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Most Iconic Guitars

Most Iconic Guitars

22 July 2013

Trumpets, violins and flutes are all well and nice but, really, every kid grows up dreaming of being an axe-wielding guitar god on stage in front of thousands, shredding their way into oblivion.

And designer Federico Mauro fully understands this, having created this brilliant set of images of the instrument of choice for a series of guitar legends. The twin classics of Gibson's Les Paul and Fender's Stratocaster naturally feature prominently, but there's plenty of other extremely cool axes to observe.

Choose yours and get practising your solo face.

(Images: Federico Mauro)

Brian May

Axe with Acts: Queen


Angus Young

Axe with Acts: AC/DC


B.B. King

Axe with Acts: Solo


Eddie Van Halen

Axe with Acts: Van Halen


Jimi Hendrix

Axe with Acts: The Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsies


David Gilmour

Axe with Acts: Pink Floyd/Solo


Django Reinhardt

Axe with Acts: Solo


James Hetfield

Axe with Acts: Metallica


Al Di Meola

Axe with Acts: Return to Forever/Solo


Kurt Cobain

Axe with Acts: Nirvana


Slash

Axe with Acts: Guns N' Roses/Slash's Snakepit/Velvet Revolver/Solo


Bo Diddley

Axe with Acts: Solo


Bruce Springsteen

Axe with Acts: Solo/The E Street Band


Carlos Santana

Axe with Acts: Santana


Jimmy Page

Axe with Acts: The Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin


Chuck Berry

Axe with Acts: Solo


Ritchie Blackmore

Axe with Acts: Deep Purple/Rainbow


George Benson

Axe with Acts: Solo


Eric Clapton

Axe with Acts: The Yardbirds/The Bluesbreakers/Cream/Blind Faith/Derek & The Dominoes/Solo


George Harrison

Axe with Acts: The Beatles/Solo


Mark Knopfler

Axe with Acts: Dire Straits/Solo


Paco De Lucia

Axe with Acts: Solo


Randy Rhoads

Axe with Acts: Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne


Pat Metheny

Axe with Acts: Pat Metheny Group


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