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

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave said:

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

Phil played (and plays I think) several different Framus guitars although the Explorer shapes probably got assumed to be Gibsons. Looking at their endorsee page it’s not exactly a list of household names, Devin Townsend (who has a signature model) would be the other big one I’d  suggest. So, Phil and Framus for this list. 

EricTheWeary

I don’t think we’ve had Bumblefoot yet and his double neck Vigier. 

Moe_Zambeek

Bo Diddley was a remarkably cool geezer given the timeframe.

scrumhalf

I think John Mayall used a Burns Flute at one point.

BobHillman

scrumhalf said:

I think John Mayall used a Burns Flute at one point.

And a Burns Flyte when he needed a stringed, rather than wind, instrument.

Moe_Zambeek

scrumhalf said:

I think John Mayall used a Burns Flute at one point.

I didn’t know Burns made woodwind instruments!

guitars4you

John McLaughlin - Don't think I've seen anyone else play one - Shakti Guitar custom built by (I can't remember)

guitars4you

probably tops the lot 

HAL9000

Eric Gales - Magneto RD3

pintspiller

"Mac" McCaughan of Superchunk - Gibson Marauder

racefaceec90

geordie walker and his gibson es-295 rip. 

Dave8

Steve vai & the hydra

BobHillman

guitars4you said:

John McLaughlin - Don't think I've seen anyone else play one - Shakti Guitar custom built by (I can't remember)

Seeing this reminded me of Pat Metheny's Linda Manzer Pikasso -

https://guitar.com/features/gallery/story-of-the-pikasso-guitar/

floeighty2

DiscoStu said:

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. 

I haven’t seen Homme use a Maton for a good while now, but I did have a go of his signature model once and it was pretty much sublime.  He uses Motor Ave and Echopark almost all the time now which I’ve only seen a couple of other players using. Although, I’ve seen him with an Epiphone Dot, a Teisco of some variety during the Songs for the Deaf and Era Vulgaris album tours and when he did the stint with Iggy Pop he was using a Burns 12 string which you don’t see touted about much and it was a sort of green burst which I found kinda’ cool. 

Alex Turner has been using an Ovation Viper pretty recently which I can’t remember anyone using in my memory. 

ICBM

Alan Murphy - Aria RS.

DiscoStu

Chuck Schuldiner from Death played a B.C. Rich Stealth which set him apart from the usual Warlocks, Ironbirds, Bitches and Mockingbirds of the time.

EricTheWeary

floeighty2 said:

DiscoStu said:

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. 

I haven’t seen Homme use a Maton for a good while now, but I did have a go of his signature model once and it was pretty much sublime.  He uses Motor Ave and Echopark almost all the time now which I’ve only seen a couple of other players using. Although, I’ve seen him with an Epiphone Dot, a Teisco of some variety during the Songs for the Deaf and Era Vulgaris album tours and when he did the stint with Iggy Pop he was using a Burns 12 string which you don’t see touted about much and it was a sort of green burst which I found kinda’ cool. 

Alex Turner has been using an Ovation Viper pretty recently which I can’t remember anyone using in my memory. 

The Viper was the Dr Hook guitar. Dennis Locorriere used Ovations in their hit period and a Viper for his electric strummings. Perhaps we can look forward to the Artic Monkeys cover of When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman. 

oh_pollo

Steve Albini TB500

EricTheWeary

guitars4you said:

Macca and a Hofner Violin Bass

Robbie Shakespeare used one for a bit as did Flabba Holt who between them played bass on hundreds of Jamaica recordings and so you see a Hofner pop up in many old reggae clips and one will have laid down many a fat sounding groove. However, it’s very hard to get away from the association with Macca. 

Jonathangus

Has nobody said Brian May yet?