Guitars

Slash owns over 250 guitars. Among them are the following:

• Gibson
  • Les Paul Slash Custom Shop model
  • 1959 Les Paul replica built by Kris Derrig (some people think that it's a Max Baranet Les Paul replica, but it's not) The recording Holy Grail used on all CD's.
  • 1987 Les Paul Standard with 3 piece top (Factory Second) (Slash's main live guitar with cracked neck in 2 places; repaired)
  • 1958 Les Paul replica built by Kris Derrig
  • 1959 Les Paul replica built by Kris Derrig
  • Standard and Custom Les Pauls
  • 1957-58-59-60 Les Paul Reissue
  • 2004 Signature (Velvet Revolver)
  • 1963 & 1965 Melody Makers
  • 1960s SG**EDS-1275
  • 1959 Flying V
  • 1958 Explorer
  • ES-335
  • Firebird VII
  • 2007 Gibson Classic Custom
  • J-100
• Fender
  • A Squier
  • 1952 Telecaster
  • 1956 Stratocaster
  • 1965 Stratocaster
  • 2006 JazzMaster
• Ernie Ball/Musicman
  • Silhouette
• Guild
  • 1999 Crossroads Doubleneck ("Godzilla")
  • 12-string Acoustic Guitar
• B.C. Rich
  • Mockingbird (at least three signature models with active pick-up systems)
  • 10-string Rich Bich
  • Warlock
• Martin
  • D-28 Acoustic Guitar
• Ramirez
  • Classical guitar
• Travis Bean
  • Travis Bean Electric (Used for slide guitar)
• First Act
  • 2006 GarageMaster (Used in Volkswagen commercial)

Guitars used in studio for the recording of Libertad :

• 1959 Gibson Les Paul replica built by Chris Derrig
• 1960 Gibson Les Paul reissue
• Gibson Les Paul Slash Custom Shop model
• Gibson Les Paul junior
• Gretsch 6120 Brian Setzer model
• Rickenbacker 12-string
• Fender Stratocaster

In the June edition of Total Guitar, he dismisses talk of signing a deal with B.C. Rich guitars. He says that he uses them solely because of the tremolo arm and he uses his Gibsons 70% of the time. He gets sent a new one every 15 years.

 

Amplifiers

Slash is the first musician to own a signature amplifier created by Marshall for him.

• Marshall
  • Vintage 1960's Marshall 1959 modified by Tim Caswell at SIR studios; used for the recording of Appetite for Destruction (Attempted to be stolen, but returned accidentally by a roadie)
  • 2555SL Signature Head with EL-34 tubes
  • JCM-800 2203 Head with 6550 tubes
  • JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee (the grey/silver 25th Anniversary head from 1987 and the black edition from 1988)
  • 50W Plexi model 1987 (from 1973)
  • Vintage Modern 2466 with KT-66 tubes
  • 1960BV 4x12 Cabinet
    • 60 Watt Celestion "Vintage 30" Speakers
  • 1960BX 4x12 Cabinet
    • 25 Watt Celestion "Greenback" Speakers
• For the recording of Velvet Revolver's debut, he told Guitar Player magazine that he used a Vox AC30 and small Fender tube amps (for "oddball" sounds). Live, he only uses Marshalls.
• For the recording of Velvet Revolver's second CD / Libertad, he told Total Guitar magazine that he used the new Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 amp.

 

Effects

• Dunlop Rack Mounted Crybaby (controlled with an Ernie Ball volume pedal for live shows)
• Rocktron Hush II CX
• DBX 166 Compressor
• Yamaha SPX 900 Multieffect
• Boss DD-5 Delay (for solos)
• MXR 10-band graphic EQ
• Dunlop Heil Talkbox
• Boss GE-7 (for solos)

Effects used in studio for the recording of Libertad :

• Dunlop Crybaby Slash Wah SW-95
• Dunlop Crybaby Q Wah 95Q and Q-Zone
• Dunlop MXR Boost/Overdrive MC-402 (for solos)
• Chicago Iron Octavian
• Dean Markley Voice Box

 

Other

• Strings
  • Ernie Ball Slinky R.P.S gauge 11-48
• Pickups
  • Seymour Duncan APH-1 Alnico II Pro
  • Vintage Gibson PAF
• Picks
  • Dunlop Purple Tortex (1.14 mm)
• Miscellaneous
  • Shure Wireless Guitar Kit
  • CAE custom switcher/router
  • Peterson Strobe tuner (used by Adam Day)
  • Nady 950-GT Wireless Guitar System (used in Guns N' Roses)
  • Monster cables
  • Gitanes cigarettes
  • Marlboro Red cigarettes