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Joe Perry of Aerosmith plays his "Billie" Custom Gibson
Joe Perry on how the most romantic thing he has ever done involved a custom-painted guitar

By Andrew Daly Published

The Aerosmith icon tells GW about the time he surprised his wife, Billie, with a Lucille inspired by WWII fighter pilots

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Joe Perry plays a three-pickup Gibson Les Paul Custom at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony 2025
Joe Perry on the pedals he can’t live without and his top tip for boost and drive pedals

By Andrew Daly Published

The Aerosmith guitarist reveals what's on his pedalboard and talks all things effects

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Joe Perry plays his desert island guitar, a real "mongrel" that he put in the freezer and did all kinds of things to.
Joe Perry put his “desert island guitar” through hell but it’s still his number one

By Andrew Daly Published

Perry’s Fender/Warmoth “Burned Strat” aka the “Rat Strat” was the main guitar on Aerosmith’s recent collab with Yungblud

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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry perform during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York
How Joe Perry is changing his guitar setup to battle the early signs of arthritis

By Matt Owen Published

Perry is adapting his setup to make sure he can move around the fretboard with ease

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Joe Perry plays his 10-string B.C. Rich Bich Supreme live with the Hollywood Vampires.
The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith

By Andrew Daly Published

Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme

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Joe Perry plays guitar in front of massive bank of Marshall amps
Joe Perry gives us a decade-by-decade guide to the amps behind his Aerosmith tone

By Andrew Daly Published

Is Joe Perry a Marshall guy, Fender guy, boutique guy, pedal amp guy? Answer: he’s all of the above

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Joe Perry performing live onstage, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar, using Talk Box guitar effect pipe
The story of Joe Perry’s ’59 Les Paul Standard – his lost treasure and ultimate birthday gift

By Andrew Daly Published

Joe Perry was forced to part with his beloved 'Burst in 1979, but it was his Aerosmith bandmate who found it again

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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith pose with an S-style electric guitar [left]; A classic BW portrait of Run DMC in 1986
Joe Perry on how Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. united rock and rap – and the secret role the Beastie Boys played

By Andrew Daly Published

Walk This Way was a seminal moment that gave an iconic track a second lease of life as it crossed genres and became one of 1986's most explosive pop-cultural moments

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Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
That time Joe Perry had to rescue a broken guitar from Steven Tyler in the middle of an Aerosmith gig

By Matt Owen Published

The guitar almost met a gruesome end before Perry stepped in

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Joe Perry performing live onstage, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar, using Talk Box guitar effect pipe
Joe Perry on the painful memory of selling his ’Burst – and why he’ll never forget the moment it came back to him

By Janelle Borg Published

The Aerosmith guitarist was forced to sell his most cherished guitar in the late-’70s and spent years trying to get it back, until Slash made the ultimate guitar collector sacrifice

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