Slash’s Favorite Gibson Isn’t Real — but It’s Still Awesome

Slash. The iconic guitarist of Guns N’ Roses. Inventor of perhaps the best guitar lick of all time: the intro to Sweet Child o’ Mine.

His image is as unmistakable as his playing: long, curly hair, top hat, and shades, with a Gibson slung across his shoulder.

Slash rocking out on a Gibson Les Paul (Picture byI Do Shows(Scott Penner), CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

But what if I told you his main guitar wasn’t a Gibson at all, but a copy?