Slash – Orgy of the Damned

At 6:21 in this interview with Ola Englund, Slash answers a questions about which guitars he used for writing his Orgy of The Damned album by saying:

I just pulled out a bunch of vintage guitars and a bunch of vintage combo amps and ended up using a ’63 335 for a lot of the record and a couple of different Les Pauls and, believe it or not, a Strat and a Tele.

At 5:44 in this video, Slash's tech discusses his Travis Bean TB1000S saying:

We have a pair of these Travis Beans. These are these are a bit harder to come by. These are sled up for slide playing, so we're doing slide tuning on these. You can see we got markings where all the knobs go just to get it right every day. These things famously have aluminum necks. Aluminum necks have made something of a comeback in the recent years but originally, you know, Travis Bean was the original aluminum-neck guitar, followed shortly by Kramer made one for a while. They should be reissued, the DMZ series by Kramer, if anyone's listening.

So yeah these are super cool, super old, and nowadays since they're getting rarer and aluminum necks are making a comeback, they're not cheap… They they definitely feel cold, you know. It’s a cold feeling, not cold sounding, but it feels cold in your hand. And they are dead straight, you know. There's no truss rod, that neck will be dead straight for a thousand years. Not much adjusting on them but, you know, being dead straight you can't put relief into it so it does feel different.

Since 2023, Slash has been using the Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V Electric Guitar, Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged, notably during the recording of "Oh Well" as seen in his live performance at the Gibson Garage. His guitar technician has confirmed that this Ember Red Firebird is also used as a backup guitar during tours. This information is supported by a performance video on Gibson TV, which showcases Slash playing this specific guitar.

In this Premier Guitar rig rundown, Slash's guitar tech shows a TS-9 Tube Screamer from Ibanez on his board for the Orgy of the Damned tour. He says:

And then we have an Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer, which you know, that's made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughan was a big proponent of those and then that's a very very popular you know. It's an overdrive pedal, it's not quite a distortion. Like if you put it into a clean amp you'd still be missing a little bit, but that will drive a little bit dirty head into a great luxurious big sound. Great overdrive.

In this Rig Rundown by Premier Guitar, Slash's guitar tech gives a tour of his Orgy of the Damned tour pedalboard and discusses his MXR Phase 90. Saying:

And then we're going to an MXR Phase 90. This is a EVH signature one. Super simple, one knob. You just dial in your speed and get that really cool phaser effect. Really nice, give it a little depth, a little lushness to your sound.

On his tour for Orgy of the Damned, Slash's pedalboard had a BBE Soul Vibe. His tech tells Premier Guitar:

From there it goes into a BBE Leslie simulator, which simulates a Leslie rotating speaker.