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Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion I album cover

Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion I

Album 1991

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.

Music from Use Your Illusion I

Artists on Use Your Illusion I

Gear Used On Use Your Illusion I

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion I (1991). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Slash

Slash

Roles:

Guitarist

Bass Guitars used by Slash on Use Your Illusion I

Electric Basses

Fender Bass VI

Fender Bass VI

Avg price: $1,513.45

This website states that Slash used a 1962 Fender Bass VI for a small amount of studio work over his career. This includes, but is possibly not limited to:

Solo, Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: "Dirty Girl" (World on Fire) 2014

Slash's Snakepit: "Been There Lately" (Ain't Life Grand) 2000

Guns 'n' Roses: "Right Next Door to Hell" (Use Your Illusion I) 1991

As well, in photo #10 of the page, we can see a Red 1965 Fender IV Bass.

Studio guitars

"Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life." (-Slash)

For studio sessions, Slash almost exclusively uses a 1959 Les Paul Standard replica made by Kris Derrig. It is with this instrument that he recorded almost all parts of Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver and solo albums. However, when he wants a specific sound for some parts, he sometimes plays with other guitars such as Flying V, Explorer, Stratocaster or Telecaster.

  • Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 replica (main studio guitar used on almost every song/album)

  • Gibson Les Paul Goldtop 1956 (rhythm) (Estranged / Fall To Pieces / You Got No Right)

  • Gibson Slash Les Paul Appetite (rhythm) (Standing In The Sun / Halo / Bad Rain)

  • Gibson Flying V 1959 (lead) (Live And Let Die / Knockin' On Heaven's Door)

  • Gibson Explorer 1958 (lead) (Locomotive)

  • Gibson SG 1961 (My Michelle)

  • Gibson ES-335 1967 (rhythm) (Back To The Moment / Loving The Alien)

  • Gibson ES-135 (rhythm) (Wicked Stone / Stone Blind / Beneath The Savage Sun)

  • Gibson Les Paul Junior (slide) (30 Years To Life)

  • Gibson Les Paul 12-strings 1990 (rhythm) (You Got No Right / The Dissident)

  • B.C. Rich Mockingbird (lead) (You Could Be Mine / The Truth / The Alien / Headspace)

  • B.C. Rich Warlock (Reckless Life / Nice Boys / Move To The City / Mama Kin)

  • Travis Bean 1000 (slide) (Bad Obsession / The Garden / Beggars And Hangers-On / Shine / Rusted Heroes)

  • Fender Stratocaster 1965 (lead) (Yesterdays / So Fine / What Do You Want To Be / Back And Forth Again / Sucker Train Blues / Gravedancer)

  • Fender Telecaster 1956 (rhythm) (Sucker Train Blues)

  • Fender Bass 6-strings 1962 (rhythm) (Right Next Door To Hell / Been There Lately / Dirty Girl)

  • Gretsch 6120 Setzer (rhythm) (The Last Fight / Gravedancer)

  • Guild AJF30 (Patience / Used To Love Her / You're Crazy / One In A Million)

  • Martin D-18 (rhythm) (Not For Me)

  • Music Man Baritone (rhythm) (We Will Roam)

Guitars used by Slash on Use Your Illusion I

Steel-string Acoustic Guitars

Martin D-28

Martin D-28

Avg price: $3,026.67

Interview with Vintage Guitar magazine in 2005. "Yes. I’ve used a lot of acoustics. I used the Martins the most during the Use Your Illusion recordings."

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Korina Flying V

Gibson Korina Flying V

Avg price: $9,196.19

Slash used his ultra-rare 1959 Gibson Korina Flying V to record "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door" during the Use Your Illusion sessions. This information is supported by a Gibson TV feature where Slash discusses the guitar's significance and its acquisition just prior to the recording of the iconic track.

Matt Sorum

Matt Sorum

Roles:

Drummer

Drum Sets used by Matt Sorum on Use Your Illusion I

Drum Sets

Yamaha Rock Tour Custom Drums (red)

Yamaha Rock Tour Custom Drums (red)

Matt Sorum used a Yamaha Rock Tour Custom drum set during the Guns N' Roses "Use Your Illusion" tour from 1991 to 1993. This setup included an 18" x 24" bass drum, a 3 1/2" x 12" brass piccolo snare, an 8" x 14" recording snare drum, a 12" x 14" mounted tom, 16" x 16" and 16" x 18" floor toms, and a 20.5" Ludwig timpani. A YouTube video showcases Sorum playing and autographing a similar set at a 1992 clinic.