So true it's just a name. It's the same with cars for a while there people would fork out absence amounts for them or DVDS, VHS etc because sellers are using this Vintage BS to up the price when the item is not worth it basically be a smart shopper. I blame it on all those auction hunter and storage war TV shows my self now everyone is looking at stuff in there closet, attic, basement, garage when they could care less about it before thinking there stuff is worth a ton of $$ when they don't have the knowledge about it when most of it is just junk. It also kills the market.
Maribel Stravenue
A gitaar is al what you need to put youre sole in and to let hearing your sole
"Gimmie Love"
I like the reverse psychology .
You only need one good guitar !
Yes Slash , we hear you , but we definitely didn’t listen .
Slash owns a few Travis Beans, i own a black one just like one of his. I highly recommend folks trying one of these at some point in time. Expensive, yes. But nothing plays or sounds like a Bean. ;-)
The man used to have a 1959 burst Les Paul and he claims he didn't buy expensive guitars lol