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*'''[[Mike Oldfield]]''' - used a L-6S around 1978, various Les Paul models and an SG Junior, which featured on many of his albums in the seventies and eighties.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tubular.net/articles/78_xx.shtml | title = Tubular Net | accessdate = 2007-03-19 | date= 1978 | work = Guitar Player - Mike Oldfield: A Rare Interview With The English Guitarist, Studio Wizard, and Composer of "Tubular Bells"| quote = Well, I've got a Gibson L-6 electric and my old Telecaster. [...] I also play my Les Paul Jr. It's old--from the mid-50's - and it's my main instrument.}}</ref>
*'''[[Mike Oldfield]]''' - used a L-6S around 1978, various Les Paul models and an SG Junior, which featured on many of his albums in the seventies and eighties.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tubular.net/articles/78_xx.shtml | title = Tubular Net | accessdate = 2007-03-19 | date= 1978 | work = Guitar Player - Mike Oldfield: A Rare Interview With The English Guitarist, Studio Wizard, and Composer of "Tubular Bells"| quote = Well, I've got a Gibson L-6 electric and my old Telecaster. [...] I also play my Les Paul Jr. It's old--from the mid-50's - and it's my main instrument.}}</ref>
*'''[[Roy Orbison]]''' - used an ES-335. Also used a Les Paul (with a Bigsby tailpiece).
*'''[[Roy Orbison]]''' - used an ES-335. Also used a Les Paul (with a Bigsby tailpiece).
*'''[[Buzz Osborne]]''' - while playing live with The Melvins uses Les Paul Customs. With Fantomas, he appears to use Les Pauls and SG's.


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Les Paul onstage with his highly customized Les Paul

This is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of Gibson Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings. Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant — that is, they are musicians with long careers who have a history of faithful Gibson use, or the particular instrument they used was unique or of historical importance, or their use of the Gibson model contributed significantly to the popularization of that particular instrument.


A

  • Johnny A - uses a Johnny A. Signature model designed specifically for him by Gibson to the guitarist's personal specifications.[1]
  • Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)- used a 1957 Les Paul Goldtop with PAF pickups, a 1959 cherry sunburst Les Paul, a 1958 tobacco sunburst Les Paul and a 1968 cherry SG. A Les Paul was also his primary guitar when using a slide[2]
  • Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) - Uses several vintage 1950s single and double cutaway Les Paul Junior models, SGs, ES 335s, and a J-45. He also used a Les Paul Standard for recording the lead guitar parts on the album American Idiot. Gibson has produced a Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior model.[3]
  • Chet Atkins - Switched from Gretsch to Gibson in the mid 1980s and brought with him the popular Country Gentlemen and Tennessean model designs. Atkins also helped to design several innovative acoustic/electric models including the SST, the CE, and the CEC. Since his death, Gibson has discontinued all Chet Atkins models and Gretsch has resumed the manufacturing and distribution of the Chet Atkins line.[citation needed]

B

  • Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) has used numerous Gibson models over the course of his career including: a sunburst ES-330, a 1958 Les Paul Special and a 1959 Les Paul Standard.[4]
  • Jeff Beck - purchased his first Les Paul, a 1959 model at a cost of £150, while still a member of The Yardbirds. Beck's fascination with the guitar came just as much from his interest in Les Paul, the man, as much as his love of the guitar itself. Beck told an interviewer "It had a deep powerful sound and you could use it to imitate just about anything - violin, sax, cello even a sitar."[5] Beck also used an "Oxblood" coloured 1954 Les Paul Standard, with PAF pickups, from 1972-1976 and is pictured with the guitar on the cover artwork of his Blow by Blow album.
Sam Bush performing with a Gibson Mandolin
  • Chuck Berry - used an ES-350T early in his career later switching to ES-345s and ES-355s.[6]
  • Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band) - uses a variety of Gibson models including a 1961 SG and a 1957 Les Paul.
  • Marc Bolan (T. Rex) - used Les Paul Customs and Flying Vs and a Hummingbird. His main Les Paul model was refinished in an opaque orange to resemble the Gretsch guitars played by his hero Eddie Cochran.[7]
  • Mick Box (Uriah Heep) - uses a Les Paul Custom. Also used a 1958 Les Paul Junior Double Cut, a Flying V and a 1968 SG with a Maestro tailpiece.
  • Michelle Branch - uses a Hummingbird.[8]
  • Creed Bratton (The Grass Roots) - has used various Gibsons including recordings with a Black Beauty on early Grass Roots albums.
  • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - has used various Gibsons including: ES-335s and L-5s. His main guitar was a late-60s non-reverse Firebird.
  • Jack Bruce (Cream) - used several EB-3 basses during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Used a 1950s-vintage EB bass during the 2005 Cream reunion concerts.
  • Buckethead - uses white customized Les Pauls, an SG, and a Chet Atkins.[9]
  • Sam Bush - a respected mandolin legend, Bush has been a mainstay on the Bluegrass circuit for over 35 years. Gibson produces a Sam Bush Signature model mandolin.

C

  • Larry Carlton - uses a sunburst 1968 ES-335 along with occasional use of a 1956 Les Paul Special and a 1963 L5.[10] A Larry Carlton Signature Model has been produced by Gibson for the man they call "Mr ES-335".[11]
Larry Carlton and his "Carlton burst" 335
  • John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) - used two heavily customized SGs with bat-shaped plastic embellishments cut from pickguard material, extensive bindings, older Les Paul pickups (with the neck pickup mounted in reverse), and mercury dimes glued to the tops of the volume and tone controls. He also added Bigsby B5 vibrato assemblies to both guitars.
  • Eric Clapton - Used an ES-335 with The Yardbirds then bought a Les Paul while with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers[12] and with Cream. In 1967 Clapton acquired a 1964 SG[13] painted by Dutch artists collectively known as The Fool. In spring 1968, Clapton started using the ES-335 again,[14] and a Firebird I. A 1958 Explorer[15] was used during recording for his 461 Ocean Boulevard and EC Was Here albums. The red 335 was also used during Blind Faith, the Journeyman album and the From the Cradle album and tour. Clapton sold the 335 at auction in 2004 to benefit the Crossroads Centre. It was just the second electric guitar he owned.
  • Dennis Coffey (Motown Session guitarist) the veteran session guitarist owns several vintage Gibson models including an ES-335, an ES-345 and a Byrdland. Coffey, who appeared on virtually every Motown recording in the 1960s and 1970s, played a Firebird model which he purchased used in 1964. [16]
  • Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - used a Firebird, and later switched to the Explorer. Starting in late 1977, he would also use a Gibson Les Paul doublecut occasionally.
  • Charlie Christian - used an ES-150. The model was Gibson's first archtop electric guitar and was used with devastating effect by Christian throughout his short career. The "blade" style pickup installed on early ES-150 models has since become known as the "Charlie Christian" in honor of the legendary jazzman.[17]
  • Sheryl Crow - uses a Country Western model, Hummingbird, L-00 Blues King, J-200 Western Classic, 96 Advanced Jumbo, 96 Southern Jumbo, J45, ES-120, ES-125, ES-335 and various Les Pauls.[18]

D

The Edge with his Explorer model in 2005

E

  • Duane Eddy - "The King of Twang Guitar" has used many different Gibson models throughout his career. Gibson produces a Duane Eddy Signature Model.[20]
  • Elliot Easton (The Cars) - used several Gibson SG models and a Les Paul Custom in the "Since You're Gone" video. Gibson currently produces an Elliot Easton signature model SG as part of their "Inspired By" series manufactured by the Gibson Custom Shop
  • The Edge (U2) - uses several Gibson models including an Explorer,[21] a Les Paul[22] and an SG.
  • John Entwistle (The Who) - used several Thunderbird IV basses during the early 1970s and later used custom-made Thunderbird models with Fender Precision Bass necks. Entwistle also used an EB-2 bass during the early days of The Who.
  • Everly Brothers - J-200, Everly Brothers Model.

F

G

Woody Guthrie with his Southern Jumbo
  • Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) - has used several different Gibson models over the course of his career including Goldtop Les Pauls, Flying Vs, Explorers, ES-5 Switchmasters and Les Paul Juniors. His main guitar is a 1959 Les Paul Standard nicknamed "Pearly Gates". "Pearly has such an unmistakable character that we felt it was necessary to find another instrument with a similar sound to use as a spare guitar. We accumulated dozens of guitars, but nothing quite matched her. But instead of tossing these other acquisitions away, they kept accumulating. It's an ongoing saga that never ends."[25][26]
  • David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - known for playing Fender Stratocaster, but used a 1956 Les Paul Goldtop with a Bigsby tailpiece on his solo albums and some later Pink Floyd work, including The Wall tour of 1980-81.
  • Freddie Green-Longtime rhythm guitarist known as "Mr. Clock" with the Count Basie Orchestra played a blonde L-5.
  • Peter Green - most notable for his 1959 Les Paul that had the pick-ups accidentally wired out of phase. The guitar used to be owned by Gary Moore, but it was sold to a private owner in 2006.
  • Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) - uses many different Gibson models including: Les Pauls, Explorers, SGs, ES-335s, Firebirds, and a 1970s Trini Lopez Standard. He also has his own Gibson model, modeled after the Trini Lopez Standard.
  • Arlo Guthrie - uses a 3/4 sized LG-2. Gibson currently produces an Arlo Guthrie signature model.
  • Woody Guthrie - used a Southern Jumbo. Gibson has replicated his 1945 model including his famous "this machine kills fascists" sign.

H

Emmylou Harris onstage with an L-200
  • Steve Hackett (Genesis, GTR) - uses numerous Les Paul models. His main guitar for many years was a 1957 Goldtop. He had other Les Paul models fitted with a Fernandes Sustainer.
  • Kirk Hammett (Metallica) uses a Flying V and a variety of Les Paul models.[27]
  • Emmylou Harris - uses a Dove, a variety of J-200s and a J-200 Western Classic.
  • George Harrison - used a Les Paul Standard, SG Standard, J-160E and a J-200.
  • Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule) - uses a Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Standard, an ES-335 and a non-reverse Firebird. Gibson produces an "inspired by" version of Haynes' main Les Paul.
  • Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) - has used an ES-335 for his entire career.
  • Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - while generally regarded as an iconic Stratocaster player, Hendrix used several Gibson models including an SG Custom, Flying V, Les Paul Special and a Les Paul Custom. Gibson also gave him two guitars in 1970, a custom Flying V and an ES-345. Both of these guitars were left handed models. Gibson has released a Flying V model replicating his 1967 Flying V including the psychedelic floral design which Hendrix himself had hand painted on the original.
  • James Hetfield (Metallica) - used a white Explorer and also a Les Paul Custom.[28]
  • Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, GTR) - uses an ES-175.[29] and the EDS-1275.

I

  • Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)- has used an SG throughout most of his career but also owns other Gibson models. Currently his collection includes: a rare "Barney Kessel" left-handed model,[30] a red SG nicknamed "monkey",[31] a red Gibson Custom Shop SG,[32] a black Gibson Custom Shop SG[33] and a black SG Standard[34] Gibson has produced a Tony Iommi Signature SG.[35]

J

K

Paul Kossoff of Free with his Les Paul
  • Albert King - a left-handed "upside-down/backwards" guitarist: he was left-handed but usually played a Flying V flipped over upside-down so the low E string was on the bottom.[37]
  • B. B. King - has used many different Gibson models including: an ES-5 and an ES-175 early in his career. Later he would use several thinline semi-acoustic models such as: an ES-330, ES-335, ES-345. King's Signature ES-355, nicknamed Lucille, has been his main guitar for many years.[38]
  • Freddie King* - used a Goldtop Les Paul with P-90 pickups. Also used an ES-355 in some live performances.[39]
  • Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits and solo) - uses original 1958 and 1959 Les Paul models. He also uses ES-335 and Super 400s.
  • Paul Kossoff (Free) - "Kossoff was a passionate Les Paul player able to say in a few notes what many would dozens attempting."[40] Kossoff used several late-50s Les Paul models as well as an ES-335 for occasional studio use.
  • Robby Krieger (The Doors) - uses an SG, an ES-335 and a Melody Maker.
  • Lenny Kravitz - uses a Flying V, a Les Paul, and a white SG Custom.

L

  • Albert Lee - uses a Les Paul Custom, a J-200 and Everly Brothers Model.
  • Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) - used a customized ES-335 nicknamed "Big Red". The Gibson Custom shop now produces a reissue of Lee's guitar.
  • John Lennon - used a J-160E extensively while with the Beatles. Almost all of his electric guitar parts after 1966 with the Beatles were played on his Epiphone Casino. Solo, Lennon also used a Les Paul Special and a modified Les Paul Junior.[41][42]
  • Alex Lifeson (Rush) - Has used many different Gibson models over the course of his career including: a sunburst ES-335, a black ES-345, a white ES-355, a white EDS-1275, a cherry SG, a sunburst Howard Roberts Fusion III, a variety of Les Paul models and a J-150 acoustic.[43][44]
  • Steve Lukather - owns many guitar models; has an original 1959 Les Paul. Seen in many videos/interviews.[45]

M

Wes Montgomery in 1965 performing with an L-5
  • Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish) Played a Les Paul Goldtop with a Bigsby tremelo arm early in his career. Has played Bigsby fitted SGs through the majority of his career.
  • Pat Metheny - uses a humbucker-equipped ES-175, both live and on many of his mainstream jazz recordings. Has used a Les Paul on occasion, notably on Zero Tolerance for Silence.
  • Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy/Skid Row/solo) - uses a Les Paul Standard. Previously had a Les Paul Signature Model. Regularly uses a 1959 Les Paul Standard once owned by Peter Green.[52] Also used a white Explorer in the 2003 DVD release "Gary Moore: Live at Monsters of Rock".
  • Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley's original lead guitarist) - While with Presley, Moore initially played an ES-295, before switching to an L5 and subsequently a Super 400.
  • Wes Montgomery - used an ES-175 early in his career as well as an L-5CESs.[53]Gibson currently produces a Wes Montgomery Signature Model L-5CES.

N

  • Jimmy Nolen (The J.B.'s) - used various Gibson models.[54]
  • Ted Nugent - is most closely associated with early 1960's Byrdland models in Black, Sunburst and Natural. More recently, he has occasionally used a '59 Sunburst Les Paul and an American Flag-motif Les Paul. Gibson has developed a Signature Byrdland model.

O

  • Mike Oldfield - used a L-6S around 1978, various Les Paul models and an SG Junior, which featured on many of his albums in the seventies and eighties.[55]
  • Roy Orbison - used an ES-335. Also used a Les Paul (with a Bigsby tailpiece).

P

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John Prine onstage with a J-200
  • Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin/solo) - uses a 1958 Les Paul Standard ("Number 1"), a 1959 Les Paul Standard ("Number 2", a gift from Joe Walsh),[56] a 1973 Les Paul Standard, an EDS-1275, a 1977 RD Artist, an ES5 Switchmaster, a Goldtop Premium Les Paul and a 1991 Custom Shop Les Paul (built to be an exact replica of "Number 1" and re-nicknamed "Number 3"). Page also owned a modified 1960 Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty" with a Bigsby Tailpiece and a 3-pickup configuration, a gift from Keith Richards.[57] This guitar was stolen in 1970 and never recovered.[58] For acoustics Page used a Hummingbird, a J-200 and an A-2 mandolin. Gibson has released a Jimmy Page Signature Model Les Paul replicating the features of "Number 2".[59][60][61]
  • Joe Pass - used a sunburst ES-175; Epiphone currently produces a Joe Pass signature Emperor model.
  • Les Paul - helped design the guitar named after him, uses a custom model.[62]
  • Joe Perry (Aerosmith) - has used many Gibson models over the years, including ES-335s, Les Pauls, Flying Vs, and Firebirds; has signature Gibson[63]and Epiphone Les Paul models nicknamed Boneyard.[64]
  • Carl Perkins - "The King of Rockabilly" used, at various points of his career, a Les Paul Goldtop, an L-5 and an SG.
  • Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) - used a Flying V for his entire career. Powell also occasionally used an SG while touring.
  • John Prine uses a J-200.

Q

R

  • Mick Ralphs (Bad Company/Mott the Hoople) - used a Les Paul Junior, a Firebird and a Les Paul during his Mott the Hoople tenure. Used a Les Paul Standard and a Flying V during his years with Bad Company. Currently uses Les Paul Custom Shop '58 & '59 Re-issue models.
  • Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne) - used a Les Paul Custom.
  • Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - used Les Pauls, SGs, Flying Vs and Firebirds in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Richards purchased a 1959 Les Paul during a Rolling Stones U.S tour in mid 1964. The guitar, modified with a Bigsby tailpiece, was the first "star owned" Les Paul in Britain and would remain as the guitarists main instrument from 1964 to 1967.[65][66] The 1959 went up for auction in 2004 from Christie's Auction House in England with a starting price of $400,000 but remained unsold.[67] Along with the 1959 model Richards also used a 1957 Les Paul Custom model as one of his main stage guitars from 1967 through the end of the Stones' 1972 world tour. The guitar had a psychedelic rainbow stripes handpainted by Richards himself.[68] Richards continued with sporadic use of the different Les Paul models through the remainder of the 1970s and was featured on the cover of the 1975 Gibson catalog playing a newer model Les Paul Custom. The guitarist also used a 1959 TV yellow Les Paul Junior as one of his main stage guitars through most of the 1970s and early 1980s. Richards currently uses an ebony ES-355 as his main stage and studio guitar and also uses Hummingbirds and J-200s as his preferred choice for acoustic models.
  • Howard Roberts - used several Gibson models over the course of his career including: an ES-175, an L-10[69] and a heavily modified ES-150 simply known as "The Black Guitar".[70] Gibson produces a signature model Howard Roberts Fusion III which is a variation of an ES-165.
  • Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy/Motörhead) - has used a Les Paul throughout his entire career.
  • Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) - uses several different Gibson electric models including: a 1968 Les Paul Goldtop, a 1964 ES-335, a Customshop Flametop Les Paul and a Dove.[71]
  • Mick Ronson (David Bowie) - used a Les Paul Custom, with the finish stripped, for his guitar work on Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, among others.
  • Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - uses Les Pauls and SGs. Previously had a Signature Model Les Paul and SG released by Gibson.

S

  • Carlos Santana - used an SG onstage at Woodstock and appeared in advertisements for the L-6S in the 1970s.[72] Santana has also used sunburst Les Paul Custom.
  • Michael Schenker (Scorpions/UFO/Michael Schenker Group)- used four different 1970s Flying V models. Number 1 was a modified 1975. Numbers 2 and 3 were 1979 block inlay Flying Vs. And Number 4 was a mid 1970s white Flying V, formerly owned by Leon Lawson. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 had Schenker's trademark "half black/half white" paint scheme.[citation needed]
  • Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions)- uses various Flying V models dating from 1958-2001. He uses 3 1958 original Flying Vs, 3 1967-1969 Flying Vs, 2 1971 Medallions (one was repainted black & white), 1 1975 natural finish Flying V, 3 1983 replicas of the 1958 originals, 4 1980 models and 2 1984 Rudolf Schenker Signature Models. Schenker has over 70 vintage and collectible Flying Vs along with several Custom Shop limited editions including a doubleneck Flying V model.[73]
Earl Scruggs in 2005
  • Tom Scholz (Boston}- uses a 1968 Les Paul Goldtop with a DiMarzio SuperDistorion pickup in the bridge
  • Neal Schon (Journey) - uses a heavily modified Les Paul, including a Floyd Rose locking tremolo, custom electronics and sustainer unit. Gibson produces a Signature model of Schon's guitar.
  • Gene Simmons (Kiss) - used a G3. In "Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park", the robot Gene played a black Gibson Thunderbird bass.
  • Earl Scruggs - one of the original Bill Monroe Blue Grass Boys, Scruggs is a musician noted for inventing a unique banjo style (now referred to as Scruggs style) that has become one of the defining characteristics of bluegrass music. An inductee into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Bluegrass Hall of Honor, Gibson produces a signature model banjo, simply titled The Earl to honor Scruggs' monumental career achievements.[74]
  • Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) Has used a number of Thunderbird basses throughout his career. Between 2000 and 2003 Gibson manufactured a Sixx signature bass, the 'Blackbird'.[75]
  • Slash (Guns N' Roses/Slash's Snakepit/Velvet Revolver/Slash's Blues Ball) - uses many different Les Paul models including his own custom shop Les Paul model. Has also used an EDS-1275.[76]
  • Johnny Smith was a Gibson endorsee from 1961 to 1989, during which time Gibson sold the Johnny Smith model.[77] Smith switched to Heritage in 1989. Gibson continues to produce the design as the LeGrande.
  • Bill Spooner (The Tubes) - used a Flying V, an Explorer, a Les Paul, an SG and a 1957 Melody Maker.
  • Paul Stanley (Kiss) - used a Flying V, an Explorer, a Firebird, an SG, and an L6-S.
  • Stompin' Tom Connors - used an SJ200 (purchased from a furniture store for $80) from 1956 to 1972, and still owns to this day.[78]
  • Hubert Sumlin - used a 1956 Les Paul Goldtop for many years. Currently uses various Les Pauls and ES-335s.[79]
  • John Sykes (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake/Blue Murder) - uses a 1978 Les Paul Custom. Gibson has released a Custom Shop version of this guitar.

T

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones)- used various Les Paul and SG models throughout his career. Also made occasional use of a Firebird. His first Les Paul was bought (from Selmer's, London in 1965) when he was playing with The Gods.[citation needed] He acquired his second Les Paul after he joined The Bluesbreakers, it was sold to him in 1967 by Keith Richards at Olympic Studios. This 1959 sunburst Les Paul with Bigsby tailpiece was stolen in the South of France in 1971 during the recording of Exile on Main Street.[citation needed] On the 1972/1973 Rolling Stones tours he used a sunburst Les Paul without a Bigsby. [citation needed] Taylor still uses a Les Paul during live performances.
  • Rosetta Tharpe - used 1961 double cutaway Les Paul Custom
  • George Thorogood - uses an ES-125
  • Johnny Thunders - used Les Paul Juniors.[80]
  • Pete Townshend (The Who/solo) - used an SG Special from 1967-1972 and various customized Les Paul models from 1973-1979. Also used an EDS-1275. Has consistently used SJ-200 acoustic guitars. Gibson produced a Townshend Signature Model SG based on the guitar he played on at Woodstock in 1969. It was a limited edition and discontinued in 2003.[81] In 2006 the Gibson Custom Shop started production of 3 different Les Paul Signature Models[82] based on the guitars he played in the late 1970s.
  • Derek Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band/The Derek Trucks Band) - uses a 1961 SG Reissue.
  • Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap) - uses a Les Paul and a Flying V in the movie This is Spinal Tap.

U

V

W

Johnny Winter onstage in 1990 with a Firebird
  • Joe Walsh (Eagles) - uses a Les Paul Standard and an EDS-1275.
  • Muddy Waters - used a Les Paul Goldtop in his early career.[83]
  • Leslie West - (Mountain) - Demand for the Les Paul Junior greatly increased after guitarists saw one in the hands of Leslie West.[84] Gibson began to reissue the model in the mid 1970s. West also used an SG and a Flying V.
  • Snowy White - uses a 1957 Les Paul Goldtop acquired in a trade for a Fender Stratocaster while in Sweden in 1968. White has been nicknamed "Gold Top" due to his long time use of the model.[85]
  • Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (Canned Heat) - used a Les Paul.
  • Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) - used a Gibson ES-335. Custom made in 1962 it has blonde finish and gold hardware with Bigsby B-7 tremolo. In 1983 the original guitar neck was broken and replaced with a neck from an ES-355.
  • Johnny Winter - uses a Firebird. Has also used Les Pauls, SGs, and Flying Vs.
  • Ron Wood (The Faces/The Rolling Stones) - has a Signature J-200 acoustic. uses a black Les Paul Standard and a custom-built single-pickup L-5S. He also endorsed the S-1 guitar in the 70s.
  • Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osborne/Black Label Society) - uses a Les Paul Signature "Bulls Eye" model. Also uses a Signature "Buzzsaw" Les Paul model and Signature "Camo" Model with a Maple Neck, Fretboard and Camouflage finish. He is seen using a black EDS-1275 in the promotional video for In This River. Also used an EDS-1275. Lately he has been using a Custom SG/Flying V "Bulls Eye" model for live Ozzy Ozborne shows. Wylde also had a new Custom Shop Flying V "Bulls Eye" model set for production.

X

Y

Angus Young playing his custom, heritage cherry SG, 2001
  • Angus Young (AC/DC) - uses an SG.[86] Gibson produces an Angus Young Signature SG model.[87]
  • Neil Young - uses several Gibson acoustic and electric models. Young's main guitar, "Old Black", is a 1953 Goldtop Les Paul (painted black) with a Bigsby tailpiece. Young also has two other 1953 Goldtops, one which has modifications similar to Old Black, the other a stock original. Also uses a J-200, Mastertone GB-3 banjo and he used a 1958 Flying V on the Time Fades Away tour. .[2]

Z

  • Frank Zappa - used an SG, a Les Paul Custom and an ES-5 Switchmaster. All guitars were usually heavily modified by Zappa to include preamps, balanced outputs for studio work, and later, Fernandes sustainers.[88]

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  25. ^ Gibbons describes his history of collecting guitars
  26. ^ Billy Gibbons article from Guitar Player Magazine
  27. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 7. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  28. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 7. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  29. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 76. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  30. ^ technical details for Iommi's Barney Kessel model
  31. ^ technical details for Iommi's "monkey" SG
  32. ^ technical details for Iommi's red Custom Shop SG
  33. ^ technical details for Iommi's black Custom Shop SG
  34. ^ technical details for Iommi's black SG standard.
  35. ^ technical details for Iommi's Signature Model SG
  36. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 58. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  37. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 34. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  38. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 35. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  39. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 36. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  40. ^ Bacon, Tony. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul. Backbeat Books. pp. pg. 67. ISBN 0-87930-711-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  41. ^ What They Play - by Jeffery Pepper Rodgers
  42. ^ detail on Lennon's Les Paul Special
  43. ^ Rush Gear and Gizmos: Alex Lifeson
  44. ^ Lifeson Rush(es) Gibson USA
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  46. ^ http://humble-pie.net/rockon/features/html/steves_guitars.html
  47. ^ Pat Martino's website
  48. ^ Bacon, Tony. Electric Guitars:The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Thunder Bay Press. pp. pg. 118. ISBN 978-1-59223-053-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  49. ^ Bacon, Tony. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul. Backbeat Books. pp. pg. 27. ISBN 0-87930-711-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  50. ^ Bacon, Tony. Electric Guitars:The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Thunder Bay Press. pp. pg. 127. ISBN 978-1-59223-053-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  51. ^ Bacon, Tony. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul. Backbeat Books. pp. pg. 46-47. ISBN 0-87930-711-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  52. ^ Bacon, Tony. Electric Guitars:The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Thunder Bay Press. pp. pg. 124. ISBN 978-1-59223-053-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  53. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 72. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  54. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 113. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  55. ^ "Tubular Net". Guitar Player - Mike Oldfield: A Rare Interview With The English Guitarist, Studio Wizard, and Composer of "Tubular Bells". 1978. Retrieved 2007-03-19. Well, I've got a Gibson L-6 electric and my old Telecaster. [...] I also play my Les Paul Jr. It's old--from the mid-50's - and it's my main instrument.
  56. ^ Bacon, Tony. Electric Guitars:The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Thunder Bay Press. pp. pg. 121. ISBN 978-1-59223-053-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  57. ^ "Page's Black Beauty". Jimmy Page pictured with his "Black Beauty" Les Paul. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  58. ^ "Stolen guitar ad". Picture showing ad in Rolling Stone magazine reporting Page's stolen guitar. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  59. ^ "Page's early Gibson use". Details of Page's early guitar use. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  60. ^ "Page's 1970s gear". Details of Page's guitars during his Led Zeppelin years. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  61. ^ "Page:1980 - Present". Details of Page's guitars from 1980 to present. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  62. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 59. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  63. ^ Perry's signature Les Paul at Gibson.com
  64. ^ 'Boneyard' at Gibson.com
  65. ^ Bacon, Tony. Electric Guitars:The Illustrated Encyclopedia. Thunder Bay Press. pp. pg. 123. ISBN 978-1-59223-053-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  66. ^ Bacon, Tony. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul. Backbeat Books. pp. pg. 38, 50. ISBN 0-87930-711-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  67. ^ Watson, Tom. "Beatles' 1964 Gibson SG and Keith Richards' 1959 Sunburst Les Paul: Results from Christie's Auction". Modern Guitars Magazine. Retrieved 2007-12-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  68. ^ Bacon, Tony. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul. Backbeat Books. pp. pg. 18-19. ISBN 0-87930-711-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  69. ^ details of Howard Roberts personal guitar equipment
  70. ^ detailed specifications and notes on Howard Roberts' "Black Guitar"
  71. ^ Rich Robinson Equipment list
  72. ^ Bacon, T. "The Ultimate Guitar Book" p. 89 Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1991 ISBN 0-86318-640-8
  73. ^ Rudolf Schenker's Flying V Collection
  74. ^ The Gibson Earl
  75. ^ 'Blackbird' details from Gibson.com
  76. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 10. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  77. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 73. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  78. ^ Connors, Stompin' Tom (1995). Stompin' Tom - Before the Fame. Toronto: Viking Penguin. pp. 356–379. ISBN 0-670-86487-0.
  79. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 37. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  80. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 104, 105. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  81. ^ Technical details for the Pete Townshend Signature model from Gibson.com
  82. ^ Gibson's Signature Solidbody Home Page featuring the 3 Pete Townshend Les Paul Deluxe Models
  83. ^ Kitts, Jeff. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!. Hal Leonard. pp. pg. 39, 40. ISBN 0-634-04619-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  84. ^ Bacon, Tony. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul. Backbeat Books. pp. pg. 76. ISBN 0-87930-711-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  85. ^ "Interview: Snowy's Guitar". The Snowy White Fan Club. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  86. ^ Angus Young interviewed about his dedicated use of the Gibson SG
  87. ^ Technical details for the Angus Young Signature model from Gibson.com
  88. ^ Chapman, Richard. Guitar, Music, History, Players. DK publishing. pp. pg. 197. ISBN 0-7894-9700-X. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)

See also

Gibson Guitar Corporation

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