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Angus Young
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Details on Angus Young's Gibson SG electric guitar
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BB King
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Lucille, much like Lassie not being one Collie, was many guitars B.B. King played over the years. Almost all were Gibson semi-hollow electric guitars, most often either ES-345s or ES-355s with the f-holes removed to reduce feedback. Lucille was usually fashioned with a maple center block, a TP-6 fine-tuning tailpiece, and a Varitone switch. The name Lucille was from a woman in a nightclub that two men fought over causing a fire to breakout, forcing B.B. King to return to the burning building to rescue his Gibson electric guitar.
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Brian May
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In the early 60s Brian May and his father Harold built Brian's guitar, which is referred to as the Red Special, by using a 100-year-old fireplace mantel for the neck and an oak table top for the body. The electric guitar was completed in 1964, including homemade guitar pickups, which had incorrect pole positioning and were replaced by Burns pickups. The Red Special, built out of old materials because it was what they could afford at the time, became an important part of Queen's sound and Brian's sound throughout his long musical history.
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David Gilmour
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David Gilmour played his famous heavily modified 1969 Stratocaster "Black Strat" throughout his career with Pink Floyd. An official signature black Fender Stratocaster model is available from Fender Custom Shop, which features an alder body with a black lacquer finish over a tri-color sunburst, a one-piece maple neck, and a black pickguard. The electric guitar houses a Seymour Duncan SSL-5 bridge pickup, and a toggle switch the switches between the neck, bridge, and middle pickups.
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Gene Simmons
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Details on Gene Simmons' Axe Bass guitar
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Jimmy Page
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Jimmy Page, lead guitarist for Led Zeppelin, was able to play the guitar parts for "Stairway to Heaven" and "The Song Remains the Same" during the bands many live concerts because he used a double-neck Gibson. The double-neck guitar allowed Jimmy to effortlessly switch between the mahogany Gibson EDS-1275 model's 12-string top neck and the guitar's 6-string lower neck. The guitar was finished in Cherry Red.
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Keith Richards
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Details on Keith Richards' Micawber Telecaster electric guitar
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Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney's bass is an iconic violin-shaped, hollow-body Höfner 500/1. Paul acquired the bass guitar in Hamburg in 1961. The bass with its symmetrical design made it comfortable for Paul's left-hand playing. The bass would later be nicknamed the "Beatle bass". Paul McCartney played both his original 1961 model and a second 1963 model.
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Prince
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Details on Prince's Cloud electric guitar
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Tony Iommi
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Details on Tony Iommi's Old Boy Gibson SG
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Willie Nelson
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Details on Willie Nelson's acoustic guitar Trigger
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