Jeff Hanneman's Guitars
In the YouTube video "SLAYER 'Seasons In The Abyss' Live on The John Stewart Show," Jeff Hanneman can be seen playing a Jackson Soloist. This custom shop model features distinctive stickers, a Kahler tremolo, and EMG 81/85 pickups. It served as a prototype for his ESP signature guitars.
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ESP has a number of Jeff Hanneman guitars available, according to their official site. The UC is one of these guitars, and Jeff says about EFC guitars, "ESP'S have always been great guitars, and they have always been good to me."
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Black Bich circa 1986. You can see it in Slayer - Raining Blood / Angel of Death - Ritz NY 86 on youtube.com. Unknown Specs at this time.
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Jeff Hanneman appears on various pics playing with this guitar
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In this user-uploaded photo, Jeff Hanneman is seen playing a Gibson Explorer 1976 Limited Edition.
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In the second picture of the Spinditty article, Jeff Hanneman is shown with the ESP LTD JH-600EC Jeff Hanneman Signature guitar, highlighting his use of this model.
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Jeff Hanneman appears on this pic with the Guitar
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His first "pro" guitar, seen in many pictures.
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Jeff holds a B.C. Rich Ironbird in this photo. Appears to be promo shot. I couldn't find any photos of him using it live or in the studio.
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eff with my Fender Lead II. Pic approx 1984/85 When I met Jeff, I had a Gibson “Sonex” guitar my daddy had bought me when I thought, I could possibly play guitar. 🤦♀️ I was still in high school and an acquaintance had this gorgeous Candy Apple Red Fender Lead II guitar and wanted to trade. I asked Jeff what he thought, and his reply, was…..heck yeah, that is a much better guitar. So, I reluctantly traded. The Fender guitar had t.s.o.l. carved into it unfortunately, but Jeff was a huge T.S.O.L fan. I found out a week later the guy that I traded my Sonex with had set (his now) guitar up on a shelf and it had fallen off and the neck broke. Jeff had taken the Fender to the studio on many recordings, however, if it was ever used, I do not know for sure. He loved that it had a “squeal” sound to it. A few years after Jeff had passed, this guitar and many of Jeff’s were gifted to his best friend Rocky George
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In a rare photo that appears to be a magazine cutout from the 90s, Jeff Hanneman can be seen holding an Ibanez JEM 555, identifiable by the monkey grip and tree of life inlays, and adorned with punk rock stickers—typical of Hanneman's style.
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He was known to play a red RR50 live in 1983
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