The popularity of the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar in music from the mid-20th century has led to various instrument manufacturers producing signature models that are endorsed by an artist.
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
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Abbath | RavenDark V FR Abbath Signature | Schecter | [1] | ||
Adam Dutkiewicz | TAT Special FX "Metal Machine" | Caparison | [2] | ||
Al Jourgensen | Al Jourgensen Signature Triton : 277 | Schecter | [3] | ||
Alan Ashby | AA-1 | ESP | 2022 | [4] | |
Albert Lee | Albert Lee | Music Man | Available in polar night and firemist silver | [5] | |
Albert Lee HH | Available in polar night and emerald city | [6] | |||
Alex De Grassi | Alex De Grassi Signature | Lowden | [7] | ||
Alex Lifeson | Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess Standard | Epiphone | 2011–present | [8] [9] [10] | |
Alex Lifeson Les Paul Custom Axcess | 2023 | Ruby in colour that also comes in a left-handed version | [11] | ||
Lerxst Limelight | Godin | 2024 | [12] | ||
SE Alex Lifeson Thinline Acoustic | PRS | [13] [14] | |||
Alex Skolnick | Alex Skolnick | ESP | Lemon burst | [15] | |
Alex Skolnick FR | Black aqua sunburst | [16] | |||
AS-1 | Lemon burst | [17] | |||
AS-1FR | Black aqua sunburst | [18] | |||
Alex Wade | AW-7 Baritone | Open grain black satin | [19] | ||
Alexi Belov | Gorky Park | Kramer | 1989 | Shaped in the style of a balalaika | [20] |
Alexi Laiho | Alexi-200 | ESP | [21] | ||
E-II Alexi Ripped | Purple fade satin with ripped pinstripes | [22] | |||
ESP Alexi Hexed | Purple fade satin with pinstripes | [23] | |||
ESP Alexi Ripped | Purple fade satin with ripped pinstripes | [24] | |||
LTD Alexi Hexed | Purple fade with pinstripes | [25] | |||
LTD Alexi Hexed LH | Purple fade with pinstripes | [26] | |||
LTD Alexi Ripped | Purple fade satin with ripped pinstripes | [27] | |||
LTD Alexi Ripped LH | Purple fade satin with ripped pinstripes | [28] | |||
Andy McKee | Andy McKee Signature | Greenfield | [29] | ||
Rylynn | [30] | ||||
Angel Vivaldi | Pro-Mod DK24-6 Nova | Charvel | [31] | ||
Pro-Mod DK24-7 Nova | [32] | ||||
Angus Young | Angus Young SG | Gibson | Tune o Matic and Vibrola vibrato versions produced. | [33] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. B. King | B. B. King Lucille | Gibson and Epiphone | 1980–present | Available in bone white, cherry, and ebony | [34] |
Balsac | BalSac E-1 FR | Schecter | [35] | ||
Ben Burnley | BB-600 Baritone | ESP | [36] | ||
Ben Weinman | BW-1 Evertune | [37] [38] | |||
Bill Kelliher | BK-600 | [39] | |||
Eclipse | [40] | ||||
Sparrowhawk | [41] | ||||
Billie Joe Armstrong | Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior | Gibson | 2018 | [42] | |
Billie Joe Armstrong ES-137 | 2016 | [43] | |||
Bob Weir | Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford | D'Angelico | [44] | ||
Premier Bob Weir Bedford | [45] | ||||
Bonnie Raitt | Bonnie Raitt Stratocaster | Fender | 1995-2001 | First signature model for a female artist. | [46] |
Brandon Niederauer | Deluxe Brandon Niederauer Atlantic | D'Angelico | Limited run | [47] | |
Brian May | Brian May | Guild | 1984-1988 | Came in amber finish, black finish, blue finish, green finish, red finish, and white finish | [48] |
Brian May Pro | 1994-1995 | [49] | |||
Brian May Signature | 1994 | Came in black finish, green finish, red finish, and white finish | [50] | ||
Brian May Special | 1994-1995 | [51] | |||
Brian May Standard | 1994-1995 | Came in black finish, green finish, red finish, and white finish | [52] | ||
Brian Setzer | G6120T-BSSMK Brian Setzer Signature 59 Bigsby | Gretsch | [37] | ||
Brian Welch | SH-207 | ESP | [53] | ||
SH-7 Evertune | [54] | ||||
Bruno Mars | Limited Edition Bruno Mars Stratocaster | Fender | 2023 | [55] | |
Buz McGrath | Buz-7 | ESP | Comes in Mars Mocha Heirloom | [56] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
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Carlos Santana | PRS Santana Signature | PRS | [57] | ||
Cesar Soto | Cesar Soto E-1 | Schecter | Available in a left-handed model | [58] [59] | |
Charlie Para | Charlie Parra Signature Vanguard | Kramer | [60] | ||
Chet Atkins | Gretsch model 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body | Gretsch | [61] | ||
Chris Howorth | Chris Howorth V-7 | Schecter | [62] | ||
Chris Shiflett | Chris Shiflett Custom Shop Telecaster | Fender | [63] | ||
Chris Shiflett Telecaster Deluxe | [64] | ||||
Chuck Loeb | Chuck Loeb Signature | Sadowsky | [65] | ||
Cory Churko | Rebel | Prestige | [66] | ||
Courtney Cox | Horus-M3 CC | Caparison | [67] | ||
Cory Wong | Cory Wong Limited Edition | Fender | 2023 | Comes in daphne blue and surfer green. | [68] |
Cory Wong Signature | 2021-present | [69] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Donegan | Dan Donegan Ultra | Schecter | [70] | ||
Daryl Stuermer | Signature DS-1 | Godin | [71] | ||
Dave Davidson | Jackson Pro Series Signature Dave Davidson Warrior WR7 | Jackson | [37] | ||
David Grissom | Dave Grissom Trem (DGT) | PRS | [72] | ||
Dave Grohl | DG-335 | Gibson | 2007–present | [73] | |
Dave Sabo | Snake Sabo Baretta | Kramer | [74] | ||
David Gilmour | D-35 | Martin | 250 produced in six and 12-string. Available in sunburst and ambertone finish. | [75] [76] | |
Derry Grehan | Derry Grehan Signature Tread 1 | Godin | [77] | ||
DJ Ashba | DJ Ashba | Schecter | Available in carbon grey and satin white | [78] | |
DJ Ashba Acoustic | Available in carbon grey and satin white | [79] | |||
DJ Ashba USA Signature | [80] | ||||
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein | USA Doyle Signature Annihilator | Dean | [81] [82] | ||
Dustie Waring | DW CE 24 "Floyd" | PRS | 2022 | Available in black top, burnt amber smokeburst, faded blue smokeburst, gray black, and Waring burst | [83] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed O'Brien | EOB Sustainer Stratocaster | Fender | 2017—present | Features a sustainer unit | [84] |
Ed Sheeran | Sheeran Equals Edition | Lowden | 3000 produced | [85] | |
Sheeran Tour Edition | [86] | ||||
Elliot Easton | Elliot Easton Pro 1 | Kramer | 1987 | [87] | |
Emily Wolfe | Sheraton Stealth | Epiphone | [88] | ||
Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton Stratocaster | Fender | 1988–present | The first signature model produced by Fender | [89] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Gambale | LUXE II | Cort | [90] | ||
LUXE Nylon | [91] | ||||
Frank Iero | Wilshire Phant-O-Matic | Epiphone | 2011-2019 | It was available in Antique Ivory and Emerald Green | |
Frank Vignola | Frank Vignola | Sadowsky | [92] | ||
FV680CE | Eastman | [93] | |||
FV880CE | [94] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garth Brooks | GB7C Garth Brooks Signature | Takamine | [95] | ||
Gary Clark Jr. | Gary Clark Jr. "Blak & Blu" Casino | Epiphone | Bigsby vibrato and trapeze tailpiece versions produced. | [96] [97] | |
Gary Holt | EC | ESP | [98] | ||
GH 200 | [99] | ||||
GH 600 | Comes in black and snow white | [100] [101] | |||
George Benson | Ibanez GB series semi-acoustics | Ibanez | |||
Ibanez LGB30 George Benson Signature | [37] | ||||
George Lynch | GL-200MT | ESP | [102] | ||
Kamikaze-1 | [103] | ||||
Kamikaze-4 | [104] | ||||
Skulls & Snakes | [105] | ||||
Sunburst Tiger | [106] | ||||
Glenn Frey | EF360GF Glenn Frey Signature | Takamine | [107] | ||
Glenn Tipton | GT-600 | ESP | [108] | ||
Guthrie Govan | MJ San Dimas SD24 CM | Charvel | [109] | ||
USA Signature HSH | Available in caramelized ash and flame maple | [110] [111] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henrik Danhage | Limited Edition Signature Pro Mod So-Cal Style 1 HS FR M | Charvel | [112] | ||
Hiram Bullock | HBS | Cort | [113] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Fowler | Jack Fowler Traditional | Shecter | [114] | ||
Jack Fowler Traditional HT | [115] | ||||
Jake E. Lee | Pro Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSS HT RW | Charvel | [116] | ||
USA Signature | [117] | ||||
Jake Pitts | Jake Pitts E-1 FR S | Schecter | [118] | ||
James Hetfield | ESP Iron Cross | ESP | 2016–present | [119] | |
ESP Snakebyte | Comes in black satin and camo | [120] [121] | |||
ESP Vulture | 2016–present | [122] | |||
LTD Iron Cross | Available in a left-handed model | [123] [124] | |||
LTD Snakebyte | 2011–present | Available in black satin, camo, and snow white. Also available in a left-handed model in black satin and snow white. | [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] | ||
LTD Vulture | Available in a left-handed model | [130] | |||
James Valentine | Valentine | Music Man | [131] | ||
Jared Dines | Jared Dines StingRay Artist Series | 2020 | [132] | ||
Jared James Nichols | "Gold Glory" Les Paul Custom | Epiphone | [133] | ||
Jason Mraz | JMSM | Taylor | [134] | ||
Javier Reyes | JR-208 | ESP | [135] | ||
JR-608 | [136] | ||||
JR-7 | 2022 | [137] | |||
Jeff Beck | Jeff Beck Stratocaster | Fender | 1991–present | [138] | |
Jeff DaRosa | Alliance Series Jeff DaRosa | Duesenberg | Alliance Series | [139] | |
Jeff Hanneman | JH-600 CTM | ESP | [140] | ||
Jeff Ling | E-II Jeff Ling | [141] | |||
JL-600 | [142] | ||||
Jerry Cantrell | Les Paul Custom Prophecy | Epiphone | [143] | ||
Wino Les Paul Custom | [144] | ||||
Jerry Donahue | V58 Ash Blonde | Vintage | [145] | ||
Jerry Douglas | Jerry Douglas Signature | Beard | [146] | ||
Jerry Douglas Signature Blackbeard | [147] | ||||
Jerry Douglas Signature Limited Edition | [148] | ||||
Jerry Horton | Tempest | Schecter | [149] | ||
Jim Adkins | JA-9 Telecaster Thinline | Fender | Comes in white, natural, and crimson red transparent with an Indian laurel fretboard | [150] | |
Jim Hall | Jim Hall | Sadowsky | [151] | ||
Jim Root | Jazzmaster | Fender | [152] | ||
Jazzmaster V4 | [153] | ||||
Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E | Charvel | 2022 | [154] | ||
Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH FR M | 2022 | [155] | |||
Jim Root Stratocaster | Fender | [156] | |||
Jim Root Telecaster | 2007–present | [157] | |||
Jimmy Bruno | Jimmy Bruno | Sadowsky | 2011 | [158] | |
Jimmy Page | "Number Two" Les Paul | Gibson | 2013 | [159] | |
Joan Jett | Olympic Special | Epiphone | [160] | ||
Joe Bonamassa | "Lazarus" 1959 Les Paul Standard | [161] | |||
Joe Beck | Beck-6 | Cort | 1999 | [162] | |
Beck-Alto | 1999-2002 | [163] | |||
Joe Duplantier | Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH | Charvel | [164] | ||
Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH E | [165] | ||||
Joe Maphis | Mosrite Joe Maphis | Mosrite | [166] | ||
Joe Satriani | JA5 | Ibanez | [167] | ||
JA20 | [168] | ||||
JS1CR | [169] | ||||
JS2GD | [170] | ||||
JS140M | [171] | ||||
JS240PS | [172] | ||||
JS2410 | [173] | ||||
JS2450 | [174] | ||||
Joe Strummer | Campfire Acoustic | Fender | [75] [175] | ||
Joe Walsh | Alliance Series Joe Walsh | Duesenberg | Alliance Series. Available in gold burst and black | [176] | |
Joel Stroetzel | Dellinger-JSM | Caparison | [177] | ||
John 5 | Ghost Telecaster | Fender | 2023 | Red-bound alder body and one-piece maple neck | [178] |
John Jorgenson | JJ325SRC John Jorgenson | Takamine | 12-string version also produced | [179] [180] | |
John Joyce | John Joyce Signature | Aria Pro II | Acoustic guitar | [181] | |
John Lennon | Inspired by John Lennon Casino | Epiphone | 2009–present | [182] | |
John Mayer | Limited Edition Stratocaster | Fender | 2010-2012 | [183] | |
Silver Sky | PRS | 2013–present | [184] | ||
SE Silver Sky | [185] | ||||
John Petrucci | John Petrucci 20th Anniversary | Music Man | 2021 | Available in 7-string | [186] |
John Petrucci BFR | Available in 7-string. Comes in various colours for both | [187] | |||
JP12 | |||||
JP15 | Available in 7-string. Comes in tiger eye flame top, purple nebula flame top, tiger eye quilt top, flame trans black burst, Sahara burst quilt, Sahara burst flame, cerulean paradise flame for both. | [188] | |||
JP16 | |||||
Majesty | Available in 7 and 8-string. Comes in okelani blue, emerald sky, wisteria blossom, and sanguine red. | [189] | |||
Majesty 20th Anniversary | 2021 | Available in 7-string | [190] | ||
Majesty Maple Top | Available in 7 and 8-string. Comes in crystal amethyst and spice melange for all three. | [191] | |||
Monarchy Majesty | [192] | ||||
John Pisano | AR380CE | Eastman | [193] | ||
AR480CE | 30th Anniversary Edition | [194] | |||
AR680CE | [195] | ||||
AR880CE | [196] | ||||
John Verity | V6JV | JHS/FretKing | 2012–present | Comes in blue and candy apple red. | [197] |
Johnny A. | Johnny A. Custom Outfit | Gibson and Epiphone | [198] | ||
Johnny Depp | Alliance Series Johnny Depp | Duesenberg | Alliance Series | [199] | |
Johnny Marr | Johnny Marr Jaguar | Fender | [200] [201] | ||
Jon Gomm | JGM5 | Ibanez | [202] | ||
JGM10 | [75] [203] | ||||
Josh Middleton | JM-II | ESP | [204] | ||
Josh White | Ovation Josh White | Ovation | 1966 | [205] | |
Julian Lage | 470 JL | Collings | [206] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Sanders | Karl Sanders V Floyd Gate of Sethu | Dean | 2020 | [207] | |
Keith Merrow | KM-6 MK-III Artist | Schecter | Available in blue crimson and trans black burst. Available in a left-handed model in blue crimson. | [208] [209] | |
KM-6 Mk-III Hybrid | Available in snow blind and telesto grey. Available in a left-handed model in snow blind. | [210] [211] | |||
KM-6 MK-III Standard | Available in a left-handed model | [212] [213] | |||
KM-7 MK-III Artist | Available in blue crimson and trans black burst. Available in a left-handed version that comes in blue crimson. | [214] [215] | |||
KM-7 Mk-III Hybrid | Available in snowblind and telesto grey. Available in a left-handed model in snowblind. | [216] [217] | |||
KM-7 MK-III Pro USA Signature | Available in blue crimson pearl and trans black pearl | [218] | |||
KM-7 MK-III Stage USA Signature | Available in snowblind white satin pearl and stealth grey satin | [219] | |||
KM-7 MK-III Standard LH | [220] | ||||
KM-7 MK-III Studio USA Signature | Comes in blue crimson pearl and trans black pearl | [221] | |||
Ken Susi | KS M-6 Evertune | ESP | [222] | ||
KS M-7 Evertune | [223] | ||||
Kenny Chesney | KC70 Kenny Chesney Signature | Takamine | [224] | ||
Kenny Hickey | Kenny Hickey C-1 EX S | Schecter | Available in a left-handed model | [225] [226] | |
Kenny Hickey Solo-6 EX S | [227] | ||||
Kent Nishimura | Kent Nishimura - Shima Enaga (KN-SE) | Natasha | 2023 | ||
Kerry King | Kerry King V Black Satin | Dean | [228] [229] | ||
USA Kerry King V Limited Edition | 2020 | 50 produced | [228] [230] | ||
Kirk Hammett | ESP 30th Anniversary KH-3 Spider | ESP | [231] | ||
ESP KH Demonology | [232] | ||||
KH-2 | [233] | ||||
KH-2 Neck Thru Body | [234] | ||||
KH-2 Vintage | [235] | ||||
KH-202 | Available in a left-handed model | [236] [237] | |||
KH-602 | Available in a left-handed model | [238] [239] | |||
KH-WZ | [240] | ||||
LTD 30th Anniversary KH-3 Spider | Available in a left-handed model | [241] [242] | |||
LTD KH Demonology | [243] | ||||
KH "Greeny" Les Paul | Gibson | 2023 - Present | |||
Kurt Cobain | Jag-Stang | Fender | 1996 - 2004 | ||
Kurt Cobain Jaguar | 2011 - Present | Available in three color sunburst | [244] | ||
Kurt Cobain Mustang | 2012 - 2014 | Was available in sonic blue, fiesta red and lake placid blue |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lari Basilio | LB1 | Ibanez | 2021 | Violet color with Seymour Duncan® Lari Basilio S-S-H pickups | [245] |
Larry Coryell | LCS-1 | Cort | [246] | ||
LC2-2 | 2001 | [247] | |||
Lars Frederiksen | Volsung | ESP | [248] | ||
Lee Malia | Explorer Custom Artisan | Epiphone | [249] | ||
Les Paul Custom Artisan | [250] | ||||
RD Custom Artisan | [251] | ||||
Leslie West | USA Leslie West Tattered N Torn TBZ | Dean | 50 produced | [252] | |
Luke Kilpatrick | E-II Luke Kilpatrick | ESP | [253] | ||
LK-600 | [254] | ||||
Lincoln Brewster | Lincoln Brewster Stratocastor | Fender | 2024 | [255] | |
Lzzy Hale | Lzzy Hale Signature Explorerbird | Gibson | [256] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine Gun Kelly | Machine Gun Kelly PT | Shecter | Available in a left-handed model | [257] [258] | |
Malcolm Young | G6131-MY Malcolm Young Signature | Gretsch | [37] | ||
Marco Sfogli | Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSS FR CM QM | Charvel | 2022 | [259] | |
Mark Holcomb | SE Mark Holcomb | PRS | 2013–present | 7 and 8 strings models available | [260] |
SE Mark Holcomb SVN | [261] | ||||
Mark Lettieri | Fiore | [262] | |||
Mark Tremonti | Mark Tremonti Signature | [263] | |||
SE Mark Tremonti | [264] | ||||
SE Mark Tremonti Standard | 2020-present | [265] | |||
Masayoshi Takanaka | SG T | Yamaha | 1998 | Seethrough navy blue colour with gold letters spelling out "TAKANAKA" within the body, three gold palm trees on the body, and one on the headstock. | |
SG T2 | Seethrough red colour, same decals as SG T | ||||
SG-2000MT | Takanaka signature lagoon blue colouration | ||||
Mark Gemini Thwaite | Mark Thwaite Solo-II | Schecter | [266] | ||
Matt Bellamy | Cort MBC-1 Matthew Bellamy Signature | Cort | 2015–present | [267] | |
MB-1 | Manson | [268] [269] | |||
Matt Heafy | Les Paul Custom Nightfall | Epiphone | 7-string model also available | [270] | |
Les Paul Custom Origins | Available in bone white and ebony. Also available in 7-string. | [271] [272] | |||
Les Paul Custom Snofall | 7-string model also available | [270] | |||
Matt "Guitar" Murphy | MGM-1 | Cort | [273] | ||
Mattias Eklundh | Apple Horn 8 EF | Caparison | [274] | ||
Max Cavalera | Max-200 RPR | ESP | [275] | ||
Max Cavalera RPR | [276] | ||||
Michael Amott | USA Tyrant Burgundy/White | Dean | 2019 | [277] | |
Tyrant Tin Man | [278] | ||||
Tyrant X Splatter | [279] | ||||
Michael Angelo Batio | ES Hybrid Series | Sawtooth | Floyd Rose tremolo. Available in left-handed model. Comes in natural flame maple or blood red sparkle. | [280] | |
ES Hybrid Wilkinson | Wilkinson tremolo. Available in left-handed model. Comes in natural flame maple and blood red sparkle. | [280] | |||
ET Hybrid Series | Floyd Rose tremolo. Availale in left-handed model. Comes in spalted maple trans cherry burst and grass stained blue jean | [281] | |||
ET Hybrid Series Wilkinson | Wilkinson tremolo. Availale in left-handed model. Comes in spalted maple trans cherry burst and flame maple blue jean | [282] | |||
Heritage 24 Fret FRX | [283] | ||||
Heritage HM724 7-String | [284] | ||||
Limited Edition Double-Guitar | 2021 | 50 available worldwide | [285] | ||
ST-M24 | Available in satin black with a Wilkinson hardtail bridge. Also available in satin white with a Floyd Rose tremolo | [286] [287] | |||
Michael Romeo | Dellinger Prominence MJR | Caparison | [288] | ||
Midge Ure | V100 Gold Top | Vintage | [289] | ||
Mike Auldridge | Mike Auldridge Signature | Beard | [290] | ||
Mike Campbell | Alliance Series Mike Campbell | Duesenberg | Alliance Series. Available in metallic light blue, metallic green, and metallic red. | [291] | |
Mike Mushok | MMM1 | Ibanez | Discontinued | ||
Mike Schleibaum | MSV-1 | ESP | [292] | ||
Miles Dimitri Baker | Miles Dimitri Baker-6 FR | Schecter | [293] | ||
Miles Dimitri Baker SVSS LH | [294] | ||||
Mille Petrozza | MK-600 | ESP | 2018 | [295] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nancy Wilson | Fanatic | Epiphone | [296] | ||
Neil Westfall | NW-44 | ESP | [297] | ||
Neil Zaza | NZS-1 | Cort | 2001 | [298] | |
Nergal | NS-6 | ESP | [299] | ||
Nick Hipa | Angelus-NH | Caparison | [300] | ||
Nick Johnston | Nick Johnston Signature PT | Schecter | Available in atomic frost, atomic green, atomic ink, and atomic snow | [301] | |
Nick Johnston Traditional | Available in atomic coral, atomic frost, atomic green, atomic ink, atomic orange, and atomic snow | [302] | |||
Nick Johnston Traditional H/S/S | Available in atomic coral, atomic frost, atomic green, atomic ink, atomic orange, and atomic snow. Also available in a left-handed model. Comes in atomic green and atomic orange. | [303] [304] | |||
Nick Johnston Traditional SSS | 2023 | ||||
Nick Johnston Traditional USA Signature | [305] | ||||
Nick Johnston USA Signature | Available in atomic green, atomic snow, and flame top nitro | [306] | |||
Nick Johnston USA Signature Nitro Finisher | [307] | ||||
Nick Lucas | Nick Lucas | Beneteau | In collaboration with Gibson. Based on the Gibson L-100. Available in 12 and 14-fret versions. | [308] | |
Nick Valensi | Riviera P94 | Epiphone | 2007–2011 | Available as an Elitist version in 2006 | [309] |
Nigel Tufnel | Nigel Tufnel Mr. Horsepower Signature Guitar | Music Man | 2001 | 25 produced | [310] |
Nikki Stringfield | A-6 FR S | Schecter | Available in bright red burst and Maiden Mist | [311] | |
Noel Gallagher | Noel Gallagher J-150 | Gibson | [75] [312] | ||
Noel Gallagher Riviera | Epiphone | 2022 | Available in left-handed | [313] | |
Supernova | 1997–2005 | Never played by Noel Gallagher, just for endorsement | [314] | ||
Supernova Union Jack | 1995 | Union Jack flag on the body | [315] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orianthi | Orianthi SJ-200 | Gibson | [75] [316] | ||
Private Stock Orianthi Limited Edition | PRS | 2022 | [317] [318] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Brady | Paul Brady Signature | Lowden | [319] | ||
Paul Dean | Paul Dean Signature | Kramer | 1986-1988 | [320] | |
Paul Gilbert | FRM100 | Ibanez | [321] | ||
Paul Stanley | PS1CM | [322] | |||
PS60 | [323] | ||||
PS10 | [324] | ||||
PS120 | Available in a left-handed model | [325] [326] | |||
PSM10 | [327] | ||||
Paul Wiley | Paul Wiley Noir | Schecter | [328] | ||
Pete Dee | Pete Dee PT | [329] | |||
Pierre Bensusan | Old Lady | Lowden | [330] | ||
Pierre Bensusan Signature | [331] | ||||
Prince | Prince Symbol Purple | Schecter | Schecter Custom Works Master Shop | [332] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Weitzel | Randy Weitzel V-7 FR | Schecter | [333] | ||
Reba Meyers | RM-600 | ESP | [334] | ||
Richard Kruspe | E-II RZK-I Burnt | ESP | [335] | ||
E-II RZK-II Burnt | [336] | ||||
ESP RZK-II Burnt | [337] | ||||
Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson Signature | Lowden | [338] | ||
Richie Sambora | Richie Sambora Signature | Kramer | 1987-1991 2004 (re-issue) | Also known as "Jersey Star" | [339] |
Rick Beato | Rick Beato Signature Les Paul Special DC | Gibson | [340] | ||
Rick Graham | MJ DK24 SPT CM | Charvel | [341] | ||
Rob Scallon | C-1 Rob Scallon | Schecter | 2022 | Available in a left-handed model | [342] [343] [344] |
C-7 Multiscale Rob Scallon | [342] [343] [345] | ||||
C-8 Multiscale Rob Scallon | [342] [343] [346] | ||||
Robin Zander | Robin Zander Corsair | [347] | |||
Robert Smith | Robert Smith RS-1000 Busker Acoustic | [348] | |||
Robert Smith RS-1000 Stage Acoustic | [349] | ||||
Robert Smith Signature Jazzmaster | Fender | ||||
Robert Smith UltraCure | Schecter | [350] | |||
Robert Smith UltraCure 40th Anniversary | [351] | ||||
Robert Smith UltraCure VI | [352] | ||||
Robert Smith UltraCure XII | [353] | ||||
Ronnie Wood | ESP Ron Wood | ESP | [354] | ||
LTD Ron Wood | [355] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
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Sammy Duet | SD-2 | ESP | 2022 | [356] | |
Satchel | Pro-Mod DK22 HH FR M | Charvel | [357] | ||
Sean Long | Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH HT M | [358] | |||
Sin Quirin | Sin Quirin V-1 | Schecter | [359] | ||
Slash | Firebird | Gibson and Epiphone | 2015-2017 | [360] | |
J-45 | 2019–present | Available in November burst and vermilion burst | [75] [361] | ||
Snakepit Les Paul | 1997-2000 | ||||
Slash Les Paul Goldtop | 2008 | ||||
Slash Les Paul Standard | 2018–present | Available in November Burst and Appetite Burst | |||
1966 EDS-1275 Double Neck | 2019 | Only 125 made | [362] | ||
AFD Les Paul Special II | Epiphone | 2014–present | |||
St. Vincent | St. Vincent HHH | Music Man | [363] | ||
Stephen Carpenter | SC-20 | ESP | Available in a left-handed model | [364] [365] | |
SC-600 | 2003 | [366] | |||
SC-607 | |||||
SC-607B | 2018, 2020 | Bartione guitar that comes in green sparkle, red sparkle, and purple satin | [367] [368] [369] | ||
SC-608 | |||||
SC-608B | Baritone | [370] | |||
STEF B-7 | |||||
STEF B-8 | [371] | ||||
STEF-T7B | [372] | ||||
Stephen Carpenter Signature | 1999 | [373] | |||
Steve Howe | ES-175 | Gibson | 2002 | [374] | |
Steve Lukather | LIII HSS | Music Man | [375] | ||
LK100D | [376] | ||||
Luke | [377] | ||||
RS1010SL | Ibanez | [378] | |||
Steve Lukather Signature Series | Valley Arts | [379] | |||
Steve Morse | Steve Morse | Music Man | [380] | ||
SM-Y2D | [381] | ||||
Steve Ripley | Ripley | Kramer | 1985-1987 | [382] | |
Steve Vai | EP5 | Ibanez | [383] | ||
JEM555 | 1994-2015 | Came in black and white | [384] | ||
JEM7BSB | 1996-1998 | Burnt stained blue | [385] | ||
JEM7D | 2004–present | [386] | |||
JEM7V | 1993 | [387] | |||
JEM7VP | [388] | ||||
JEM77FP | 1988-2004 | Floral pattern | [389] | ||
JEM77 GMC | 1992-1994 | Green multi-colour | [390] | ||
JEM77P | 1991-1996 2011 (re-issue) | [391] [392] | |||
JEM77 PMC | 1991-1992 | Purple multi-color | [393] | ||
JEM777B | 2005 | [394] | |||
JEM777DY | 1987-1996 | [395] | |||
JEM777 V | 1994 | [396] | |||
JEMJR | Available in black and white | [397] | |||
JEMJRL | [398] | ||||
PIA3761 | 2020–present | Available in onyx black and stallion white | [399] | ||
PIA3761C | 2020–present | [400] | |||
UV7 | 1990-1998 | 7-string | [401] | ||
UV7 P | 1994 | 7-string | [402] | ||
UV70P | [403] | ||||
UV77 | 1990-1993 | 7-string | [404] | ||
UV77PSN 25th Anniversary Passion & Warfare | 2016 | [405] | |||
UV77RE 20th Anniversary Steve Vai Signature | 2010 | Limited edition to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the UV77. Only 100 produced. | [406] | ||
UV777 | 1990 | Variant of the UV7. 7-string. | [407] [408] | ||
Stevie Ray Vaughan | Limited Edition Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat | Fender | 30 produced | [409] | |
Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster | 1992–present | [410] | |||
Sungha Jung | Sungha Jung Signature | Lakewood | Grand concert model in the natural series with cutaway and pickup system | [411] | |
Synyster Gates | Synyster Custom HT | Schecter | [412] | ||
Synyster Custom S | Available in gloss black with gold pinstripes, gloss black with silver pinstripes, and satin gold burst. Also available in a left-handed model. Colours for the left-handed are gloss black with gold pinstripes and satin gold burst. | [413] [414] | |||
Synyster Gates FR USA Signature | [415] | ||||
Synyster Gates FR QM USA Signature | [416] | ||||
Synyster Gates FR-S USA Signature | [417] | ||||
Synyster Standard | Available in gloss black with silver pinstripes and gloss white with silver pinstripes. | [418] | |||
Synyster Standard HT | [419] | ||||
Synyster Gates 'SYN GA SC' Acoustic | [420] | ||||
Synyster Gates 'SYN J' Acoustic | [421] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[422] | |||||
TSBTe | [423] | ||||
Ted Aguilar | Ted-600T | ESP | [424] | ||
Thomas Blug | V6 Distressed Vintage White | Vintage | [425] | ||
V6 Summer of Love | [426] | ||||
Thomas Leeb | Thomas Leeb Signature | Lowden | [427] | ||
Tim Armstrong | Hellcat | Fender | Available in 12-string and left-handed models | [428] [429] [430] | |
Tim Lerch | TLTX Chubby | Mike Lull | [431] | ||
Tim Henson | THBB10 Tim Henson Signature | Ibanez | [267] | ||
TOD10N Tim Henson Signature | [432] | ||||
Toby Keith | EF250TK Toby Keith Signature | Takamine | [433] | ||
Todd Kerns | Antistar VI | Prestige | Available in black and white | [434] | |
Tom Bukovac | The Session Man | Duesenberg | Alliance Series | [435] | |
Tom DeLonge | ES-333 | Gibson and Epiphone | |||
Standard 70's Stratocaster | Fender and Squier | Discontinued | [436] | ||
Tommy Thayer | "Electric Blue" Les Paul | Epiphone | [437] | ||
Tommy Victor | Tommy Victor Devil-FR | Schecter | [438] | ||
Tony McManus | Tony McManus Private Stock | PRS | [439] | ||
Tracii Guns | Gunstar Voyager | Kramer | [440] | ||
Tyler Bryant | Limited Edition Tyler Bryant "Pinky" Stratocaster Relic | Fender Custom Shop | [441] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uli Jon Roth | Dolphin | Sky | 1983–present | Prototype for all Sky guitars. Part of the Classic Series. | [442] |
Emperor | 1987–present | The original Emperor was built in 1987. The replica is part of the Classic Series. | [443] | ||
Excalibur | 2018 | Galaxy Dragon Series | [444] | ||
Infinity Sky | [445] | ||||
Lionheart | Lionheart Sky Series. Available in 7-string. | [446] [447] | |||
Mighty Wing | Classic Series | [448] | |||
Rembrant Sky | Classic Series. 7-string. | [449] | |||
Sunrise Elite | Sky Elite Series. Available in 7-string | [450] [451] | |||
Ulli Bögershausen | Ulli Bögershausen Signature | Lakewood | Grand concert model with cutaway and pickup system | [452] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vivian Campbell | NightSwan | Kramer | 1987 | [453] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Becker | Walter Becker Signature | Sadowsky | [454] | ||
Warren DeMartini | Pro-Mod Blood and Skull | Charvel | [455] | ||
Pro-Mod Snake | [456] | ||||
USA Signature Frenchie | [457] | ||||
USA Signature Snake | [458] | ||||
USA Signature San Dimas | [459] | ||||
Wayne Hussey | Wayne Hussey Corsair-12 | Schecter | 12-string | [460] | |
Will Adler | WA-Warbird | ESP | [461] | ||
Warbird Distressed | [462] | ||||
Wolfgang Van Halen | SA-126 | 2022–present | January 26 is Eddie Van Halen's birthday | [463] |
Artist | Model | Company | Production lifetime | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zach Myers | SE Zach Myers | PRS | [464] | ||
Zacky Vengeance | Zacky Vengeance 6661 | Schecter | Available in left-handed models | [465] [466] | |
Zacky Vengeance Custom Reissue | [467] [468] | ||||
Zacky Vengeance ZV 6661 LH | [469] |
Frank Bello is an American musician who plays bass for the thrash metal band Anthrax. Bello was also in Helmet from 2004 to 2005.
ESP Company, Limited is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses. They are based in both Tokyo and Los Angeles, with distinct product lines for each market. ESP Company manufactures instruments under several names, including "ESP Standard", "ESP Custom Shop", "LTD Guitars and Basses", "Navigator", "Edwards Guitars and Basses", and "Grassroots".
The Bigsby vibrato tailpiece is a type of mechanical vibrato device for electric guitar designed by Paul Bigsby and produced by the Bigsby Electric Guitar Company. The device allows musicians to bend the pitch of notes or entire chords with their pick hand for various effects.
The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Schecter, Jerry Jones Guitars, Burns London and many other companies have produced electric baritone guitars since the 1960s, although always in small numbers due to low popularity. Tacoma, Santa Cruz, Taylor, Martin, Alvarez Guitars and others have made acoustic baritone guitars.
Superstrat is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style. Differences typically include more pointed, aggressive-looking body and neck shapes with increased cutaways to facilitate access to the higher frets, an increased number of frets on the fingerboard, a contoured heel at the neck joint facilitating easier higher fret access, the usage of humbucking pickups, and locking vibrato systems, most commonly the Floyd Rose.
Jackson is a brand of guitars sold by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Jackson was originally an independent manufacturer of electric guitars and electric bass guitars named after its founder, the American luthier Grover Jackson. The company was acquired by Fender in 2002, which manufactures Jackson-branded guitars in its Corona, California, US and Ensenada, Mexico facilities. Low-priced "budget" models are produced by sub-contractors in Indonesia and China.
Charvel is a brand of electric guitars founded in the 1970s by Wayne Charvel in Azusa, California and originally headquartered in Glendora, California. Since 2002, Charvel has been under the ownership of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
Brian Elwin Haner Jr., better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. 9 on Guitar World's best metal guitarists of all time. Gates was voted as Best Metal Guitarist in the World by Total Guitar in 2016 and once again in 2017.
James Donald Root is an American guitarist. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for rock band Stone Sour.
A headstock or peghead is part of a guitar or similar stringed instruments such as a lute, mandolin, banjo, ukulele and others of the lute lineage. The main function of a headstock is to house the tuning pegs or other mechanism that holds the strings at the "head" of the instrument; it corresponds to a pegbox in the violin family. At the "tail" of the instrument the strings are usually held by a tailpiece or bridge. Machine heads on the headstock are commonly used to tune the instrument by adjusting the tension of strings and, consequently, the pitch of sound they produce.
The EMG 85 is a popular active humbucker guitar pickup manufactured by EMG, Inc. It is paired with the 81 in the Zakk Wylde signature EMG set. It was originally designed to be used in the bridge position but is typically installed in the neck position by modern guitar producers.
Schecter Guitar Research, commonly known simply as Schecter, is an American manufacturing company founded in 1976 by David Schecter, which originally produced only replacement parts for existing guitars from manufacturers such as Fender and Gibson.
The EMG 81 is a popular active humbucker guitar pickup manufactured by EMG, Inc. It is usually considered a lead pickup for use in the bridge position, paired with EMG's 85 as a rhythm pickup in neck position. It's not uncommon, however, to see a guitar with two EMG 81s in both bridge and neck positions.
The Frankenstrat, also known as "Frankie", is a guitar created by Eddie Van Halen. Its name is a portmanteau of Frankenstein, the fictional doctor who created a monster by combining body parts of the recently deceased, and the Stratocaster, a model of electric guitar made by Fender.
The star is a body shape of solid body electric guitar, particularly favoured for heavy metal music. It blends some features of the Gibson Flying V and Gibson Explorer, both of them much older designs.