Slash – Living the Dream album cover

Slash – Living the Dream

Album 2018

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2018 album Living the Dream.

Music from Living the Dream

Gear Used On Living the Dream

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Slash – Living the Dream (2018). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by Slash on Living the Dream

Extended Range Guitars

Gibson 50th Anniversary SG 12-String

Avg price: $3,940.70

This may not be the exact model but it is seen in the ernie bal reel to reel video which is a short "documentary" of SMKC recording World on fire. He is playing a 12 string Gibson sg at 18:09.

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Gibson ES-135 Electric Guitar

Avg price: $1,499.99

This video from Ernie Ball's "Real to Reel" series, documents the recording of Slash's 2014 album "World on Fire". In which, Slash and his guitar tech Ace Bergman discuss the instruments used on the album:

(13:57)

Ace: "We pick what to bring on the studio, first of all we grab the "Appetite" Les Paul..."

Slash: "...I think it's like an '85 or '84, Chris Derrig custom Gibson-copy Les Paul (Laughs), and I've been using that since the first Guns 'n' Roses record, and it's pretty much my mainstay for all sessions."

Ace: "...And to balance it out, y'know we have a couple different choices for rhythm guitars."

Slash: "...I have a Melody Maker here, I have, a couple of [Les Paul] Juniors here, I have an Explorer here, I got an ES-175 and I got a ES-135. The 135 was Elvis' and it just has this great sound, it was the great, sort-of "counter-sound" to my regular guitar, the Derrig guitar."

Studio Equipment used by Slash on Living the Dream

Effects Processors

Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor

Avg price: $1,547.30

A Facebook photo of Slash’s Snakepit studio, where Living the Dream was recorded in 2018, shows an Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor in his recording setup.