Slash
Latest Slash news, guitars, gear, music, performances, and collaborations covered by Guitar Radar.
Guitar Radar has 4 stories about Slash, tracking new music, tours, collaborations and gear. Most of it sits under players, music and gear. The most recent story, from Oct 9, 2026, is “Slash Receives the 2026 Les Paul Spirit Award in Hollywood”. Coverage here goes back to Sep 17, 2026.
About Slash
Slash is the lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses and, with Velvet Revolver and his own solo band, one of the defining hard-rock players since the late 1980s. His sound is built on a Gibson Les Paul through a Marshall, but the details are less standard than the legend suggests.
The main guitar on Appetite for Destruction was not a stock Gibson. It was a replica of a 1959 Les Paul Standard built by the Los Angeles luthier Kris Derrig, at a time when Gibson did not offer a '59 reissue. His guitar tech has said the current touring guitars are Gibson-made copies of those Appetite Les Pauls, with the original kept safely put away. Sources disagree on exactly which Marshall head he used on the record, but all agree it was a modified, rented Marshall rather than a stock amp.
His gear has gone on to shape two signature products. Gibson released its Slash Appetite Les Paul in 2010, and the Marshall JCM 2555 Slash Signature head, in use on his tours since 1996, was the first Marshall amp to carry an artist signature series.
Sources: Guitar World: Slash, Appetite for Reconstruction · Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Slash · Guitar.com: Slash gear myths
Stories
Slash Receives the 2026 Les Paul Spirit Award in Hollywood
The Les Paul Foundation and Gibson Gives honored Slash at Les Paul’s Hollywood recording studio with a one-of-a-kind award made from acoustic boards built by Paul himself.
Aerosmith schedules two Hollywood Bowl returns with an all-star guest roster
The October 29 and November 1 concerts mark the band's first announced full live shows since retiring from touring.
Slash Sets 'Flying Blind' Single, Fifth Conspirators Album and 2027 World Tour in Motion
The title track arrives with a video as Slash, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators announce a February 2027 album and a new global tour.
MXR and Slash launch a 150-unit signature Talk Box exclusively through Reverb
Slash's $499.99 limited-run Talk Box hot-rods the classic Heil concept with a guitarist-selected loudspeaker, revised tube adapter and Candy Apple Red enclosure.