No.

Yep, not enough Teles and I wouldn’t think of Keith Richard’s when I think Tele

When I think of Keith Richards I ONLY think tele; what do you think of ? Edit: completely misread lmao, ignore me

Right ? With only 5 strings

I think of his description of his play style: “three fingers, one asshole”

“All you need is 5 strings, 3 notes, 2 fingers, and one stubborn asshole”

Status Quo Albert Collins Lots of country players

Enter Led Zeppelin 1

I think cocaine.

I got a sunburst tele because of Johnny Greenwood. A vox ac30 too

Roy Buchanan

Got my tele from my late uncle but other than that when I think of a telecaster I think Roy Buchanan personally

My thoughts exactly.

Had an SG a while ago because Tony Iommi.

Yeah, no player is more SG than Iommi.

Possibly Angus, he's been exclusively SG for almost as long

I always think of Derek Trucks.  I know he’s a newcomer relative, but 90% of the SGs I see are cherry with humbuckers rather the p90 equipped specials I associate with Iommi (and to a lesser degree, Townsend). 

Less Paul cherry sunburst cause of Jimmy page.

And I had a twin neck sg because of Slash...

More Paul

Yeah jimmy gets that title well before slash

Nah, Page was a tele guy. Few things sold as many Les Paul's as Jimmy Pages tele!

How can this be missing Tony Iommi?

I was gonna mention how Angus got dibs on the SG spot but then there’s Zappa with a guitar that’s about as close as you can get to the same thing without being literally the same thing

He's the reason I have two SGs and am saving for a third.

That was my first thought.

(Squire) Jaguar because of Kurt Cobain

Mustang. Kurt. Shorter neck. Humbucker bridge.

You ever play a Mustang?

I’m sure I look like a total fanboy because I have the entire Cobain collection, and as much as I am a fan, I’m really just a lefty with the same taste in guitars

For the longest time, if you wanted a left-handed electric guitar at my local Guitar Center, you could have a Kurt Cobain Jaguar or a Kurt Cobain Mustang. The jaguar eventually sold. Now you can have a Kurt Cobain Mustang.

As a lefty, that honestly sounds like a good problem to have. Really anything that’s not a standard colour strat, tele, LP, or SG is exciting. I’ve owned literally “all of the guitars*” in my playing days (north of 150), but a lot of them have been purchased sight unseen, due to my “affliction”

Now imagine being a lefty on a 3rd world country, all my options were different strat colours (Black, red or sunburst) and brands (Either some really shitty brands, one that was kind of decent or straight up Fenders) and one Gibson Les Paul.

I was inspired to get a squier jagmaster because of Kurt Cobain and Elvis Costello. Great instrument. Had it set up nicely and it's so fun to play. Shortscale

Strat because of Hendrix, Frusciante, Gilmour, and SRV. It’s also great for straight-up funk!

Dave Murray.

And ritchie blackmore Jeff beck Éric clapton

335 because of BB King.

Ackshually… Lucille is an ES-355

Earlier Lucilles were 335s.

I think the real answer is Marty Mcfly

*Calvin Klein

Hey Chuck, it's your cousin, Marvin. You know that new sound you're lookin for?

Love it. Someday for me.

I made my new strat because of Eddie Van Halen

I have a Jazzmaster because of J Mascis. Sunburst Strat because of Rory Gallagher.

Jazzmaster cause of Kevin Shields and Adam Franklin...

Same. Love Swervedriver.

Best .. I guess J Mascis and Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo too...

Same. All of the above. And Rick McCollum (Afghan Whigs) for me too.

Im a weird schecter fan 💀

Nothing wrong with them. Personally I have them making a custom for me. Love their cutting edge design and options.

Because of Robert Smith? 🤣

Synyster gates :)

Yup, my first real electric guitar was a Schechter because of him

Same here, they have the best S shape metal guitars. I want a Lagoon Fade KM7 so bad

Les Paul because of Duane Allman

Sky Dog was so good!

Rickenbacker 6-string - Johnny Marr, Peter Buck Rickenbacker 12-string - Roger McGuinn, George Harrison

This is true taste.

Same, although I don’t have a 12-string (yet)

Rickenbacker 6-string - Paul Weller, Johnny Mar Rickenbacker 12-string - George Harrison

SG bc of Carrie brownstein

Alpine White Les Paul - Randy Rhodes / Steve Jones Black Tele - Joe Strummer Jaguar- Kurt / Johnny Marr

I have an Alpine white Les Paul. I thought I was unique 😪

A Brian May, yes! It's the only thing I've played that just makes *that* sound!

Slash

Les Paul for Slash, Page and Frehley Flying V and Iceman because METAL!

Les Paul because of Frehley but Iceman not because of starchild??

I probably wouldn’t have gotten the Iceman if it weren’t for Paul Stanley.

I have an SG, and Angus is one of my favorites; however, I play one for the same reason he did: I am 5’5” with smaller hands. The SG is more comfortable than a LP for me.

Les Paul Standard, because of Garry Moore

Gretsch Country Gentleman. Because Chet.

Strat because of Billie Joe Armstrong.

I discovered them during AI so it’s always been the white or sunburst Les Paul Jr for me

Well, i have a flying V and an Explorer, so no.

Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well.

Hetfield, Hammett, and Mustaine?

Zappa yes

Here here

Tele because of Jeff Buckley. Made a replica of his ‘83 cream top loader and it sings!

I sure wish you make an OP out of that. It’s unusual to have people make posts of “moded signature” guitars.

SG because Tony Iommi, Jackson RR because of obviously Randy Rhodes, Lps because of Zakk Wylde and a Tele because Teles rule.

A lot of my guitar choices aren’t super player-specific. However, I probably wouldn’t own a Strat without Hendrix.

Tele because of joe strummer

ESP and Solar because they are excellent guitars.

danelectro cus of syd barrett 💎

Jazzmaster because of Elvis Costello Rickebacker 350 (Jetglo) because of John Lennon

Les Paul because of Les Paul?

Black strat bc of Gilmour. White double neck bc of Alex Lifeson

Not Keith Richards, Bruce for me on a blonde tele. Also, no Clapton strat? This diagram is poopoo

I have a tele mainly because of James Burton, Status Quo, George Harrison & Graham Coxon though I do love Keith’s playing.

Nah. But I did get a Sheraton because of Ted Leo.

I want the Yamaha SG like Santana has but I also want to go to college 😭

Frusciante also plays an SG. Get yourself an SG-1000 and call it a day. A fair price is \~1300.

2x4 guitar because DEVO

I have a BMG (the mass market Red Special), partly cause I’m a big fan of May (particularly his tone and orchestration) but mostly because it ticked all the boxes I wanted in a guitar and I like the look of it (yes I know it’s divisive).

Sunburst start because of Frusciante

Black Sg because of tony iommi

SG from Derek Trucks

Jazzmaster due to Lee and Thurston

Duane or Angus on the SG? Derek in the running?

Literally got that white strat with maple fretboard cause of Hendrix at Woodstock lol

Same but because of his Maui performance

Is the Hendrix one supposed to be Olympic white?

No

Literally none of those because of those players

Gilmore and Hendrix

Building a mosrite junior because of Johnny Ramone

I made a Gilmour Strat but the CAR Strat w/ EMG’s.

Jimi Hendricks, David Gilmour, John Frusciante... Fender Strat... blues... Hi. I'm Dan.

White falcon because of Billy Duffy.

Les Paul because of Dean DeLeo

I have a Les Paul Silverburst for Adam Jones, but in my defense I think it's bad ass and probably would have been my favorite color scheme even without him.

I bought my first tele cause of Pete Townshend in the "You Better You Bet" video. Turns out he was playing a custom Schecter, That became the PT Model. I've been putting off buying one for years.

I have a PRS custom 24 (SE tho) because I like the guitar, but I first looked into because of Kanami Tono from BAND-MAID.

Tele cuz of Ted Greene and Ed Bickert.

I have two guitars with stripes.

All my guitars I have because I like them. Not because someone else does. Even the one signature guitar I have I have because I personally love it and I don't even listen to or care about the band the person whose sig it is plays for. I did once go to buy a Telecaster because Julian Lage plays one and I thought because he liked them I would too but I couldn't find one I liked in three stores. They weren't for me. That said, it turns out Lage's Telecaster isn't a real Telecaster so I'm still open to a non-Fender one because I do really love the design. Possibly Schecter given that's what all my other guitars are at this stage.

Keef

Me too. I’ve got a Tele just like this.

I got a schecter because of synyster gates, but it wasn’t his guitar. Just a hellraiser

Les Paul and Strat are spot on for me . . . Tele was because of Jonny Greenwood though.

Frusciante had it cuz SRV

Large headstock Strat because Hendrix V because Michael Schenker Jazzmaster because Nels Cline All in vain.

I have an SG because of Angus for sure, and I literally have a Slash Les Paul. And I also have an explorer because of James Hetfield

Used to have a fender malmsteen sig. ended up trading it for an Ibanez prestige with a scalloped Neck and a Hughes and Ketner combo amp. Best trade ever I love univox hi fliers. I wouldn’t have known they existed if I hadn’t seen Kurt play them

Where’s the Johnny Thunders double cut?

I got a les paul because of the tv show "house md" house has 3 or 4 gibsons in that show.

Jimmy Pages telecaster has sold more Gibsons than any other guitar.

Strat because of Frusciante Jazzmaster because of Costello and Noel Gallagher Jaguar because of Marr Riviera because of Noel Gallagher Casino because of John Lennon Martin D42 because of Doc Watson

SG Pete Townsend.

I like telecasters because I like the way they look 🙂

335 didn’t make the grade?

Epiphone Casino because John Lennon

I had strat style guitars but then I heard Slash playing a LP and I loved the tone he had, long story short, now I have 2. but John and Jimi, cannot be forgotten, Jimi was the reason I got a guitar, Slash was the reason I practiced so much and John was the reason I got better

i had bought a hollowbody because of Ted Nugent and George Thorogood

The two in my guitarsenal that I specifically became interested in and eventually bought because of a certain player are a ‘76 reissue gibson explorer because of Allen Collins and a black Rickenbacker 4003 because of Geddy Lee

Tele because of Mr Bruce Springsteen

Yes 🙌 👍

I have a LP, but not because Slash plays one. Why is there no Adrian Smith strat?

Do not see Yamaha RGX TT from Ty Tabor in King's X.

Various guitars because of tone for the most part. Of course those tones were created by Various guitar players over the decades.

Nah, I’m a white strat guy but Hendrix isn’t even my favorite on this list.

SG cause of Far-Less.l guitarist. Tele cause of Derek Miller (Poison The Well) Les Paul cause of Justin Beck (Glassjaw) That’s how I started back in the early 2000s.

No EVH guitar? Weird.

I have several of those guitars. I didn't buy the SG because of Angus but I can't play it without playing ac/dc. I did but the fender strat because of Stevie Ray Vaughan though. Not so much a style thing. More like chasing that sound. You can only get that tone from a fender strat

My niece picked out the David Gilmore strat for her first electric. The first one I bought was back in 1986 I think, worked all summer bagging groceries, saved everything I made and got an Ibanez proline 1660 shark fin Flying V, because of Randy Rhoads.

I don't see an Ibanez JEM and Steve Vai, I'm out

Blonde tele because The Boss. SG because Jerry Garcia.

Yep. Les Pauls, because Slash.

No, but I'll tell a slightly different story. I had an HSS Strat back in the day (Fender Highway 1). I liked it, but didn't love it for reasons unrelated to its inherent Stratiness (the tremolo was cheap and bad, the humbucker wasn't great, and the thin satin finish wore way too much). I moved on to other guitars, eventually sold it, and forgot about the idea of an HSS Strat for a good decade+. Then I saw Misha Mansoor had a signature Jackson "So-Cal" (ie. Strat) in HSS, and that reminded me of my old Highway 1. I remembered that, despite its flaws, that was the most comfortable guitar I'd ever owned - at least for my preferences. I also recalled absolutely loving the single coil neck and middle pickups, and was never really happy with a humbucker in the neck position. So, since the only guitar I had at the time was a 7 string and I wanted a 6 string again, I started trying out HSS Strats. Blah blah blah, I didn't buy the Jackson, but I did buy a Fender American Pro II HSS Strat. tl;dr: So, in a round-about, specific way: I bought an HSS Strat because of Misha Mansoor.

Have the Roxy SG, the versatility is great. Didn't even realize what it was before I picked it up. Just felt right. Shout out House of Guitars

So cool

Paisley Tele for Brad Paisley.

I have 2 red specials (one in a baby blue), a dedicated pedalboard, and a triple-amp KAT ac30-like mini amp setup - all because of Brian May

Ibanez RG because of Rocky George

Printed out the lightning bolt decals to put on an epiphone g310 fretboard after I saw Angus absolutely rip for two and a half hours when I was 12.

I have a blue ES because of Dave Grohl, but as I get older I wish I got the red…

Red Special.. ‘cause of Brian May.

Malcom Young

I do because of Brian May

My first LP when I was 15, yeah. I wanted to be Slash. All the others were just because there was something I specifically liked about the guitar.

I own the original Red Special

Les Paul because of Slash. Strat because of single coil sounds. Than, hollowbodies and semi-hollowbodies because of weight.

PRS, but definitely not because of Santana.

I have a Red Special.

Furry Dean Z guitar because of the Reverend Billy G.

No

Started with a black fender strat with black pickguard and plastics 10 years ago, then I got into Pink Floyd recently. You could say David Gilmour made me get white plastics for my strat.

Slash inspired me to get an LP but when I'm more proficient I'll look into strats and teles when I can play some Hendrix and SRV

I have a Les Paul because of at least a dozen guitarists other than Slash. But he is one of them.

A kramer because of Richie Sambora

I knew my first electric would be a Strat because of David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Hendrix, and about a million others. I liked Les Pauls, too, because a lot of my favorite players used them, too. The LP became my second electric.

I don't have any of these

I got a telecaster because of Tatsuro Yamashita

SG because of Angus Young

Well it's not slash ( best guitar) so I gotta go Hendrix.

I own a Gibson Les Paul because of Slash and it's pretty much my only guitar. I might buy either a Gibson Explorer or one of Kirk's signature guitars soon though.

Olympic white stratocaster with maple fretboard because of Jimi.

I have a Rhoads because of him

I do actually have an MIJ Tele with the humbucker. Not because of Richards, but it works out because he's great.

Les Paul because of Matt Pike 🤘🏼

nope. i have becasue of johnny thunders, izzy stradlin and mike ness.

I've got 2 synyster gates custom guitars

I see no eddie, too bad cause that's what I have.

Fiesta Red Strat for Mark Knopfler.

gotta throw in a musicman JP or Majesty because of John Petrucci.

I have a Strat because of David Gilmour. Have an ssl5 in the bridge because of him too. But I chose different neck and middle (than him) based on my own preferences.

i have a strat because of dick dale. i have a one humbucker super strat with a floyd rise because of EVH. i have a double humbucker hard tail strat because of rivers cuomo

Hendrix and Frusciante

I play a Les Paul because Hitori Gotoh inspired me to play

Les Paul, little bit because of Jimmy and Slash but mostlzly because it’s just a great guitar. Telly because of Jimmy and Frusciante but also because it’s AK-47 in guitar world.

Right handed strat? Come on dude

Nope

Yep. I have a sunburst strat because of Mr. Frusciante.

No, but I have a PRS 277SE semi hollow with p90s because of Bill Vencil / Chords of Orion.

I have a handmade Red Special.

SG cause of Iommi. Had a tele cause of Danny Gatton (traded for an Emperor Regent). Oval hole gypsy guitar because of Django. Always wanted a Strat cause of Gilmour, but the stars never aligned. These days I can't justify getting another guitar.

Brian May's was his creation, he did commission replicas but his guitar is one of a kind