This is what Wiki contributors credited guitars played the Keith, Brian, Ron, and Mick Taylor. How is the accuracy?

Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - used Les Pauls, SGs, Flying Vs and Firebirds in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Richards purchased a 1959 Les Paul during a Rolling Stones U.S tour in mid 1964. The guitar, modified with a Bigsby tailpiece, was the first "star owned" Les Paul in Britain and would remain as the guitarists main instrument from 1964 to 1967. The 1959 went up for auction in 2004 from Christie's Auction House in England with a starting price of $400,000 but remained unsold. Along with the 1959 model Richards also used a 1957 Les Paul Custom model as one of his main stage guitars from 1967 through the end of the Stones' 1972 world tour. The guitar had a psychedelic rainbow stripes handpainted by Richards himself. Richards continued with sporadic use of the different Les Paul models through the remainder of the 1970s and was featured on the cover of the 1975 Gibson catalog playing a newer model Les Paul Custom. The guitarist also used a 1959 TV yellow Les Paul Junior as one of his main stage guitars through most of the 1970s and early 1980s. Richards currently uses an ebony ES-355 as his main stage and studio guitar and also uses Hummingbirds and J-200s as his preferred choice for acoustic models.

(Jimmy Page also owned a modified 1960 Les Paul Custom "Black Beauty" with a Bigsby Tailpiece and a 3-pickup configuration, a gift from Keith Richards.This guitar was stolen in 1970 and never recovered.)

Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones)- used various Les Paul and SG models throughout his career. Also made occasional use of a Firebird. His first Les Paul was bought (from Selmer's, London in 1965) when he was playing with The Gods. He acquired his second Les Paul after he joined The Bluesbreakers, it was sold to him in 1967 by Keith Richards at Olympic Studios. This 1959 sunburst Les Paul with Bigsby tailpiece was stolen in the South of France in 1971 during the recording of Exile on Main Street. On the 1972/1973 Rolling Stones tours he used a sunburst Les Paul without a Bigsby. Taylor still uses a Les Paul during live performances.

Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) - used an ES-330, a 1956 Les Paul Goldtop and various Firebirds both reverse and non-reverse.

Ron Wood (The Faces/The Rolling Stones) - has a Signature J-200 acoustic. uses a black Les Paul Standard and a custom-built single-pickup L-5S. He also endorsed the S-1 guitar in the 70s.

>> Richards purchased a 1959 Les Paul during a Rolling Stones U.S tour in mid 1964. <<

this doesn't seem right: it first turns up in footage/photos in autumn 1964,
so that's probably when he bought it, and apparently it was bought at Selmers in London, not the States.
there was a whole discussion of this a few months ago, including photos of it with the previous owner
who had traded it in at Selmers for a Gretsch or something.

>> featured on the cover of the 1975 Gibson catalog playing a newer model Les Paul Custom <<

erk: isn't that a 1954 model - a bona fide Black Beauty - he's got on the cover of that catalog?!

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with sssoul
>> featured on the cover of the 1975 Gibson catalog playing a newer model Les Paul Custom <<

erk: isn't that a 1954 model - a bona fide Black Beauty - he's got on the cover of that catalog?!

Most definitely!

>> The guitarist also used a 1959 TV yellow Les Paul Junior as one of his main stage guitars
through most of the 1970s and early 1980s. <<

also wrong - the yellow one turns up in 79, to replace that pretty dark-red one he had earlier;
and calling it a "main stage guitar" ... well, yeah in terms of sticking around for decades
even though he only uses it for max two numbers per show! he uses it still.

they've also left out some unpainted black LP Customs, his Goldtop, his pre-58 LP Juniors,
that LP TV Special he used for Beast of Burden in 78 and a bunch of his ES models.

wtf is the url for this ill-informed wiki page?
they've left out some of Ronnie's Gibsons too.



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Keith and Ron would be in tears (or worse) if they could only keep the Gibson's that wikipedia cite.

How about offering wiki a link to the Ratbag boogie?

Unfortunately, wikipedia as an open source is one big failure.

Mathijs

your old site was good for awhile. a shame it isn't up.

htttp://www.last.fm/user/rocknrollcola

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The Sicilian
Richards purchased a 1959 Les Paul during a Rolling Stones U.S tour in mid 1964. The guitar, modified with a Bigsby tailpiece, was the first "star owned" Les Paul in Britain and would remain as the guitarists main instrument from 1964 to 1967. The 1959 went up for auction in 2004 from Christie's Auction House in England with a starting price of $400,000 but remained unsold.

I spoke with the guy who has /had this guitar a few years ago. He was selling it for $500k. He faxed me specs and a bunch of pics. He also claimed this guitar was used on Satisfaction, but I'm not sure if that is accurate.

Images from [www.vintageguitars.org.uk]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008-01-23 05:27 by schillid.