Guitars used by a famous player no-one else seems to use...

Littlejonny

OilCityPickups said:

Offset said:

Not to forget the Duchess :-) 

I don’t think that’s the same model Guitar 

Littlejonny

Glen Campbell - Tiesco T-60

skullfunkerry

James Hetfield - ESP Snakebyte

Dave Mustaine - Dean/ESP/Gibson Mustaine V (and back in the Jackson days, the Y2KV)

Nancy Wilson - Gibson Nighthawk (sure she can't be the only one, but I don't recall seeing anyone else with one)

Kurt Cobain - Jagstang? (not sure he actually ever played one?)

Littlejonny

Sorry for multiple posts. I just gotta say I love it when guitarists use a unique guitar. Not a trendy one, just one the works for them. 

DiscoStu

Josh Homme loves a Maton, you don't see many others using them.

Matt Bellamy is synonymous with Manson, when I see someone else playing one (not just the custom models) I immediately think of him. 

blobb

Daevid Allen played a white Hohner G3T cricket bat. Steve Hillage played a real Steinberger. I'm sure this was for practical reasons more than anything but at least in Daevid's case it matched his outfit.

Philly_Q

CaseOfAce said:

Johnny Ramone - Mosrite (ok The Ventures but try naming the guitarists without wikipedia-ing!)

Nokie Edwards, Don Wilson and.... somebody or other.

Grangousier

I always liked Tonka Chapman and his Rich Bich 10 string (though the "extra" four strings weren't used and apparantly a lot of the fancy electronics was disconnected because jokers in the front row used to reach up and tweak the switches). 

RocknRollDave

Phil Campbell of Motorhead rocked a Minarik Inferno - which he could frequently be seen playing live, especially around the time of their coincidentally-named Inferno album. That said, bizarrely, this link shows Lemmy playing a bass version - which I don’t recall ever seeing before .


http://www.minarikguitars.com/inferno.html

matt_sefton

Jerry Cantrell - G&L

Philly_Q

Grangousier said:

I always liked Tonka Chapman and his Rich Bich 10 string (though the "extra" four strings weren't used and apparantly a lot of the fancy electronics was disconnected because jokers in the front row used to reach up and tweak the switches). 

Joe Perry was an early adopter of BC Rich guitars as well, I think he also removed the four extra strings on the Bich.

CaseOfAce

Trey Anastasio (Phish) - Languedoc G2

Philly_Q

DiscoStu said:

Josh Homme loves a Maton, you don't see many others using them.

And before Maton, he played Ovation Ultra GP models.  I'm not aware of anyone else who uses those.

OilCityPickups

Littlejonny said:

OilCityPickups said:

Offset said:

Not to forget the Duchess :-) 

I don’t think that’s the same model Guitar 

Littlejonny said:

OilCityPickups said:

Offset said:

Not to forget the Duchess :-) 

I don’t think that’s the same model Guitar 

Nope that’s the early Gretsch Cadillac designed by Bo Diddley! they did also both play the Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird model that Gibbons plays 


Here they are playing the Jupiter Thunderbirds  

Schnozz

matt_sefton said:

Jerry Cantrell - G&L

Beat me to it.

thecolourbox

OilCityPickups said:

Offset said:

Not to forget the Duchess :-) 

and the guy who plays beat up junk guitars from the 1st comment

paulnb57

George Thorogood ES125

Prince? Hohner Tele

BB and Lucille

hollywoodrox

Grangousier said:

I always liked Tonka Chapman and his Rich Bich 10 string (though the "extra" four strings weren't used and apparantly a lot of the fancy electronics was disconnected because jokers in the front row used to reach up and tweak the switches). 

I thought it was Joe Perry lol 

Offset

Philly_Q said:

Joe Perry was an early adopter of BC Rich guitars as well...

An early adopter of BC Rich guitars you say...?  Ah yes...

octatonic

Robert Fripp has played Fernandes Les Paul style guitars for yonks.

David Torn has played Teuffel and Ronini guitars.