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Julian Cope| width 20 % | align right -RCB- -RCB- In 1983 Cope began recording the songs for his first solo album, World Shut Your Mouth.
Scott JoplinWhile Joplin never made an audio recording, his playing is preserved on seven piano roll s for use in mechanical player piano s. All seven were made in 1916.
Jeff BeckIn 2007, Fender created a Custom Shop Tribute series version of his beat-up Fender Esquire as well as his Artist Signature series Stratocaster.
Bill BrufordHe recorded Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair with them, moving to a kit of both acoustic and electronic drums and using his renowned polyrhythmic style, before they disbanded again in 1984.
Lee RanaldoSince Ranaldo and Moore, together with Elvis Costello and J. Mascis, are known for being key figures in the popularisation and resurrection of the Fender Jazzmaster, Fender introduced in 2009 a special Lee Ranaldo signature edition of a transparent blue version, together with a transparent green one for Thurston.
Uli Jon RothIn 2011, Dean Guitars produced 25 Custom Sky Guitars based on Roth's custom models, with six and seven strings.
Adam Jones (musician)In the April 2006 edition of Guitar World magazine, Jones revealed that he used the Gig-FX Chopper Effects Pedal.
Eric JohnsonThis was followed up in early 2009 when Fender released the Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster Rosewood model, featuring the same specifications as the Eric Johnson Maple Neck guitar, with the addition of an unusual 3-ply, 8-hole white pick guard, hotter treble pickup and a bound rosewood laminate fingerboard with pearloid dot position marker s. Johnson has also released other signature gear such as GHS Eric Johnson Nickel Rockers Electric Guitar Strings, DiMarzio DP211 Eric Johnson Signature Custom Pickups, and a Fullton-Webb amplifier.
Brendon SmallIn early 2011, Small introduced the Dethklok'' Thunderhorse'' Explorer from Gibson, a guitar made to his own specifications, and modeled after Skwisgaar's Gibson Explorer.
Alcides LanzaIn 1965 Alcides Lanza purchased several Super Ball s as toys for his son and soon experimented with the sounds they made when rubbed along the frame or strings of a piano.
Ellery EskelinIn addition to entirely revamping his approach to the saxophone the process proved to be a catalyst for musical ideas that Eskelin further developed and applied to his compositions for the group he formed in 1994,'' Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black''.
Chuck SchuldinerDuring the (In) Human Tour of the World (1991 -- 92), Schuldiner briefly endorsed a small Wisconsin custom guitar company called Axtra, who worked with him on designs, though he still insisted on using his BC Rich during filming of the Lack of Comprehension video in September 1991 in Orlando.
Hedley JonesThe Jones model High-Fidelity audio amplifier of 1947 was designed to perform the function of reproduction of the full audio spectrum ; and that was the model Tom Wong acquired and named a Sound System.
Christopher Jones (biologist)In 2000, with co-inventors Erik Westerman and Ozzie Johnston (son of The Beach Boys legend Bruce Johnston), Jones invented BUYTV the first mechanism to allow cable viewers to purchase goods and services through their television set, using a set top box.
Patrick StumpOn February 1, 2009, Gretsch released the G5135CVT-PS Patrick Vaughn Stump Signature Series'' STUMP-O-MATIC'' Electromatic ® CVT, based on their model body with personal stylings by Patrick Stump such as a'' kill switch'' and stripes.
Robin FinckAxl Rose has described him as leading'' one of the most different lives I know of starting with the trapeze in his backyard to the tv in his closet'' Finck is closely associated with Gibson Les Paul guitars and uses different versions of the guitar that are built from a variety of woods and equipped with numerous pickup combinations (in 2006 he was photographed at the New York City Gibson Guitar showroom collecting a Custom Les Paul Standard'58 Reissue for use on tour with Guns N' Roses).
Tak MatsumotoTak was given his own Signature Model Les Paul from Gibson in 1999.
Geddy LeeThis signature model is a recreation of Lee's favourite bass, a 1972 Fender Jazz that he bought in a pawn shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
James BurtonWhile touring with Denver, Burton carried several instruments, including backup Dobro s and a spare 1969 Pink Paisley Fender Telecaster he had used as a touring guitarist with Elvis Presley during the 1970s.
Tom PettyFor acoustic guitars, Petty has had a signature C. F. Martin HD-40, and has written virtually all of his songs on a Gibson Dove acoustic saved from his 1987 house fire.
Bob McHughHe currently teaches violin, drums, flute, sax, clarinet, bass, cello, tuba, and trumpet at Lester C. Noecker School in Roseland, New Jersey where he received the role model of the year in 2012 and is the director of the West Essex Youth Jazz Band.
Lloyd LoarAlthough none of Loar's original electric instruments appear to have been preserved, Walter A Fuller, who joined Gibson in 1933 and later became Gibson's chief electronic engineer, found some of Loar's original devices when he first set up his R&D lab in the mid-1930s.
Roy SmeckHe also appeared with Columbo in That Goes Double (1933), which featured Smeck on a screen divided into four parts, simultaneously playing steel guitar, tenor banjo, ukulele, and six-string guitar.
Klaus MeineIn 2008, Dommenget released a Klaus Meine signature guitar that was given to him on his 60th birthday.
Big Bill BroonzyIn 1937, he began playing with pianist Joshua Altheimer, recording and performing using a small instrumental group, including'' traps'' (drums) and double bass as well as one or more melody instruments (horns and/or harmonica).
Travis Smith (musician)Since January 2007 Smith has used Aquarian drumheads - Texture Coated on the tom batters, Hi-Frequency Black heads on the resonant sides and Superkick II drumheads on the bass drum batters.
Dave NavarroSince late 2008, Dave's been seen using live and in studio a custom white Ibanez RG, with a humbucker/single/single pickup layout, gold hardware, and a vintage style tremolo... essentially an Ibanez version of his PRS Guitars Signature Model.
Fred FrithFrith told Down Beat magazine in 1983 :'' It was the one and only guitar that he ever built... he constructed it mainly out of old pieces from other guitars that I had, and for the body I think he used an old door.''
Cliff Burton Bass Guitars Amplifiers Effects Strings On January 2013, Aria guitars (whose Aria Pro was one of the instruments Cliff used most) revealed through Metallica's official website that they would be releasing a replica of Cliff's bass, called the Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass.
Pete McKeeIn 2007 McKee was commissioned by Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher to paint him as part of Gibson Guitar's `` Guitar Town'' show.
Scott GorhamHe then bought a'59 Les Paul in Boston, which became his main guitar until Thin Lizzy broke up in 1984.
Kirk HammettFor the recording of Metallica's third album, Master of Puppets (1986), he and James Hetfield bought a Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC + amplifier, and used Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier heads.
Siouxsie SiouxIndian tabla player Talvin Singh (who was later Björk's percussionist on her 1993's Debut album) took part in the session and provided vocals for the bridge.
Josh Klinghoffer ; with Bob Forrest ; with Dot Hacker ; with Golden Shoulders ; with John Frusciante ; with Red Hot Chili Peppers ; Other appearances as per Rig Rundown for the 2012 I'm With You tour : Uses a three-amp setup : Over 30 different pedals including : Klinghoffer makes use of a Bright Onion Pedals switcher to bypass entire boards or individual pedals in case of problems.
Julian LennonJohn Lennon bought him a Gibson Les Paul guitar and a drum machine for Christmas 1973, and encouraged his interest in music by showing him some chords.
Ron Asheton Niagara (artist) | Niagara and unidentified drummer, Destroy All Monsters, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Spring of 1982 Asheton mainly relied on simple setups with very few effect pedals.
Van Shipley He designed his own electric eight string steel guitar in the 1940's.
Neil PeartDuring the 2010 Time Machine Tour Peart used a new DW kit which was outfitted with copper-plated hardware and time machine designs to match the tour's steampunk themes.
Al Di MeolaBut in 2006 he rediscovered his love of the electric guitar, and the DVD of his concert at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival 2006 bears the subtitle Return to Electric Guitar.
Eric JohnsonHis instructional guitar DVD, The Art of Guitar (Hal Leonard Corporation), was also released at the end of 2005.
Jimi HendrixMayer first introduced him to the Octavia, an octave doubling effect pedal, in December 1966, and he first recorded with the effect during the guitar solo to'' Purple Haze''.
DonovanAccording to a 1968 Paul McCartney interview with Radio Luxembourg, it was during this time that Donovan taught Lennon and McCartney various finger-picking guitar styles including the clawhammer style, which he had learned from his St Albans friend, Mac MacLeod.
McCoy TynerTrident (1975) is notable for featuring Tyner on harpsichord (rarely heard in jazz) and celeste, in addition to his primary instrument, piano.
Ritchie BlackmoreIn the 1970s, Blackmore used a number of different Stratocasters ; one of his main guitars was an Olympic white 1974 model with a rosewood fingerboard that was scalloped.
John Sykes In 2006 Gibson Guitars began producing an'' Inspired By'' Gibson Les Paul which was modeled after Sykes' 1970s-era Les Paul Custom.
Mick Mars A detailed gear diagram of Mick Mars 1995 Mötley Crüe guitar rig is well-documented.
Carlos SantanaIn 1988 he began using the PRS Guitars Santana signature model, which he has used through its various iterations ever since (see below).
Christophe GodinIn the meantime, Christophe, who's been a teacher at the E. T. M. of Geneva, Switzerland, since 1994 acquired a solid pedagogue reputation with the release of an instructional video (Heavy metal : les techniques) and the multitude of articles he wrote for dozens of guitar magazines.
Brent FischerBorn into a music-infused environment ('' When I was two years old, I used to lie underneath our grand piano with our dog while he was practicing or composing''), Brent quickly displayed an interest in, and affinity for, his father's calling, and the wholehearted support afforded his youthful explorations --'' I was playing on cardboard boxes when I was three years old ; he got me my first drum set when I was six'' -- reaped early dividends for both father and son, as recalled in an interview recorded shortly after Dr. Fischer's death in January 2012 : I got interested in electric bass when I was 14 and he got me an instrument.
Chad Taylor Taylor's equipment was listed in a September 2010 interview with Guitar Edge magazine.
Wes PaulWes had an early interest in music and in 1955 purchased his first guitar for # 5 at Gerry Allan's record shop in Lodge Lane.
Jaki ByardA 1968 review of a Byard concert reported that his alto saxophone playing was'' in a manner rooted in the bop era'', and that he occasionally accompanied himself,'' saxophone with his left hand, piano with his right''.
Tico Torres Tico is an endorser of DW Drums and hardware since 2013, previously he was endorsed by Pearl Drums.
Bill KelliherHe used other Les Paul Customs in Ebony and Alpine White during the band's 2009 tour with Dethklok.
John Birch (luthier)Colin Gibb, from ` Black Lace' who had been a great lover of ` custom' guitars, and a great admirer of John Birch guitars (having borrowed one for the ` Superman' video) commissioned the company to build an 8-String bass, in 2001.
Graham Clarke (musician)thumb | right | Graham Clarke performing in Bedford (town), New York | Bedford, NY in 2003 holding his guitar, Cinnamon Clarke plays Ovation guitars almost exclusively.
George Barnes (musician)In a review of the album Do n't Get Around Much Anymore (material from a 1977 Concord, California concert that was recorded a little more than a month before Barnes' sudden death at the age of 56), Jim Ferguson wrote :'' Often overlooked in a sea of more modern-sounding, bebop-oriented guitarists, George Barnes could swing like mad and spin out intricate, frequently bluesy phrases with awesome precision and musicality... From start to finish, this well-recorded performance demonstrates the qualities that qualify Barnes for a position among the most elite players in the annals of jazz guitar.''
Jos? MojicaIt is interesting to note that these recordings made by Mojica were originally Edison Diamond Discs, His popular musical recordings show an attractive lyric voice often used with skill and imagination in songs such as Júrame, composed by María Grever, which was released by Victor in 1927.
Lee RitenourIn June 2010, in order to celebrate his fifty years as a guitarist, Lee Ritenour released the album 6 String Theory (in reference to 6 musical areas covered by the use of guitar).
Marc RizzoA signature 7 string Stealth model has been built for him and made available for to the public as an import model in 2010.
CherThe 1998 song'' Believe'' has an electronic vocal effect proposed by Cher, and was the first commercial recording to feature Auto-Tune -- an audio processor originally intended to disguise or correct off-key inaccuracies in vocal music recordings -- as a deliberate creative effect.
Mike McCreadyThis list includes his current setup : ; Pedalboard ; Amplification A detailed gear diagram of Mike McCready's 1997 Pearl Jam guitar rig is well-documented.
Bonnie McKee Following her release from Reprise Records, McKee spent many hours in the recording studio, learning how to use Pro Tools and crafting new songs.
George Barnes (musician)He also produced the first guitar course offered on cassette tape, The Great George Barnes Guitar Course, published in 1970 by Prentice Hall.
Astor PiazzollaIn 1975 he set up his Electronic Octet an octet made up of bandoneon, electric piano and/or acoustic piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, synthesizer and violin, which was later replaced by a flute or saxophone.
Ringo StarrIn September 1980, Lennon told Rolling Stone : In his extensive survey of the Beatles' recording sessions, historian Mark Lewisohn confirmed that Starr was both proficient and remarkably reliable and consistent.
Brian JonesFrom late 1965 until his death, Jones used Gibson models (various Firebirds, ES-330, and a Les Paul model), as well as two Rickenbacker 12-string models.
Pete TownshendBy 1970, Gibson changed the design of the SG Special which Townshend had been using previously, and thus he began using other guitars.
Steve Harris (musician)Entirely self-taught, his first bass was a copy of a Fender Precision model which cost him # 40 in 1971.
Tom PaxtonIn 2004, the Martin Guitar Company introduced the HD-40LSH Tom Paxton Signature Edition acoustic guitar in his honor.
Bootsy CollinsIn 2006 Collins made an agreement with Traben to make a signature Bootsy Collins model bass called the'' Bootzilla''.
Gus G A detailed gear diagram of Gus G's 2011 Ozzy Osbourne guitar rig is well-documented.
Varg VikernesVikernes has stated that for the recording of these early albums he used an old Westone guitar, bought in 1987 from an acquaintance.
Jeff MangumA year of intensive songwriting (some of it accomplished, according to Mangum, while he was living in a haunted closet) and recording in Denver, Colorado with Robert Schneider at his Pet Sounds Recording Studio resulted in his debut album, On Avery Island, released in 1996, consisting mostly of Schneider and Mangum playing with friends.
Ty BurhoeSince 1995, Ty has served as Zakir Hussain's tour assistant as well as the designer for his custom drums and drum racks which Zakir uses for his tours with Shakti, Masters of Percussion, Mickey Hart & Planet Drum, Charles Lloyd Trio and Lines Ballet collaborations.
Tom WaitsThe album Blue Valentine (1978) displayed Waits's biggest musical departure to date, with much more focus on electric guitar and keyboards than on previous albums and hardly any strings (with the exception of album-opener'' Somewhere'' -- a cover of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story -- and'' Kentucky Avenue'') for a darker, more blues-oriented sound.
Gary Louris A 1967 Gibson SG guitar -- shown in the picture -- reputed to have been formerly owned by lead guitarist John King of The Litter is now owned and frequently used by Gary Louris of the Jayhawks and Golden Smog.
Ernie IsleyHe played electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and drums on the group's early 1970s' albums Get Into Something, Givin' It Back, and Brother, Brother, Brother, before fully joining The Isley Brothers in 1973, becoming a multi-instrumentalist playing acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums and percussion.
Brian Robertson Robertson is often associated with the Black 1960 Les Paul Custom, with white/parchment (rather than black) coloured pick guard, featured in photographs on the Live and Dangerous album and subsequent video.
Geddy LeeAs of 1996, Lee no longer uses traditional bass amplifiers on stage, and prefers to have the bass guitar signals input directly to the venue's front-of-house console, to improve control and balance of sound reinforcement during live concerts.
Josh WhiteOn the last page of'' Josh White Guitar Method'' (printed 1956) there is a photo of this Zenith Josh White signature guitar and some text about it.
Courtney PinePine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and keyboard s. On his 2011 album, Europa, he plays almost exclusively bass clarinet.
Scott GorhamNowadays, Gorham uses a Fender Stratocaster guitar with 100-watt 1970's modded Marshall Amplifiers. -RCB- -RCB-
Lee RanaldoIn 2007 Yuri Landman built for Ranaldo the Moonlander, a biheaded electric guitar with 18 strings : 6 normal strings and 12 sympathetic strings.
Lee RitenourIn other instances on these albums, clean sounds were heard coming from his Gibson L5 and classical acoustic guitars (he played his classical acoustic guitars almost exclusively on his album Rio in 1979).
Uwe SchmidtUwe Schmidt, apart from his monthly release on Rather Interesting, continued recording with Tetsu Inoue (Datacide), Pete Namlook (Jet Chamber) and Victor Sol (+ N) during 1994.
Paul Kordacom, 2003 (Paul Korda : songwriting, instruments, production, album artwork).
Jim LeaAfter that bass was stolen in 1976 from the John Birch workshop, Lea's main bass was a very similarly-styled custom-made sunburst John Birch bass, given as a replacement.
John CardielAs of February 2013, Cardiel owns and operates a business named'' Break Free Customs'' that primarily sells custom bikes -- built by Cardiel himself -- in addition to skateboard decks, stickers, and shirts.
Nikki SixxIn 2008, Gibson announced a' limited run' new Nikki Sixx signature bass.
David Lindley (musician)He has mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to Lindley, not as a multi-instrumentalist, but instead as a'' maxi-instrumentalist'' in a cover story about his career to date in 2005.
Jimmy GiuffreIn 1961, Giuffre formed a new trio with piano player Paul Bley and Steve Swallow on double bass, and also began to focus his attention largely on the clarinet.
Gary MooreOn this tribute album, Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac.
Gus GWhile playing with Ozzy Osbourne during the Blizzcon 2009 closing ceremony, he could be seen playing two ESP Eclipse II guitars, one in Amber Cherry Sunburst tuned to Standard D, and another one in Vintage Black, tuned to Dropped C.
Clint LoweryHe also unveiled in June 2013 a signature guitar for Paul Reed Smith, the PRS SE Clint Lowery.
Dean Brown (guitarist)As an educator Dean has also released an instructional/live DVD with Hal Leonard for Musicians Institute titled'' Modern Techniques for the Electric Guitarist'' (2008) and has had several articles in Guitar Player and Guitar World magazines.
Joey CastilloJosh Homme of -LSB- -LSB- Queens of the Stone Age performing at the Southside Festival near Tuttlingen, southern Germany, June 24, 2007 -RSB- -RSB- Castillo uses DW drums with acrylic OCDP shells, DW pedals and hardware, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and LP equipment.
Tom Johnston (musician)He also relies upon a 2008 PRS Custom 24 as a touring backup for his primary PRS.
Derek Bailey (guitarist)Throughout both his commercial and improvising careers his principal'' working guitar'' was a 1963 Gibson ES 175 model, serial number 120592.
Leila ArabHer song'' Underwaters'' is the track on the 2011 Avios advert with the flying electrical equipment.