Jake there's a few problems with your list. Famous guitar players-Sammy Hagar and Billie Joe Armstrong? Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton switched to Strats early in their careers and have played them ever since. Jimi Hendrix was dead before Hard Rock cafes opened. Chicago didn't open until 1978. Anyway, my vote -- both of them.
jake - 14 years ago
famous guitar players huh?
slash- les paul
Sammy Hagar-les paul
Seth Lover-les paul
mick taylor-les paul
jeff beck-les paul
jimmy page-les paul
ace frehley- les paul
buckethead-les paul
joe bonamusa-les paul
neil young-les paul
bille joe armstrong-les paul
gary moore-les paul
eric clapton-les paul
peter green-les paul
billy bibbons-les paul
hubert sumlin-les paul
muke bloomfield-les paul
jimi hendrix- played one in the hard rock cafe in chicago illinois
and many more people play les pauls famous or not including me
answer: les paul
Matt - 15 years ago
Les Paul. By far a Les Paul. Expensive? Yes? Worth every penny? Hell Yeah! I own a Gibson Les Paul Studio and I love it. Don't get me wrong, my dad has a strat and it's awesome, but it cant even compare to my Les Paul, even if he wont admit it. You would pay twice as much for a Les Paul than you would for a strat, but that old saying comes to mind "You get what you pay for."
Emily - 15 years ago
Les Paul for me!
mikenyss - 15 years ago
let's do this by the most famous guitar players in the world:
steve vai - ibanez
joe satriani - ibanez
eric johnson - strat
yngwie - strat
slash - les paul
srv - strat
clapton - strat
michaelangelo batio - randall? hamer? whatever that thing is...
evh - kramer/strat/homemade
randy rhodes - flying v
santana (even though he kinda sucks) - prs
mustaine/kirk - jackson/esp
john mayer - strat
ritchie sambora - strat
marty friedman - jackson
jason becker - carver (remember those!)
....
doesn't look like one answer, but probably not a les paul...
Jake there's a few problems with your list. Famous guitar players-Sammy Hagar and Billie Joe Armstrong? Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton switched to Strats early in their careers and have played them ever since. Jimi Hendrix was dead before Hard Rock cafes opened. Chicago didn't open until 1978. Anyway, my vote -- both of them.
famous guitar players huh?
slash- les paul
Sammy Hagar-les paul
Seth Lover-les paul
mick taylor-les paul
jeff beck-les paul
jimmy page-les paul
ace frehley- les paul
buckethead-les paul
joe bonamusa-les paul
neil young-les paul
bille joe armstrong-les paul
gary moore-les paul
eric clapton-les paul
peter green-les paul
billy bibbons-les paul
hubert sumlin-les paul
muke bloomfield-les paul
jimi hendrix- played one in the hard rock cafe in chicago illinois
and many more people play les pauls famous or not including me
answer: les paul
Les Paul. By far a Les Paul. Expensive? Yes? Worth every penny? Hell Yeah! I own a Gibson Les Paul Studio and I love it. Don't get me wrong, my dad has a strat and it's awesome, but it cant even compare to my Les Paul, even if he wont admit it. You would pay twice as much for a Les Paul than you would for a strat, but that old saying comes to mind "You get what you pay for."
Les Paul for me!
let's do this by the most famous guitar players in the world:
steve vai - ibanez
joe satriani - ibanez
eric johnson - strat
yngwie - strat
slash - les paul
srv - strat
clapton - strat
michaelangelo batio - randall? hamer? whatever that thing is...
evh - kramer/strat/homemade
randy rhodes - flying v
santana (even though he kinda sucks) - prs
mustaine/kirk - jackson/esp
john mayer - strat
ritchie sambora - strat
marty friedman - jackson
jason becker - carver (remember those!)
....
doesn't look like one answer, but probably not a les paul...
Obviously a Les Paul you @sshole