The Fab 5 and their guitars

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The Fab 5 and their guitars

• Play at loud volumes!
• By
• Chris Colwell

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Jimmy Page

• Jimmy played guitar for Led Zeppelin.
• His signature guitar is a 59 sunburst Les Paul
  played through Marshall amplifiers.
  
• Jimmy co-wrote famous songs Stairway to Heaven,
  Black Dog, and The Immigrant Song.
  
• Sound clip Rock and Roll

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

• Stevie (or SRV) brought Texas style blues to the
  rock forefront in 1983 with his debut release
  Texas Flood.
  
• The Stratocaster played through Fender amps were
  his weapons of choice.
  
• SRV was called the second coming of Jimi Hendrix
  by many critics and fans. Like Jimi, he played
  Stratocaster guitars and sang lead in a three
  piece band.
• Stevie died in a helicopter crash shortly after
  performing in 1990.
  
• Sound Clip Texas Flood

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Angus Young

• Angus formed AC/DC with his brother Malcolm in
  1973.
  
• AC/DC is perhaps the most influential rock band
  to come out of Australia.
  
• Angus plays a 61 Gibson SG straight through
  Marshall amps. He rarely takes the stage without
  his signature schoolboy outfit.
  
• Sound Clip Back in Black

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Eddie Van Halen

• Eddie Van Halen is famous for his two handed
  tapping style of playing.
  
• He virtually invented divebombing by uitlizing
  a locking tremelo system.
  
• Eddie has played custom Strats, Kramers,
  Charvels, and Ernie Ball guitars through
  Marshalls and later Peavey amps.
  
• Eddies brother Alex is the bands drummer.
• Sound Clip Eruption

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Jimi Hendrix

• Jimi rewrote the book on playing guitar when his
  album Are You Experienced? debuted in 1966.
  
• He played Fender Stratocasters turned upside down
  through Marshall amplifiers, and utilized a wide
  array of effects to achieve his other worldly
  tones.
• Perhaps his most famous moment is his rendition
  of the Star Spangled Banner which was performed
  at Woodstock.
  
• Jimi died at the age of 27 from an overdose of
  sleeping pills. He rests permanently in Renton.
  
• Sound Clip Spanish Castle Magic

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Read more about each artist by clicking on the
names below!

• Jimmy Page
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Angus Young
• Eddie Van Halen
• Jimi Hendrix