“I wrote that riff on the Fender six-string bass. I saw Peter Green with Fleetwood Mac pick one up. I thought, ‘I’m gonna get one’”: Joe Perry on how he ditched his Les Pauls and Strats to write an Aerosmith classic
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For over 50 years, Joe Perry has been the quintessential poster boy for the Gibson Les Paul – and, more recently, has spoken about his use of the Fender Stratocaster for Aerosmith’s ’70s studio sessions.
However, the guitar hero is a bona fide guitar collector – owning somewhere in the ballpark of 600 guitars – and he says the oddballs inspired some of Aerosmith’s most beloved tracks, too.
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