Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1987 album Appetite For Destruction.
Music from Appetite For Destruction
Artists on Appetite For Destruction
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Guns N' Roses Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes Velvet Revolver Kings of Chaos Hollywood Rose GAK Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Slash's Snakepit Slash & Paul Rodgers with the Band of Gypsys Slash's Blues Ball The Dirty Bats Road Crew Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators The Monsters of Rock The Drunk Fux Tidus Sloan -
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Guns N' Roses Hollywood Vampires Jane's Addiction Velvet Revolver Kings of Chaos Neurotic Outsiders GAK The Dirty Bats The Living The Hellcat Saints Duff McKagan’s Loaded The Fartz Levee Walkers 10 Minute Warning Walking Papers The Gentlemen Mad for the Racket Fastbacks Crisis Party Loaded The Drunk Fux Road Crew -
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Gear Used On Appetite For Destruction
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction (1987). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Slash on Appetite For Destruction
Gibson Slash Appetite Les Paul Standard
Avg price: $2,831.00
According to Slash's guitar tech, Slash's main guitars are the "Slash AFD guitars. They're replicas of the Les Pauls he used on the Appetite for Destruction album, and every album since then. (0:25). "He actually used the original guitar on the last album, but we keep it safely put away - we use copies Gibson makes for us that are awesome guitars in their own right," the tech said.
For a good year or so in the early days of GNR, Slash often used a Jackson Firebird. The guitar was black in finish, equipped with a Floyd Rose, two humbuckers, a 22-fret ebony fretboard with Jackson inlays, and featured a sticker modeled after Slash's lady tattoo with his nickname underneath the sticker. This guitar was used to record the rhythm parts for "Appetite for Destruction." Unsatisfied with the tones of the guitar for solos, he pawned it so he could fund some bad habits. It's currently whereabouts are unknown.
Amplifiers used by Slash on Appetite For Destruction
Avg price: $3,896.93
There is endless of speculation about the exact Marshall that was used for the Appetite For Destruction recording sessions. Most probably, the amp in question was a modifed Marshall 100 watts 1959T Super Tremolo, owned by S.I.R., a rental company in Los Angeles, and it was known as "Stock #39". The amp had been modded by Tim Caswell, who basically used the amp's unused tremolo circuit, with its additional pre-amp valve, to produce more gain. Also added to the amp was a master volume control.
Marshall AFD100 Slash Signature
Avg price: $2,997.64
The Marshall AFD100 is Slash's signature head designed to replicate the amp Slash used on Appetite for Destruction. "This is a limited edition," Slash's guitar tech says in this video at (7:00). "We usually start with all the settings around 6 and then dial in for the room," he said.
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Avg price: $1,077.42
Slash used this amp for the clean sounds in the studio for songs like:
Paradise City My Michelle Sweet Child O' Mine Knockin' On Heaven's Door Estranged Yesterdays November Rain Live And Let Die Civil War Rocket Queen Coma So Fine
Studio Equipment used by Slash on Appetite For Destruction
A facebook post shows Slash and Ron Mesh using the original Trident 80C Mixing Console for the basic tracks of Appetite for Destruction at The Church Studios in Palm Springs in 1987.
Amplifiers used by Izzy Stradlin on Appetite For Destruction
Appetite for Destruction tracks Izzy has recorded using Gibson es175, Fender Bassman head and Mesa/Boogie cabinet
Guitars used by Izzy Stradlin on Appetite For Destruction
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
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Avg price: $1,750.00
Izzy Stradlin is pictured with a Gibson ES-125 TDC Cherry Sunburst (1967) guitar, as seen in a photo captioned "Izzy back in time" on Vk. This guitar is believed to have been used during the recording of "Appetite for Destruction," according to a September 1988 issue of Guitar Magazine.
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Avg price: $1,750.00
Izzy Stradlin likely used the Gibson ES-125 TDC, as seen in a user-uploaded photo, during the recording of "Appetite for Destruction." This connection is referenced in Guitar Magazine, September 1988.
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This article states that Izzy Stradlin primarily used a 1987 Gibson ES-175D on Appetite for Destruction.
Amplifiers used by Duff McKagan on Appetite For Destruction
Bass Guitars used by Duff McKagan on Appetite For Destruction
During the late 80s Duff played both a white and black Fender JP-555. In the video it is mentioned Duff played a black Fender Japanese Jazz Bass Special.