Melissa Etheridge

"Acoustic rock legend Melissa Etheridge collaborated with the Ovation/Adamas R&D team to design this extraordinary 6-stringed signature instrument. Representing the ultimate craftsmanship from Ovation’s flagship workshop in New Hartford, Connecticut, the Melissa Etheridge Signature 6-string features a solid spruce top soundboard with X-bracing and a contoured composite body. Other features include an ebony fretboard and bridge, bass-side sound ports with white pearloid epaulets, and a custom “ME” mother-of-pearl symbol on the peg head face. The Melissa Etheridge Signature model comes with Ovation’s original high-output pickup, and its OP-Pro Studio preamp connects to virtually any sound system, stage amp, or recording console."

So I have about… [laughs] 10 guitars out on the road. I’ve got a ‘79 Gibson 347, a ‘79 Jaguar, an early ’80s Chet Atkins Country Gentleman, and then I’ve got a Jerry Jones 12-string from the mid-’90s that he made for me.

Melissa can be seen holding a Gibson L-5 throughout this video of Norman's Rare Guitars.

"Acoustic rock legend Melissa Etheridge collaborated with the Ovation/Adamas R&D team to design this extraordinary 6-stringed signature instrument. Representing the ultimate craftsmanship from Ovation’s flagship workshop in New Hartford, Connecticut, the Melissa Etheridge Signature 6-string features a solid spruce top soundboard with X-bracing and a contoured composite body. Other features include an ebony fretboard and bridge, bass-side sound ports with white pearloid epaulets, and a custom “ME” mother-of-pearl symbol on the peg head face. The Melissa Etheridge Signature model comes with Ovation’s original high-output pickup, and its OP-Pro Studio preamp connects to virtually any sound system, stage amp, or recording console."

In this photo, which shows Etheridge performing at the 2013 Opera House concert, she can be seen playing the black Gibson Les Paul Custom.

So I have about… [laughs] 10 guitars out on the road. I’ve got a ‘79 Gibson 347, a ‘79 Jaguar, an early ’80s Chet Atkins Country Gentleman, and then I’ve got a Jerry Jones 12-string from the mid-’90s that he made for me.

I went down that hole, and I have some amazing guitars that I really, really, really love. I’ve got a ‘75 blonde Fender Starcaster, and it’s just one of my favorites. I keep it at home, I don’t really tour with it, because it’s a little fragile.

I have a ‘64 J45 that has a deep sound that I love writing with. Sometimes I’ll pick out an old guitar just to shake up the inspiration. And sometimes I’ll buy a guitar and say, “Ah, there’s a couple of songs in there.”

In this photo, Etheridge can be seen with the Gibson B-25.