Lou Reed

Epiphone states on their website that the guitar Lou Reed is holding in the album cover for Transformer is an Epiphone Riviera.

This picture shows Lou Reed with a Fender Telecaster.

Reed can be seen in this photo with a Gretsch Country Gentleman.

In this picure Lou Reed can be seen with this guitar.

Here he is using a Klein guitar.

Amazing video with luthier Carl Thompson, explaining building guitars for Lou. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QtwIwAGoVChMIo9Lz3t2YyQIVhugmCh3hfwjq&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMz1JWfRDD8Y&usg=AFQjCNH1OkkPbdh6O-8dRSq-undyXSaHkg&sig2=CLaDxaTat5AEOR0weIxMDA

At Gibson's page where they list Reed's Gibson/Epiphone guitars, they mention "A Gibson Les Paul Junior with a single P-90 pick-up"

Reed can be seen in this photo playing a Gibson SG.

Lou Reed is seen using a Schecter Strat-Style Stratocaster in a photo provided by Musicradar.

This guitar was custom made by Rick Kelly for Lou Reed. It is 1 of only 3 ever made. It has a beautiful silver sparkle finish. The neck profile is HUGE, the patented 'Double D' neck. It is probably the thickest neck that we have ever seen come through our store. Don Mare Handwound pickups.

On this picture you can see Lou Reed playing on white B.C. Rich Seagull II

The Steinberger site states: "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Lou Reed sent us these great pictures. Lou has been using the Steinberger Synapse Transcale ST-2FPA Custom in the studio."

Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison purchased a Fender Electric XII 12-string guitar for their third album, as noted on Wikipedia.

Lou Reed is pictured playing a Noah Paraffina Slapster Guitar in a user-uploaded photo on Yorokobu.

In a photo from 2000 featured in the Lou Reed Gallery, Lou Reed is seen with an Epiphone EA 7P Professional outfit. This image dates back to the period of his eighteenth solo studio album, Ecstasy, released in April 2000. The album, a concept piece exploring Reed's personal experiences with marriage and relationships, marks his final solo rock album.

In a user-uploaded photo on Wordpress, Lou Reed is seen playing a Plexiglass Guitarman electric guitar.

In this concert, Lou Reed plays an Olson guitar. He had already played it in Perfect Night (https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/lou-reed-talks-about-velvet-underground-songwriting-and-gear-1998-guitar-world-interview), saying that "It’s a guitar built by a guy named Jim Olsen [sic]". And he added "“I have never been so stunned by a guitar, this guitar is a living thing" (https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2013/10/31/remembering-lou-reed-calm-vineyard-moment). From the 5 Olson models (https://olsonguitars.com/the-art/guitar-models/), it seems to me that his is an SJ. However, I am not sure.

Lou playing an original sunburst Fender Telecaster Custom at a live show in the 70’s.

Lou Reed is seen playing a Kent Copa 532 in the video titled "The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs - Live,".