The 15 Coolest Painted Rockstar Guitars
Painting your guitar is somewhat of a right of passage for any musician; you’re a little bored and maybe a little inebriated so you decide to pull out the brushes and spray cans. Who among us hasn’t succumbed to the temptation at least once in our lives? And 99% of the time you quickly realize once you sober up that it was a huge mistake - cause it doesn’t automatically make you as cool or as good as Hendrix - so you strip the paint down to the natural finish and move along with a good story and a lesson learned. Even for these music icons, the painted guitar is often a short lived phase that perfectly capture’s the era in which it existed’s zeitgeist, and like a flash, it is often gone as quickly as it shows up. The fleeting and transient nature of this endeavor is what makes the whole thing fun - a spirited talisman to a monumental time in not only an artists personal life and musical journey, but in pop culture as well. So with this in mind, here are the 15 coolest painted rockstar guitars.
15. Keith Richards - Les Paul Custom
14. Billy Joe Armstrong - Fernandes Strat “Blue”
13. Jimi Hendrix - Gibson Flying V
12. Paul Weller - Rickenbacker 330
11. Jimmy Page - Fender “Dragon” Telecaster
10. John Lennon - Gibson J-160E
9. Jack Bruce - Fender Bass VI
X. Klaus Voormann….revolver wasn’t the only thing this german artist painted, he also painted his own bass, this instrument can be heard on Lennon’s Imagine album, Carly Simon’s You’re So Vein…etc
8. Tom Morello - “Arm The Homeless” Guitar
7. Eric Clapton - Gibson SG
6. Paul Simonon - Fender Precision Bass
5. Paul McCartney - Rickenbacker 4001
4. Woodie Guthrie - “This Machine Kills Fascists” Guitars
3. Jimi Hendrix - Monteray Pop Fender Stratocaster
2. Eddie Van Halen - Frankenstein
1. George Harrison - Fender “Rocky” Stratocaster
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Ivan Munoz is a musician, bassist, singer, musicians advocate, and member of the Victor Talking Machine Company. Along with this Ivan can be found devoting his time to various musical projects, compositions, and working on musical instruments. Click the photo for more!