GreatGuitaristsGear
	Main Guitar	Guitar Name	Strings	Picks	Action	Effects	Amps	Notes
Jeff Beck	Signature Strat, owns 44 guitars		.011, .013, .017, .028, 039, .046	No pick,	Quite low	Digitech GSP-21	Fender	Prefers thick neck, whammy set to pitch down & up, also does palm vibrato on bridge
Jimi Hendrix	R/H Strat played lefthanded.  From 68 onwards these were primarily a black maple neck and a blonde maple neck.  Also played at least 3 Gibson Flying V , particularly for blues numbers - 67 'Psychedelic', 68 Tobacco, 69 black specially made left-hand model - used at the Isle of Wight concert ..other Gibson guitars that Hendrix owned included a black Les Paul, and a white SG Custom type 2. Jimi played this SG for his September 9, 1969 appearance on the "Dick Cavett Show."    Allegedly "Purple Haze" and "Hey, Joe" were cut on Noel Redding's old Telecaster	Black Beauty	Light. 009 - some opinions .010 or even .011 'Fender Rock'n'Roll brand,  (.010, .013, .015, .026, .032, .038).	Medium guage	Medium - though according to Jeff Beck 'about an inch high'	Arbiter Fuzz Face, Voz Wah-Wah, UniVibe Leslie Effect, Octavia Splitter - used curly lead, which supposedly also affected sound	Marshall	All 5 springs on tremelo, tuned 1/2 step low - is noted to have recommended heavier strings to other players .011 - apparently tuned a 1/2 step low from 1967 onwards
Eric Clapton	Strat, 1956 Sunburst strat -	Brownie'	Ernie Ball Slinkies  , Light. Ernie Ball Super Slinky: .009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042. (Also uses Slinky, or .010s.) Normally changed only when one breaks; occasionally three high strings changed.	Heavy				Thin neck, pickup close to strings
EC - Yardbirds	Fender Telecaster , VOX AC-30
EC - Bluesbreakers	1959 Gibson Les Paul Std, Marshall
EC - Cream	Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG,  Cherry Red 1964 ES-335
EC- Blind Faith	Gibson Firebird
EC-Solo	Fender Strat - combination of 3 strats , all 5 springs, no whammy bar	Blackie - retired 1987, sold 2004 to The Guitar Center for 959,000 USD
Joe Walsh	Les Paul		Fender .009			Standard Leslie, Fender echo, and Maestro Phase Shifter, Talk Box	Fender	pickup close to strings
Albert King	R/H Gibson Flying V, strung R/H & played L/H !!!		Light .009 - 050	Thumb			Acoustic (solid state) Roland JC-120
BB King	Gibson ES-355 thinline semi	Lucille	010 .013 .017p .032w .045w .054w				Fender Twin
Jimmy Page	Gibson "Black Beauty" Les Paul Custom, Gibson ES-1275 Doubleneck  1958 Fender Telecaster® (given to him by Jeff Beck), 10-string Fender® 800 pedal steel, Gibson J-200 (acoustic), 12-string Fender® or Rickenbacker (electric) on "Thank You" Uses Danelectro acoustic for slide numbers		Ernie Ball Slinkies   - possibly even 008s sometimes ?	Herco heavy-gauge nylon picks		Roger Mayer Fuzz Box, Vox Cry Baby, Maestro Echoplex, Roland GR-300		Many special tunings, I used a special tuning for that; the low string down to B, then A, D, G, A, and D. It's like a modal tuning, a sitar tuning, in fact. Open C (C-G-C-G-C-E) ("Friends," "That's the Way"), B-A-D-G-A-D ("Black Mountain Side"), other tunings of Page's that "are my own that I've worked out, so I'd rather keep those to myself...but they're never open tunings."
Stevie Ray Vaughn	59 Strat, with left handed tremelo, ultra tall frets, Tune to Eb,		VERY heavy gauge GHS strings (0.013 to 0.060)	Fender Medium plectrums	High	Ibanez Tube Screamers for overdrive, a Vox Crybaby for wah, a Fender Viratone, a Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face, and a Tycobrahe Octavia
Eddie Van Halen	Self made custom built, using Strat Body & Gibson PAF pickups rewound to own spec. Known for Charvel and EVH models -  l		.009 to .042 gauge strings	Fender Medium  or Heavy plectrums  - uses middle finger & thumb to hold pick
Eddie Van Halen - Late 70's, early 80's	At this time EVH used various strat style bodies, with generally maple strat necks, retrofitted with Seymour Duncan or Gibson PAF humbuckers, as well as homemade pickups, hand-rewound and wax potted. Tone control not wired in. Became known for use of Charvel parts (initially without company support) - pickups directly screwed to guitar body to increase sustain. Also became know for early adoption of the Floyd Rose tremolo system.
Eddie Van Halen - mid 80's	Commenced working with Kramer , developing several instruments, essentially carrying the ideas developed above forward - involved with Kramer from 84 - 90
Freddie King	Gibson thinline semis ES-335, ES-345 and ES-355.			thumbpick and a steel fingerpick (on his index finger) for playing			Fenders Twin and Quad Reverbs
Buddy Guy	Fender Stratocasters 50s and modern signature series						Fender Bassman (4x10") Marshall Half stack Victoria	Polka Dot Paint JobBody - light ash Neck + fingerboard - maple 22 frets Pickups - 3 Gold Fender-Lace Sensor Controls - 1 volume, 1 tone and 1 25db mid range boost,                       5 way switch
Keith Richards	50's Fender Telecaster, Gibson PAF humbucker bridge.	Micawber	Gauges .011,.015,.018,.030,.042				Fender Twin	Tuning DGDGBD, often low E string
Frank Zappa	Gibson SG - also apparently  owned & restored  burnt Jimi Hendrix strat , actually possessed several 'mini' guitars for low weight.  Allegedly the Hendrix strat had a modified SG neck and definitely some doubts about the provenance ??
Larry Carlton	Gibson ES-335
Yngwie Malmsteen	Modified vintage Strats with heavily scallopped fingerboards, Dunlop 6000jumbo frets. DiMarzio YJM stacked humbucker pickups, no tone control, uses 4 or 5 tremelo springs.   Also uses Les Paul for rhythm playing		D'Addario .008-.048 also reported to use Fender Bullets, same guage	Heavy, Dunlop 1.5 mm	High	Cry-Baby Wah, Boss chorus and flanger, Korg stereo digital delay	Marshall	Normally tunes to Eb
Ritchie Blackmore	Fender Strats - with scallopped necks, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders in bridge & neck position, glued in necks, 4 springs on tremelo, Gibson style jumbo frets  , Schaller machine heads		Picato strings were .010, .011, .014, .026, .036, and .042.	Custom made square-edged tortoiseshell			Marshall
Zakk Wylde	Gibson Les Paul, 1980 style EMG humbuckers - strings go over top of tailpiece		.010 0 .060 (note that big bass !)	Dunlop 1.35 mm		Dunlop wah, Boss Rotovibe, Boss Super Chorus	Marshall	Standard E tuning with low E tuned to D, B, A or G
Randy Rhoads	Custom built Jackson Flying V, The instruments have long, fairly small bodies that are easy to get around. They have a neck-through-the-body solid maple construction, 22 frets, a 25 1/2" scale, and Seymour Duncan pickups: a Jazz model in the neck position and a Distortion. They have binding on the neck and around the head, and a special pearl inlay that Randy came up with. The white one had one of Charvel's standard tremolo units on it.  Small frets.		.011 top	Medium		MXR distortion, flanger, chorus, Korg tape delay, Cry Baby wah	Marshall
Brian Setzer	Gretsch Brian Setzer Hot Rod, essentially a stripped-down and souped-up 6120 archtop.  Small frets, no tone control, very low action (3/64). Bigsby tremelo. Getsch FilterTron pickups		0.012 (heavy!)	Uses flatpick & thumb/fingers
Brian May	Red Special - semi solid mahogany/blockboard body, oak center block & fingerboard, Burns tri-sonic pickups (wired in series), 24 fret neck, bike valve spring tremolo		light guage Maxima Gold	Uses English Sixpence !
Al Di Meola	Conde Hermanos nylon string, Ovation signature steel string with MIDI pickups, Martin D18, Godin nylon string, Gibson Les Paul signature
Gary Moore	normally associated with Gibson Les Paul Standard with Grover machines, also uses Fritz Bros Tele and supposedly has a Charvel leopard-skin strat. Gary Moore owns the legendary LP used by Peter Green with Fleetwood Mac
Elvis Costello	Fender Jazzmaster - 24" scale,2 Fender Jazzmasters, with 'Elvis Costello' inlaid on the fretboard     - an oldish Martin D-28     - a natural finish Fender Telecaster     - a Gold-Top Les Paul with P-90 Soapbar Pickups     - a Martin D-45     - a 12 String Epiphone Sheraton     - a blue Magnatone Typhoon bought in Nashville Aug. 1996     - Martin Santa Cruz     - Gibson J-160E acoustic     - a green Gibson hollow body electric     - Gretsch Country Gent     - Gretsch Country Club, mid-'60s     - a hot-rodded National electric     - '54 Telecaster , Gibson F-5 mandolin     - a Rickenbacker, 60's model-full-scale, six string.     - a beige Gibson Les Paul custom.      - 3 Ferringtons: a small 17" and a normal 25 3/8" both with "Elvis       Costello" inlaid on the neck, and a 34" fretless (Hofer?) bass		Ernie Ball HEAVY
Paul Kossof	Best known for  Gibson Les Paul Custom also used ’60s Gibson ES-335 - also used Fender Strat on later work		heavy picks and heavy strings
Joe Satriani	Ibanez , 22 medium frets,  DiMarzio pickups,  rosewood fretboard - also known to use 58 Fender Esquire & Chet Atkins nylon string	Chrome Boy'	.09-.042 D'addario		Super low, 2/64 , almost no neck relief