Famous Guitars (& Basses) - Photos Please!

Mark Knopfler's Strat:



Mark Knopfler's National Steel Guitar

 

LP Deluxe #5

 

Ace Frehley's Smoking Les Paul

 

This one.

 

john mclaughlin's double rainbow.

The sonic sharpshooter used the EDS-1275 until 1973, when master luthier Rex Bogue hand-made McLaughlin’s unique “Double Rainbow,” a variation on the Gibson model with meticulously custom-wound and -designed pickups, an ornate tailpiece, and beautiful vine shaped mother-of-pearl inlays along both necks.

 

I think it counts, didn't Bill Wyman play one of those for a while?



Anyway, here's my candidate:

 

how about a guitar shaped house? it's in birmingham, alabama.

 

Crazy story. Thanks for posting it.

 

Neil Young's Old Black looking in pretty rough shape:

 

ron wood just has too many so...

http://www.slideonron.com/guitars.htm

 

Another famous bass is the Alembic Starfire Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead used in the mid-70s.

 

Rick Nielsen

 

Bo Diddley



George Harrison with his Rosewood Telecaster





Someone already posted Neil Young's Les Paul "Old Black", but Neil also has some nice vintage Martins.

D-28 that belonged to Hank Williams:



D-45 used on Heart of Gold, etc:

 

Cherry Red Gibson SG Special

 

Keith Richards and his Tele "Micawber"



BB King and "Lucille"

 

Robert Johnson's Gibson L1 guitar........... Wasn't this supposedly found and auctioned off?

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How could we forget these guys:

 

Don't see many of these:

 

Trey's maple Languedoc, his backup since 1997



now he plays a Koa Languedoc


more info on the rig here, http://www.proaudiostar.com/the-mos...mentation-of-phishs-live-setup-ever-published

 

Ollie Halsall's guitar: