Which guitar model does Slash say is the best all-around guitar for him?

Slash says the Gibson Les Paul is the best all-around guitar for him. The model became inseparable from his sound and image during Guns N’ Roses’ rise in the late 1980s.

Slash’s main studio guitar during the recording of Appetite for Destruction was a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard replica built by luthier Kris Derrig. He used that instrument on every subsequent Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver album he recorded, helping cement the Les Paul’s association with his thick, sustaining lead tone.

For many years, his principal live guitar was a 1988 Gibson Les Paul Standard. He has also played Firebirds, Explorers, Fender guitars, Gretsch models and other instruments, so the answer does not mean he uses only one guitar design.

Gibson credited Slash and Zakk Wylde with helping bring the Les Paul back into mainstream visibility in the late 1980s. Since 1997, Slash has collaborated with Gibson and Epiphone on numerous signature Les Paul models.