Gibsons Left to right: '61 Les Paul Jr., '52 Les Paul, '62 Les Paul Special (white finish), '59 Les Paul Jr.

"My SG-shaped '61 Les Paul Junior sounds gnarly. lt's the lightest solid- body guitar I own. All of my Gibsons are ftted with P-90 pickups. I don't really like humbuckers that much. I like Les Paul Juniors - I also have a '55 with a single cutaway and a sunburst finish."

"l hardly ever play my '52 Les Paul. It has this strange Tune-0-Matic trapeze tailpiece that was on it when I bought it. My friend Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr's bassist) took it to some guitar store, and the guy there thought it was one of the first 100 Les Pauls. He said he could tell by the pickup screws."