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GUITARISTS

Keith Richards

for his biography

his gear: Fender '52 Telecaster - Butterscotch Blonde, Natural finish 50's Fender Telecaster, Fender Telecaster sunburst, Music Man Silhouette guitar, Fender Stratocaster 57 , Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar, Gibson ES-355 Guitar, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Gibson Les Paul TV , Gibson Les Paul Standard, 1949 Martin D-18 and 1954 Martin D-18

Pete

Townshend

for his biography

his gear: Danelectros, Epiphone Wilshire, 1952 Fender Telecaster, 1957 Fender Stratocaster, Fender Eric Clapton Stratocasters, Fender Electric XII, Fender Jazzmasters, Fender Stratocasters, Fender Telecasters, Fylde Ariel, 1968 Gibson J-200, Gibson J-200,  Gibson SG Specials,  Gibson Les Paul Deluxes,  1956 Gibson Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty”,  1973 Gibson Les Paul Custom , 1958 Gibson Flying V,  Gibson EDS-1275,  Gibson ES-335,  Gibson ES-345,  Gibson ES-355 , Gretsch 6120,  Chet Atkins Gretsch,  6128 Duo Jet , Grimshaw , Guild F512 12-string,  Harmony Sovereign H-1260 , Harmony Sovereign H-1270,  Levin Goliath LM-26,  1920s Martin 00-42,  1971 Martin D-35,  1952 Radiotone Archtop,  Rickenbackers , 1964 Rickenbacker 330/S12 , Schecter/Giffin ‘Telecasters’ , Spanish Classical , Takamines,  Vox Cheetah,  Washburn Thinline.

Jimi Hendrix

for his biography

his gear: Fender Jaguar, Fender Jazzmaster, Gibson Flying V, 59 Hofner Club 40, Epiphone FT79 Acoustic, '67 Gretsch Corvette, Gibson Les Paul Customs, white Gibson SG Custom with Maestro, Ibanez Rhythm Guitar, Mosrite Guitars,  Fender Telecaster, paisley Goya Rangemaster.

Jimmy Page

for his biography

his gear: 1958 Fender Telecaster, 1960 Danelectro 3021, 1960 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, Gibson EDS-1275 Doubleneck, 1973 Gibson Les Paul Standard, 1964 Fender Stratocaster  (Lake Placid Blue), 1957 Fender Stratocaster, 1966 Fender Telecaster, 1960s Epiphone Rivoli Bass EB232, 2006 Gibson Custom Shop ES-350, Goldtop Gibson Les Paul Classic Premium Plus, 1977 Gibson RD Artist, 1993 Jerry Jones Double5 Longhorn, Paul Reed Smith McCarty Model.

Joe Perry

for his biography

his gear: Gibson Joe Perry Boneyard Les Paul's, Fender Stratocasters, Fender '65 Telecaster, Gibson ES-335 with Bigsby, Ampeg/Dan Armstrong Plexi Guitar (tuned to open A),Guild 12-String Electric, Gretsch Black Falcon, Fender Reissue Telecaster, Ernie Ball/Music Man Silhouette 6 String Bass, Chandler Lap Steel, Gibson ES-335 (custom painted with his wife's face on body of guitar),  Gibson Firebird VII, Fender Telecaster w/B-Bender, Supro Ozark (mid 50's),  Gibson Jeff Beck Les Paul, Gibson Les Paul Standard, Gibson Les Paul Junior, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Gibson SG, Gibson ES-175, Gibson ES-350, B.C. Rich guitars: Mockingbird and Bitch (70's and early 80's), Fender Bass VI, Danelectro six-string basses, Gibson EB-6, Ernie Ball MusicMan six-string bass guitar, Guild X100 Bladerunner (Walk This Way video), RS Guitars custom made "Bullets and Bones" guitar  (Lindy Fralin P90 and Joe Barden pickups), Gretsch Roundup.

Angus Young

for his biography

his gear: Gibson SG guitars, ebony Angus young SG, Fender Telecasters, Gibson Firebird, Gibson ES-335.

Eric Clapton

for his biography

his gear: Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster (aka Blackie), Martin 000-28EC Eric Clapton signature model, Gibson 1960 Les Paul Standard Sunburst, Gibson SG Standard, Gibson ES-335, Gibson Firebird, Fender Telecaster blonde 1952, Gibson Signature Eric Clapton 1960 Les Paul guitar, black Gibson Les Paul Custom, BC Rich Seagull, Gibson SG with Fool paint job.

Mark Knopfler

for his biography

his gear: Pensa Custom MKII,Pensa custom-built solid body guitars, models MK-1, MK-2, and MK-80 are named in Knopfler's honour, Red-painted (Stratocaster style) Melancon Pro Artist, Hofner V-2 (Mark's first guitar), Fender Stratocasters, including a 1962 Fiesta Red rosewood neck hard tail, and a 1954 Sunburst hard tail (one of the first ever produced), which Knopfler named "Jurassic Strat", Gibson Les Paul Special (used in the 1970s), National Tricone 1928 model

National Style O Resonator guitar 1937 model ("Romeo and Juliet"), Fender Telecaster 1952, Schecter Telecaster and Stratocaster models (from 1980 on), Burns Baldwin 12-string,  
Ovation Adamas: One black and two blue burst (Mainly used in the 80's), Ovation Custom Legend, Ovation Classic, Rickenbacker 425 (Used on Portobello Belle, later on The Ragpicker's Dream session), Fernandes Stratocaster (Used in studio 82-85), Gibson Chet Atkins, Erlewine Automatic, Martin Acoustics, HD-40MK, 000-40S Mark Knopfler, and 00028, 
Gibson SG, Gibson Les Paul 1958, 1959, and 1984 humbucker pickup models, Purple Suhr R Custom, Blonde Suhr "strat" (Live on the 85/86-tour and on the bug 92), Gretsch Super Chet, 7690, Gretsch 6121, Steinberger GL2, Beltona Electro Resonator, Flamed Pensa, 3 models (late 1980s), Gibson J-45, Gibson Super 400 CES, 
Gibson L-5 CES, Gibson ES-175, Gibson J200, Gibson ES-5, Godin L.R. Baggs, Red Pensa Suhr Prototype, Pensa-Suhr, black, Ramírez Spanish Guitar, Taylor acoustic guitars, Gibson ES-335, Danelectro Silvertone, Gibson Southerner, Gibson Advanced Jumbo, Fender Jazzmaster, Eko 700, Teisco Spectrum, 2 models, 
Danelectro 59 DC, Fender Duo Sonic 11, Gibson ES-330, N.S. Phillips Nobby 12, N.S. Phillips 14 Fret, Monteleone Isabella, Don Grosh Electrajet, Gibson Dove, Guild Songbird.

Rick Nielsen

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