[quote=”philvis”]Slash who? If you want to sound like someone-sound like yourself and besides 85% of tone is in your fingers! Big Dummy![/quote]

i once had the tone in fingers stat as high as 90%, buts thats another story.
And try and tell Iommi that tone is in the fingers, he left his in a metal press in the Midlands in 68′ .

😯 Hello, Philvis. Anyhoo, funnelly nuff Tim:
[quote]What about Iommi? I’m going purely on the inlays here[/quote]

An (or perhaps the) Iommi SG “as featured held by him on cover of Guitar Onanist” and signed in silver sharpie, is up for sale on USFleeb right now. And it’s not him listing it.

Slash who? If you want to sound like someone-sound like yourself and besides 85% of tone is in your fingers! Big Dummy!

Why in the world would you wants to sound like Slash? Slash who? 🙄

some of the best inlays on the planet, but am i right about signatures?
I have a Sheryl Crow signature Gibson C&W accoustic, she still plays her original, but what a nice guitar her signature is, and as for Sheryl, well…

What about Iommi? I’m going purely on the inlays here

Didn’t Zak customise his LP, then Gibson come along with the cheque book, and Epiphone come along with some Money off coupons, and they take Zaks customised guitar and make exact replicas, and Zak carries on playing his original? is that how it goes? nobody actualy plays the signature, ive seen Gary Moore posing a lot with his Gibbo, but ive never seen him use it in anger.

Thank you.

My Les Paul was black and Ebony and black…etc, which was cool. I notice they don’t display a price for your creation though, wonder why that is?

Well spotted Tim.

[quote=”lee_UK”]maybe there is more than 1 Slash Gibson, this is the one ive seen.
http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/signature/slash/Slash.html
clearly states Seymore Duncan Alnico pups.[/quote]

But did you try the build your own option…hours of fun!

anybody care to name an artist that actualy uses his/her signature guitar?
you see them posing on the brochure with it, but ive yet to see a live on stage shot of them using one.

maybe there is more than 1 Slash Gibson, this is the one ive seen.
http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/signature/slash/Slash.html
clearly states Seymore Duncan Alnico pups.

but then ive seen this one:
http://www.gibson.com/Gifting2005/Slash/
different colour, has pup covers, but still Seymore Duncans, anyone know of a cheaper Slash Gibbo Signature?

There is a rumour, well its more than rumour that Slash doesnt in fact use a Gibson but had a LP standard made by a luthier to his spec and had the Gibson Logo forged on the headstock. Cant remember the name of the guitar maker but the story is supposed to be true, and he also uses Seymour Duncan pups, so his asscociation with Gibson is a little bit thin.
pickup covers:
it does involve a soldering iron too, but are you sure they are the same pups? im not sure they are, are the Epi’s made by Seymore Duncan? do they have the same magnets and the same amount of windings? the covers dont have any effect on the tone, as far as i know you can remove them but you do need a hefty old soldering iron.

Isn’t it possible to buy the std and unscrew the covers if you want to? 🙂

I don’t think the covers will have anything but a marginal effect, if that really is the only difference.

he plays a standard, but then doesnt he have Seymore Duncan pups?

gg, AFAIK, Slash plays a Gib LP Standard, but you probably know that already. I agree with 601 that it’s not easy going down the route of buying similar gear but here are some possibly useful links:

http://homepage.oniduo.pt/rupean/Slashsound.html

and this one (a bit less useful)

http://guitar.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=guitar&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snakepit.org%2Fequip.html

😯 Tone?? man dats a big question,just a guitar is not responsiable for a paticular tone,you have the amp and the way it is set,any effects that was used,size of strings,and how the insturment is handled, Ive got this big problem with tryin to copy someone else, Look for your own personal tone, 8)