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Gibson Slash Les Paul Standard Jessica
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About Slash
Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson, was born in London and grew up in England. After he started playing an electric bass but quickly gave up on this instrument, he got his first acoustic guitar at the age of 15, on which he learned to play the guitar. The first musical influences came from guitarists such as Rory Gallagher, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck, but also from rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Queen and Aerosmith. After dropping out of school, he went to Los Angeles and met drummer Steven Adler, with whom he founded the band Road Crew. After Slash and Adler received a demo from guitarist Izzy Stradlin, which also featured Axl Rose on vocals, the musicians agreed to meet. Stradlin and Rose had trouble keeping their own band, Hollywood Rose, together. After their first appearances together, however, both bands merged to form Guns N' Roses and became extremely successful.
In 1996, Slash left Guns N' Roses after tensions with Axl Rose and the other band members and went on to play guitar with Velvet Revolver and Slash's Snakepit. In 2010 he released his first solo album Slash, which was followed by four more solo albums. Rolling Stone ranked him 65th on the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
A friend of Les Paul guitars
Slash is an avowed fan and endorser of the Gibson brand and loves to play Les Paul Standard guitars. His many years of experience and his special style have already earned him various signature models from Gibson, such as his Les Paul Standard Goldtop called Victoria. There are also Slash models from the subsidiary Epiphone, all of them Les Pauls, which are significantly cheaper. Now Gibson is following up with the Slash Les Paul Standard Jessica, which, just like Victoria, is modelled on one of Slash's own favourite guitars. Slash plays this model both live and in the studio.
Jessica - Slashs relieable partner for more than 35 years
Jessica has been Slash’s main stage guitar since 1988. The original Jessica was one of two Les Paul guitars that Gibson sent to Slash in the late 80s. Jessica features a three-piece plain maple top on a mahogany body and a mahogany neck with a 50s Vintage neck profile. Jessica is powered by a pair of Gibson Custom Burstbucker pickups with Alnico 2 magnets that are hand-wired to Orange Drop capacitors. Originally a bright Cherry Sunburst, Slash had Jessica refinished, which is reflected in the gloss nitrocellulose Honey Burst with Red Back finish used on the new model. Slash’s signature is reproduced on the trussrod cover, and Schaller Strap Locks are pre installed on the guitar. Other extras include a Slash pickset, a USA leatherstrap, a multi-tool, and a blank truss rod cover in the included hardshell case.
- Body material: Mahogany
- Body shape: Single cut
- Bridge / tremolo: Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic, aluminum stop bar
- Bridge pickup: Custom Burstbucker Alnico 2 (Double Black Exposed Coils)
- Color / finish: Honey Burst with Red Back
- Color / finish: Sunburst
- Controls: 2x Volume, 2x Tone
- Country of origin: USA
- Custom shop: No
- Fretboard: Indian Rosewood
- Fretboard inlays: Acrylic trapezoid
- Fretboard radius: 12" (305mm)
- Frets: 22
- Hardware: Chrome
- Including: Hartschalenkoffer, Multi-Tool, Slash Plektrumset, Gibson Ledergurt, zusätzliches Truss Rod Cover
- Neck: Mahogany
- Neck construction: Glued in
- Neck pickup: Custom Burstbucker Alnico 2 (Double Black Exposed Coils)
- Neck profile: '50s Vintage
- Pickup: HH (2x humbuckers)
- Pickup selector switch: 3-way toggle
- Pickup type: Passive
- Scale length: 24" (610 - 634mm)
- Scale length: 24.75" (629mm)
- Signature model: Yes
- Special features: Orange Drop Kondensatoren, Schaller Strap Locks
- Strings: 6-string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid body
- Top: Maple, 3 parts
The US Gibson Guitar Corporation, founded in 1902 by Orville Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was initially known for production mandolins and banjos. Today the company's headquarters are in Nashville, Tennessee and Gibson is one of the world's most well-known and renowned manufacturers of electric guitars.
The Les Paul model , named after its creator Lester William Polsfuss, is one of the most famous and best-selling electric guitar shapes of all time and founded the design of the single cut guitar, which has been copied, adopted and reinterpreted by numerous other manufacturers. The Les Paul is primarily valued for its warm and powerful sound . The humbucker pickup responsible for this, in its common design today, was also developed by Seth Lover at Gibson .
At the beginning of the 1960s, another solid body electric guitar from Gibson appeared, the Gibson SG . Initially intended as a successor to the Les Paul, it became another icon of rock history, thanks in part to Angus Young from AC/DC, and is the basis for the double cut guitar type .
With the Flying V and the Explorer , Gibson is responsible for two body shapes that were far ahead of their time at the time of their release in the late 1950s, but which also achieved legendary status over the years. To this day they also serve as the basis for a variety of heavy guitars , for example from manufacturers such as Jackson or ESP.
The Gibson custom shop produces commissioned work , high-quality one-off pieces and exact replicas of famous models and legendary vintages of their instruments. These are often subjected to an artificial aging process called relicing.
Acoustic guitars have also been produced for almost as long as the company has existed. The J-45 , the Hummingbird , the L-00 and the SJ-200 are among the most popular acoustic guitars in the world and were the instrument of choice for Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and John Lennon.
In addition to the instruments already mentioned, you can of course also buy picks , bags and cases or merchandise from Gibson from us.
We are particularly proud to have a Gibson flagship store in our Frankfurt branch. There you will not only find a large selection and exclusive models to try out directly, but you will also benefit from the expertise of our Gibson -trained and certified employees when it comes to advice on the perfect guitar.
Do you want to sound like Slash?
Do you like the sound of Guns N' Roses and Slash's other band projects and would you like to sound like him? Then take a look at the following products. You may also take a look at Slash's personal artist page.
