Slash

This guitar is used for live work including Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver.

According to Guns and Roses guitarist Slash, his first guitar was a Memphis Les Paul copy. "That was my first electric guitar, and that was pretty special to me up until I learned that that wasn't really that great a guitar!" he says at (0:30).

"The main guitar I play live is one of two Les Paul Standards I bought in 1987. This one has always been my main stage guitar. It just sounds good and feels right to me."

This 1959 Gibson Flying V was the lead guitar for the songs "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Live And Let Die" and "Estranged".

Slash can be seen with a Squier Hello Kitty Stratocaster

There is endless of speculation about the exact Marshall that was used for the Appetite For Destruction recording sessions. Most probably, the amp in question was a modifed Marshall 100 watts 1959T Super Tremolo, owned by S.I.R., a rental company in Los Angeles, and it was known as "Stock #39". The amp had been modded by Tim Caswell, who basically used the amp's unused tremolo circuit, with its additional pre-amp valve, to produce more gain. Also added to the amp was a master volume control.

In this video, at 6:08, Slash's Guitar Tech Ace shows us Slash's MXR M234 Chorus.

"Final, we have our MXR Analog Chorus. That gives that Shimmery Sound that's also in "Paradise City", that's the only place we're using it now, in the very begining where the Guitars got that "Shimmery open kinda Cowboy kind of Chords" but like 80's kind of Cowboy."

In a YouTube video from the Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Celebration, Slash mentions that one of the first guitars he owned was a late '70s B.C. Rich Mockingbird, which he describes as "a really cool one I had for quite a few years" at the 0:45 mark. In addition to this guitar, Slash owns six other Mockingbirds.

Slash incorporates the MXR M104 Distortion+ into his effects setup, as detailed on SlashParadise.

Slash uses Dunlop Tortex Slash Picks, as highlighted in a birthday post by Jim Dunlop USA on Instagram.

Slash uses the Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer, as detailed on Slashparadise's overview of his effects gear.

Slash used a Transparent Green version of this guitar for a number of Guns 'n' Roses and Velvet Revolver preformances, Slash also owns these models in Red, Blue, and Black finishes.

In this photo, Slash playing Fender Stratocaster.

The Jubilee head was released in 1987 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Marshall. It is heavily based on the JCM 800 of the time, featuring a very similar output section along with a new preamp. This amp is part of Slash's live gear since Guns N' Roses era.

In this photo of Slash performing live, he is playing a black Gibson Les Paul Custom.

One of the most famous Marshall amp and one of the most representative of Marshall sound. Slash mainly played on this head during the early Guns N' Roses years. "We changed out the tubes in this for 6550's, other than that, it's stock," Slash's guitar tech Ace says in this video at (7:30).

Slash used this amp for the clean sounds in the studio for songs like:

Paradise City My Michelle Sweet Child O' Mine Knockin' On Heaven's Door Estranged Yesterdays November Rain Live And Let Die Civil War Rocket Queen Coma So Fine

The MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver is used by Slash. Mainly to boost his solos and put him in the front in the mix.

on this video Slash is using Tommy Emanuel's model of Maton Guitar...

Slash has many of the "Guild Crossroads" guitars that were made especially for him through Guild's now defunct Custom Shop. The one pictured is the blue flame top 6+6. Used for songs such as Serial Killer and Civil War

In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS199h_OrLk at 44:54 you can see Slash is using the tube screamer as a booster for his solo.

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)

Slash's guitar tech Ace Bergman discusses Slash's live pedal set up at 3:22 in the video. The DD-3 is mentioned by name and can clearly be seen on the board. In the same video another DD-3 pedal can be seen undergoing repair on the workbench at 8:11

A photo from Ultimate Guitar's user-uploaded gallery shows Slash's guitar collection, featuring a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop.

A 1956 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop was used for the rhythm sections of the songs "Estranged", "Fall To Pieces" and "You Got No Right".

In this pic, Slash is seen playing a black/white Jackson Soloist back in the early days of Guns N' Roses. It's got two buckers, a Floyd Rose, and reverse upside sharkfin inlays. It also appears to have a pretty thick body for a Soloist. No word on where the guitar is nowadays however.

Slash uses Celestion Vintage 30s in his speaker cabinets.

For a good year or so in the early days of GNR, Slash often used a Jackson Firebird. The guitar was black in finish, equipped with a Floyd Rose, two humbuckers, a 22-fret ebony fretboard with Jackson inlays, and featured a sticker modeled after Slash's lady tattoo with his nickname underneath the sticker. This guitar was used to record the rhythm parts for "Appetite for Destruction." Unsatisfied with the tones of the guitar for solos, he pawned it so he could fund some bad habits. It's currently whereabouts are unknown.

A cheap Gibson Explorer natural copy was also one the first owned Slash guitar.

A 1960 Gibson SG was used as a rhythm guitar for the song "My Michelle".

Slash incorporates the MXR M103 Blue Box fuzz pedal into his effects setup, as detailed on Slashparadise.