![]() ![]() Slash: Guns N’ Roses’ former guitarist Slash is probably best known for three things: his messy mop of black hair, signature top hat and sunburst Gibson Les Pauls. Sure, the axe is heavy, but that’s part of the secret to its tone-and if it’s good enough for the 15 legendary players listed below it should be good enough for you, right? From heavy metal enthusiasts to indie rock icons to reggae superstars, it seems like nearly every musical legend has strapped on a Les Paul at some point to take advantage of its signature sound. These amps are personified by Mesa Boogies, Rivera era Fenders, and combos like the Marshall TCM Series.Īnd remember folks – “got and questions?”.”go lean on Shell’s Answer Man”.The Gibson Les Paul is one of the most recognizable guitars of all-time and the artists who brandish it seem to transcend age, era, gender and genre. These amps are for cats that need both clean and dirty and like the idea of the two sounds coming from the same amp. These amps will give you the sound you are looking for, if that sound is a crunchy compressed full sound. Marshall JCM 800 and 900 Series amps, many tweed Fenders, the 100 watt army of amps like Crate, Krank, Soldano, and Randall. You can always get a dirty sound with your favorite pedal if you need it. Also some of the older Peavey solid state amps are real clean amps. Twin Reverbs, Ampeg, and Lab Series amps are a few. ![]() These amps are clean sounding, with plenty of headroom and eq to pick from. As far as I can see there are three categories of amplifiers. Now as far as the amps go, those of you who are familiar with my column know I am a traditionalist. And remember the more pedals you use the farther away are you from the sound of your guitar. If you need a harmonic effect like a chorus but feel you need to flange at some point in the show get one of those multi units like the Line 6. In my world I would say use as few effects as you can, I know they are part of the song, blah,blah blah. There are some other aspects that would affect your sound, the type of picks you use, the gauge of your strings, and any effects you might use. ![]() I would say that may be 20% of it, the amplifier would be another 20% and the rest is technique, approach, and attitude. So if you are interested in getting a sound similar to any of these artists, a good place to start is with their guitar choices.
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