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Slash performs live with the Hunter Burst Gibson Les Paul

“This is the one that got him hooked”: Slash’s first Guns N’ Roses Les Paul – the ‘Hunter Burst’ – is going to auction

By Matt Parker published

The guitar was bought by Slash in September 1985 and used during a formative period for Guns N’ Roses, in which they wrote many classic Appetite for Destruction tracks

Nuno Bettencourt and Richard Fortus

Nuno Bettencourt fires back at Richard Fortus after he defends Slash over Rihanna gig comments

By Matt Owen published

After Bettencourt suggested “most of the guitar players” he admires would struggle playing with Rihanna, Fortus said he “respectfully disagreed” – and it's prompted a heated reply

Slash (left) and Wolfgang Van Halen

Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen’s Barbie song is here and, yes, it absolutely lives up to the hype

By Matt Owen published

The two guitar heroes lent their solo skills and “mammoth sound” to Ryan Gosling's signature tune, I'm Just Ken

Slash performing live at Glastonbury 2023

Slash is working on a “blues-oriented” sequel to his debut solo album – and it will feature “a bunch of different singers”

By Matt Owen published

The followup to the self-titled debut solo LP will “definitely” arrive next year, and the Guns N' Roses rocker says he's already recorded one of its tracks with a pop superstar

Wolfgang Van Halen and Slash will both appear on the Barbie Movie soundtrack

With Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen onboard, is the Barbie soundtrack this year’s must-hear guitar collaboration?

By Matt Parker published

The guitar heroes reportedly both drop in on the soundtrack to accompany Ryan Gosling’s Ken on his signature tune, I’m Just Ken

Slash and Tom Morello perform live at Graspop Metal Meeting 2023

Slash and Tom Morello recreate their epic Guitar Hero duels in live shred-off

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The pair unleashed solo fireworks aplenty as they gave their 2020 collaboration Interstate 80 its live debut

Seymour Duncan Slash pickups opener

Nail Slash’s iconic tone - only louder - with the new Seymour Duncan Slash 2.0 pickup set

By Guitar World Staff published

New humbucker is a hotter version of the guitarist’s celebrated APH-2 pickup

Slash onstage with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell

Slash once partnered with Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates for a stirring tribute cover of Hey Joe in honor of the guitar great

By Matt Owen published

Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox supported Slash and Steve Winwood as the supergroup paid tribute to the guitar master in scintillating style at the UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony

Todd Puma's Gibson Les Pauls, as traded with Slash

How a Slash superfan ended up trading guitars with his hero… three times: “I was wondering if it was real life or if I’d died”

By Amit Sharma published

Guitar collector Todd Puma shares the surprising story of how he came to own a trio of the Guns N’ Roses legend’s personal Les Pauls – and why he bought two of Gibson’s ultra-limited Murphy Lab Greeny models

(from left) Iggy Pop, Andrew Watt, Slash and Duff McKagan perform onstage at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2023

Slash, Andrew Watt trade solos, channel their inner punk onstage with Iggy Pop in revved-up take on The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog

By Jackson Maxwell published

Slash's Guns N' Roses bandmate, Duff McKagan, and Chad Smith were also on hand to serve as the rhythm section for the all-star performance at the Hollywood Palladium last week

Slash and Seymour Duncan Slash 2.0 pickups

Seymour Duncan issues new version of Slash’s signature humbuckers with one key upgrade

By Matt Owen published

The Slash 2.0 pickups are based on the GNR rocker's flagship APH-2 set – which he's used for nearly a decade – but make one essential tweak

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Slash on his love of Les Pauls: “That Kris Derrig Les Paul came in the 11th hour when we were doing Appetite. It just sounded f**kin’ perfect – like a gift from on high”

By Amit Sharma published

The Guns N' Roses guitarist and rock icon talks about the guitars he treasures most – including buying and returning Joe Perry's Dark Burst LP – and reveals how his love for Les Pauls has inspired and shaped him as a player...

Slash (right) performs with the band Dorothy at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on March 31, 2023

Slash gets his Jimmy Page on in fiery onstage guest spot with hard-rockers Dorothy

By Jackson Maxwell published

The top-hatted Guns N' Roses guitar great lent a hand with the band's Zeppelin-esque track, Gifts From the Holy Ghost, during their recent show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles

Cody Johnson, Slash and Billy Gibbons

Watch Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes play an all-star medley of Lynyrd Skynyrd classics in tribute to Gary Rossington

By Matt Owen published

Gary Clark Jr. also paid tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at the show with a blazing cover of The House Is Rockin’

Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes are set to perform together as part of the CMT Awards tribute to Gary Rossington

Slash, Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes to perform in all-star tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington at the CMT Awards

By Matt Parker published

The Southern rock legend’s memorial show at the 2023 CMT Awards will feature some huge guitar talent among a band of big-name rock and country stars

Fergie and Slash

Slash once teamed up with the Black Eyed Peas for a Super Bowl halftime show that featured the most divisive Sweet Child O’ Mine performance ever

By Matt Owen published

The infamous set took place in 2011, with the Guns N' Roses guitar legend's 90-second cameo part of a wider event that has since received some unfavorable accolades

Slash (left) and Jeff Beck perform at a soundcheck at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris on June 6, 1992

Watch Jeff Beck play Locomotive with Guns N' Roses at a 1992 soundcheck for a live collaboration that never happened

By Jackson Maxwell published

Beck would ultimately pull out of his performance in Paris with the hard-rock giants – and, potentially, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry – leaving these rehearsal videos as a tantalizing 'what if'

Duff McKagan, Axl Rose and Slash of the rock group 'Guns n' Roses' perform at the LA Street Scene on September 28, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. Slash uses a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar for the first time onstage with the band.

How to play Welcome to the Jungle on guitar

By Chris Bird published

Learn the legendary Guns N' Roses riff that introduced Slash to the world

Jeff Beck, Ian Hunter and Slash perform live

Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more

By Matt Parker published

The Mott the Hoople frontman’s new solo album, Defiance Part 1, has some seriously heavyweight guest talent

Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators performs live on stage at Assago Summer Arena. Milan (Italy), June 24th, 2015.

Lessons you can learn from Slash‘s blues guitar solos

By Phil Short published

Learn how to keep your solos fresh and memorable with this look at the Guns N‘ Roses icon‘s bluesier side