Slash – World On Fire album cover

Slash – World On Fire

Single 2014

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2014 single World On Fire.

Music from World On Fire

Gear Used On World On Fire

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Slash – World On Fire (2014). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Bass Guitars used by Slash on World On Fire

Electric Basses

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 World On Fire

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."