Thislist of guitars details individualguitars which have become famous because of their use by famous musicians; their seminal status; their high value; and the like.

• The 0001 Strat – ThisFender Stratocasterelectric guitar was owned byDavid Gilmour. The model was used as a spare and for slide guitar in subsequent years. In 2019, the 0001 Strat was sold at auction for $1,815,000, setting a new world auction record for a Stratocaster. This guitar was one of the most notable in his collection as it has the 0001 serial number, althoughSeymour W. Duncan claims that he assembled this guitar from two others.^[1]
• 34346 – Fiesta Red Stratocaster 1959 – Purchased byCliff Richard in 1959 for his guitaristHank Marvin. This guitar was used onThe Shadows hit "Apache". Currently in possession ofBruce Welch (rhythm guitarist of The Shadows)^{[citation needed]}
• 58957 – 1935 Martin D-28 – Purchased in 1959 byClarence White and used for many years. Several years after his death it was sought out and purchased byTony Rice who has used it for his entire career.^[2]

• Arm The Homeless, a heavily modified electric guitar hybridized from several different makes and models used byTom Morello, best known for his time as the guitarist ofRage Against the Machine. Morello first received the guitar as a custom order in 1986, however would continue to replace parts until 1990 by which point the only original part remaining was the Stratocaster body. Arm The Homeless has since become an iconic feature of Morello's career, named after the message carved onto the front of the body alongside four cartoon hippos Morello had doodled onto it and a smallhammer and sickle sticker, while the back side has variously been seen featuring similar slogans such as "FuckTrump" or "Pro-Choice".^[3]
• Amos is a 1958 Gibson Flying V.^[4]

• The "Baby Snakes"SG, used byFrank Zappa which had been made by a fan in Phoenix, had several distinctive features such as an extrafret and seahorseinlays. Zappa had it customized further by hisluthier,Rex Bogue, who addedphase switches and apre-amp. It was then Zappa's main choice of guitar during the late 1970s.^[5][6]
• TheBass of Doom – aFender Jazz Bass used byJaco Pastorius.Robert Trujillo currently owns the instrument.^[7]
• The Beast – A '59 Gibson Les Paul, owned byBernie Marsden of the bandWhitesnake, so named because its volume is so much louder than other guitars.^{[citation needed]}
• Black Beauty –Jimi Hendrix's main guitar in his final days. 1968Fender Stratocaster, serial number #222625.^[8] Body is in black finish, with white pickguard and a maple neck. Kept in possession withMonika Dannemann, Hendrix's last girlfriend, well over two decades.^[9] Commonly believed to be passed ontoUli Jon Roth after Dannemann's death in 1996. However, its current whereabouts are unknown since Roth went through bankruptcy in 2005.^[10] "Black Beauty" also refers to many other guitars and guitar models such asGibson Les Paul Custom.^{[citation needed]}
• The Black Dog –Joe Satriani's heavily modified Ibanez Radius guitar. Originally came with HSS pickup layout but middle cavity is filled to employ HH configuration. Also with a replaced neck, Ibanez Edge tremolo unit. Refinished in black and painted with white sharpie all over. His Ibanez signatureJS Series is based on this guitar. 88 copies of tribute guitar, JSBDG, was released in 2008.^[11]
• The Black Strat – the nickname for a black Fender Stratocaster guitar played by David Gilmour of theprogressive rock bandPink Floyd.^{[citation needed]}
• Blackie^[12] – the nickname given byEric Clapton to his favorite Fender Stratocaster. In 2004, Blackie was sold forUSD $959,500 at aChristie'sauction to support theCrossroads Centre, a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centre founded by Clapton.
• Brownie – the name for a Fender Stratocaster that was used extensively by Eric Clapton during the early 1970s.^{[citation needed]}
• Blue – Blue FernandesStratocaster used byBillie Joe Armstrong ofGreen Day. It's covered with stickers.^{[citation needed]}
• Beano Burst – A sunburstGibson Les Paul Standard played by Eric Clapton during his time with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and early Cream days. Thought to be a late 1959 or 1960 model. The name stems from the photograph of the John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album cover, on which Clapton is a reading aBeano magazine. The guitar was stolen. Clapton stated in an interview he never found another guitar like it and he still misses it.^{[citation needed]}

• Chrome Boy, an iconic and then-unique mirror-finished Ibanez JS2CH prototype guitar wasJoe Satriani's primary touring instrument for a number of years during the 1990s until the guitar was stolen in 2002. It has not been recovered.^{[citation needed]}
• Clarence, a two-toneFender Telecaster, once owned byClarence White. This is the originalB-Bender guitar, built by White andGene Parsons around 1967, designed to allow the guitarist to manually raise the guitar's 'B' string one whole step to play pedal steel style licks.Marty Stuart bought this unique guitar in 1980 from White's widow.^[13][14][15]
• The Cloud – the name given toPrince's custom guitar built by Dave Rusan in 1983.^[16] An asymmetric, cloud-shaped body with two controls (a push-pull master tone and a master volume), a long curved arm roughly parallel to the neck, and a unique head. This was one of three guitars that Prince used frequently through the majority of his career, and the one most iconically associated with him. The original Cloud ("Cloud 1") was donated to theSmithsonian Institution and forms part of the collection of theNational Museum of American History;^[17][18] a later version ("Cloud 3") was sold at auction in May 2024 with a hammer price ofUS$ 910,000.^[19]
• The Concorde – the name given toRandy Rhoads' custom guitar built byGrover Jackson. An asymmetric V-shaped body with pointy "wings", revamp of theGibson Flying V. This prototype evolved intoJackson Randy Rhoads model and led to the creation of theJackson Guitars brand.^{[citation needed]}

• The Dean from Hell – ADean ML model guitar thatDimebag Darrell, fromPantera, used multiple times during live and for recordings. He got this guitar from a guitar contest in Dallas back in 1982.^[20][21] On the upper left side of the body there's a sticker of all theKiss members.
• Duck – the name given toYngwie Malmsteen's 1971 cream coloredFender Stratocaster guitar. It is known as the Duck owing to aDonald Duck sticker pasted onto the headstock of the instrument.^[22][23]
• The DragonTelecaster – A 1959 Telecaster used by bothJeff Beck andJimmy Page in bothThe Yardbirds andLed Zeppelin, named for its unique green, yellow and red paint applied by Page in 1967. It would be the guitar to record the famous solo on "Stairway To Heaven".^[24][25]

• Eden of Coronet (guitar) a Gibson SG guitar with 11,441 diamonds (400 carats) and 1.6 kilograms of white gold.^[26][27]
• Epiphone Supernova – A customised electric guitar featuring a distinctive union flag design given toNoel Gallagher of the English rock bandOasis as a present by his now ex-wife, Meg Matthews. A tribute to the original was manufactured byEpiphone. The original guitar is now on display at theBritish Music Experience in Liverpool.^{[citation needed]}
• Evo – the name thatSteve Vai has given to his primary stage and recording guitar, anIbanez JEM7VWH. It was co designed by Vai and guitar manufacturer Ibanez in 1987.^{[citation needed]}
• Eye of Horus – a custombass guitar made byJens Ritter forPhil Lesh, it was acquired by theNational Museum of American History in 2011 and is in the museum's permanent collection.^[28][29]
• "Eet Fuk" –James Hetfield's ESP guitars MX-220, used extensively on the "Damaged Justice Tour" for the 4th studio album "...And Justice For All", James has since retired this guitar from stage use; however, it is still used for recording, as it was seen in the making of "Death Magnetic" and "Hardwired... To Self Destruct".^{[citation needed]}

• Fenderbird – the neck of aFender Precision Bass combined with the body of aGibson Thunderbird. Used byThe Who'sJohn Entwistle in the early 1970s.^[30]
• The Flying Microtonal Banana – a custom guitar handcrafted by Zac Eccles^[31] in 2015 forStu Mackenzie^[32] ofKing Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Its construction notably includes additional frets,^[33] tuned to the 24-TET^[34]microtonal tuning system used throughout King Gizzard's 2017 album of the same name,Flying Microtonal Banana.^[35] Additional notes on construction include a birdseye-maple neck, rosewood fretboard,^[36] satin banana-yellow finish, and GFS NYII pickups for the bridge and neck.^{[citation needed]}
• The Fool – a 1964Gibson SG guitar, painted for Eric Clapton by the Dutch design collectiveThe Fool. One of the world's best-known guitars, it symbolizes thepsychedelic era.^[37] It was then owned and played through the 1970s by the singer-songwriter-producerTodd Rundgren. The Fool was purchased byThe Jim Irsay Collection in 2023.^[38]
• Frankenstein – a Fender Precision bass guitar built byJohn Entwistle ofThe Who, assembled from components of five different basses. This was his primary stage bass from 1967–1970, and was used on theTommy,Live at Leeds, andWho's Next albums.^{[citation needed]}
• Frankenstrat – also known as The Frankenstein, is an electric guitar created byEddie Van Halen using the body of a Stratocaster made by Boogie Bodies with components from other guitars. The name is based onFrankenstein's monster, a fictional creature made from parts of different corpses. A replica of the guitar is housed in theMuseum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C.^{[citation needed]}

• The Gish Guitar –Billy Corgan's yellow Stratocaster from the early years of theSmashing Pumpkins. It was stolen in 1992 from a gig atSaint Andrew's Hall,Detroit, and rediscovered 27 years later in 2019.^[39]
• The Grail –Zakk Wylde's 1981 creamLes Paul Custom with black bullseye paint. It was once lost inTexas when it fell from the back of a transport truck, but brought back to Wylde later.
• Going Electric –Bob Dylan switched from an acoustic to electric guitar sound in 1965, causingcontroversy. At theNewport Folk Festival, he used a sunburst Stratocaster which sold for $965,000 in 2013. For the followingworld tour, he usedRobbie Robertson's Telecaster which sold for $490,000 in 2018.^[40]
• Green Meanie –Steve Vai's self-modifiedCharvelsuperstrat. This was Vai's main guitar when he was a member of theDavid Lee Roth band in 1986 and 1987. The guitar has a maple fingerboard, a basswood body painted inDay-Glo green, three pickups, a 5-way switch and aFloyd Rose locking tremolo. The guitar's bridge post mounting collapsed during a soundcheck for aMadison Square Garden show and the guitar has since been retired. Many features of this guitar are replicated on the 1987Ibanez JEM777 model, Vai's first signature guitar.^[41]
• Greeny – A 1959 Les Paul previously owned byPeter Green andGary Moore, and purchased in 2014 byKirk Hammett for $2 million. Has one of the pick-ups magnetically out-of-phase, giving it its unique tone.^{[citation needed]}

• Hage (Japanese:ハゲ;lit. "Bald") –Pata's 1955Gibson Les Paul Standard. Its Goldtop paint is rubbed down to the wood, giving the guitar its nickname.^[42] Its pickups andtailpiece were already altered when he acquired it, the former having been swapped out forhumbuckers.^[42]
• The Hitmaker –Nile Rodgers' white 1960Fender Stratocaster with a 1959 neck.^[43]

• Ichi-Gō (Japanese:1号;lit. "Number 1") –Pata's yellow 1959Gibson Les Paul Standard, also called his "Honsai" (本妻; "legal wife"). Although he still uses it for recording, it has been retired from live performances since 2008 due to its value, which is reportedly enough to buy a house.^[42]

• Kossoff Burst a 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard in sunburst finish. Played byPaul Kossoff from 1970 until his death in 1976. Kossoff played in the bandFree.^[44]

• Lenny – theFender Stratocaster given toStevie Ray Vaughan by his wife Lenny in 1980. It has since sold for US$623,500.^[12][45]
• Lightning Bolt – a custom guitar made by Steve Cripe forJerry Garcia in 1993. It is on display at theRock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.^[46]
• Lucille^[12] – the name given toB.B. King's guitars. They are usually blackGibson guitars similar to theES-355.
• Lucy –George Harrison ofthe Beatles named a redGibson Les Paul guitar he received fromEric Clapton in August 1968 "Lucy." Clapton played the guitar on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".^{[citation needed]}
• Lucy – blues guitaristAlbert King gave this name to hisGibson Flying V style guitar built custom for him by famous luthierDan Erlewine.^{[citation needed]}

• TheMaple Leaf Forever Guitars – A pair of guitars, one acoustic and one electric, made and named in tribute toAlexander Muir and his patrioticCanadian 1867 song "The Maple Leaf Forever". The guitars are constructed from the same maple tree that originally inspired Muir to write the song after it was felled in a thunderstorm in 2013, and are lent by a trust to a different Canadian musician every year.^{[citation needed]}
• Micawber – A 1953 Fender Telecaster owned byKeith Richards that is played inOpen G tuning with the sixth string removed. The modification include aGibson PAF humbucker pickup in the neck position that is mounted backwards, a brass bridge made by Schaller, an early lap-steel pickup in the bridge position as well as custom wiring. Micawber is still touring with Richards; "Start Me Up", "Honky Tonk Women", "Jumpin' Jack Flash". The name is from a character inCharles Dickens' novelDavid Copperfield.^{[citation needed]}
• Model One – the main stage guitar ofLindsey Buckingham ofFleetwood Mac made byRick Turner of Turner Guitars. Buckingham preferred it over his Stratocaster and Les Paul after seeing it for the first time and played it for three hours, as Turner said in an interview.^{[citation needed]}
• Monterey Strat – A 1965 Fiesta redStratocaster famously burned and smashed byJimi Hendrix at theMonterey Pop Festival. A corner of it is currently on display inSeattle atExperience Music Project (EMP).^{[citation needed]}
• Mosrite – White Ventures II – Used byJohnny Ramone. Bought in 1977 to replace a stolen blue Mosrite. Owned untilThe Ramones disbanded in 1996 – later sold to producerDaniel Rey.^{[citation needed]}

• Nano guitar – Dustin W. Carr, under the direction of ProfessorHarold G. Craighead, created the nano guitar in theCornellNanofabrication Facility in 1997. The idea came about as a fun way to illustratenanotechnology, and it did capture popular attention.^[47] It is disputed as to whether the nano guitar should be classified as aguitar, but it is the common opinion that it is in fact a guitar.^[48]
• Nancy –Roy Buchanan's Butterscotch 1953Fender Telecaster, Serial number 2324.^[49]
• Number One –Stevie Ray Vaughan’sFender Stratocaster with a 1963 body, 1959 pickups, and a 1962 neck. Vaughan bought the guitar at Ray Hennig's Heart of Texas Music store in 1974.^[50]

• Old Black^[12] – the name given to the main Gibson Les Paul electric guitar used byrock musicianNeil Young.
• The Old Boy – a left-handed SG-lookalike that was built by John Diggins ("Jaydee") and that served asTony Iommi's main guitar for many years. It has since been retired and remains in Iommi's possession.^{[citation needed]}

• Pansy -Frank Iero's Antique White Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom, featuring individual holographic pattern stickers beneath the bridge spelling 'PANSY'. The guitar was destroyed during an MTV performance where he stuck it through a sign, resulting in a massive split in the neck. Pansy has since had the truss rod replaced and remains in Iero's private collection.^{[citation needed]}
• Pearly Gates –Billy Gibbons' signature 1959Gibson Les Paul.^[12] Traded a rolling wreck auto named Pearly Gates for money to buy the guitar, which assumed the name. See also: ZZ Top equipment.^{[citation needed]}
• Pepto Pink – also referred to as Big Pink, this isBob Weir's pink customModulus guitar.^[51] It was given to Weir byBob Dylan in 1987 after conclusion of theBob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour.^[51] The guitar has been played by Bob Weir atGrateful Dead,The Other Ones,Ratdog andFurther concerts.^{[citation needed]}
• The Phenix [sic] – a black Les Paul Custom given toPeter Frampton by Mark Mariana, used on theHumble Pie live albumPerformance Rockin' the Fillmore and throughout his early solo career. This guitar was thought lost in the crash of a cargo plane but eventually returned to him.^[52]

• Red Special – an electric guitar owned byQueen guitaristBrian May andcustom-built by him and his father Harold over a two-year period beginning in 1963.^[53] The Red Special is also sometimes named in reviews as the Fireplace or the Old Lady, both nicknames used by May when referring to the guitar.^[54][55]
• The Rickenbastard - aRickenbacker 4001 electric bass guitar owned byLemmy Kilmister, nicknamed after his controversial lifestyle.^{[citation needed]}
• Rocky - name given toGeorge Harrison's blue Fender Stratocaster. The guitarist painted with brightDayGlo paint, nail polish and glitter in apsychedelic style. The name "Rocky" is prominently displayed on the head stock. The guitar first appeared on the "All You Need Is Love" TV taping and also displayed in the jacket booklet ofMagical Mystery Tour album.^{[citation needed]}
• Rosebud – Jerry Garcia's fourth custom guitar made by theluthierDoug Irwin^[56]
• The Red Strat – David Gilmour's second-most famous Stratocaster.^[57] It was used duringPink Floyd's last two albums,A Momentary Lapse of Reason andThe Division Bell along with white-colored back-up versions built to the same specifications.^{[citation needed]}

• Sabionari (1679) – one of the five surviving guitars made byAntonio Stradivari and the only one still playable.^[58] It is a five-coursebaroque guitar.^{[citation needed]}
• Spidey – a yellow Gibson SG owned and played by Stan Lee ofThe Dickies, so named because of itsSpider-Man sticker. A few years ago the headstock was broken off while in transit between the United States and Europe. It was repaired and was back in when the Dickies toured the UK with the Damned in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

• Tele-Gib – aFender Telecaster owned and played byJeff Beck, heavily modified bySeymour W. Duncan in 1974 to employ twoPAF humbuckers.^[59]
• This Machine Kills Fascists – a message thatWoody Guthrie placed on his guitars duringWorld War II^[60] that has inspired many artists. Guitar manufacturerGibson has replicated Guthrie's 1945Southern Jumbo complete with that sticker.^{[citation needed]}
• Three-Wheel-Motion Low Rider -Jack White's highly customizedFender TelecasterB-Bender guitar.^[61]
• Three-String Trance Wonder –Seasick Steve's guitar that resembles aFender Coronado or aTeisco EP-7. It has an oldHarmony pickup added (withduct tape).^{[citation needed]}
• Tiger – Jerry Garcia's mainguitar from 1979 to 1989 made by Doug Irwin, it sold at auction toJim Irsay in 2002 for US$850,000. The total price was US$957,500 per the addition of the buyer's commission fee.^[62]
• Trigger –Willie Nelson'sMartin N-20Classical guitar. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for US$750 and named it afterRoy Rogers' horseTrigger.^[63][64] In 1970, one year after acquiring the guitar, Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch. Trigger lore also tells of the guitar being secretly removed and hidden at Nelson's business manager's home for fear of forfeiture to the IRS for auction during Nelson's income tax problem days.^{[citation needed]}
• Top Hat – A second guitar made by Steve Cripe for Jerry Garcia in 1993. It is on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.^[46]

• Wild Child – a customJackson RR model used byAlexi Laiho. Black paint and gold hardware includingFloyd Rose tremolo, single Jackson J-50BC pickup with JE-1000 gain boost circuit, yellow pinstripe bevels, "Wild Child" sticker with yellow letters. Stolen in September 2002 after the Spinefest show and since lost.^[65] "Wild Child" is also a nickname to Laiho and reference to aW.A.S.P. song. Jackson limited RR 24 and his laterESP signature models are all based on this guitar.^{[citation needed]}
• Wolf – Also known as "Wolfie", this is another of Jerry Garcia's custom guitars made by Doug Irwin, it sold at auction for US$700,000 in 2002. The total price was US$789,500 per the buyer's commission fee.^[62]
• Woodstock Stratocaster – a 1968 Fender Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix played at theWoodstock Festival in 1969. The body is finished in Olympic White, bearing the serial number #240981. Sold toMicrosoft co-founderPaul Allen and now rests in theExperience Music Project Museum inSeattle.^[66]

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  Jeff Beck playing Tele-Gib in 1979
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  The Woodstock Stratocaster, played byJimi Hendrix atWoodstock Festival
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  Jerry Garcia playingTiger in 1987
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  Willie Nelson's guitar,Trigger, has been signed by several of Nelson's friends

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