The german Guitar Magazin from august 2010 features an interesting article by Chet Haun (Slash guitar tech). It's about Slash's gear for his tour. Here are the main facts.
Guitars (8 in total)
- Gibson Slash Les Paul Appetite For Destruction Prototype
- Gibson Slash VOS Les Paul Aged
- Gibson Slash Les Paul Goldtop (for slide parts)
- Gibson Les Paul Access Standard (with floys rose)
- Respective backup guitars
Amps (switched backstage via Whirlwind A/B Box)
- 1987 Marshall JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee (for clean sounds)
- 1996 Marshall JCM 2555 Slash Signature (for distorted sounds)
- 2010 Marshall AFD100 (for distorted sounds)
Effects
- Dunlop Crybaby SW-95 Slash Wah-Wah Custom
- MXR Smartgate (for noise reduction)
- Dunlop-Q-Zone (Wah filter settings)
- MXR Phase 90 (for "By The Sword")
- Custom Audio Electronics Boost/Line Driver (for solos)
- MXR Stereo Chorus (for the clean parts in "Paradise City" and "Suckertrain Blues")
- Boss DD-3 (for the spheric sounds during "Slither")
- Korg Pitchblack Tuner (for spontaneous muting)
- Peterson Strobe Tuner
- Power Supply
- Hum Eliminator
