SLASH THE GUITAR INTERVIEW
With so much to talk about, we caught up with the guitarist to find out how it felt to step back onstage with GN’R, why The Conspirators keeps him grounded, what went wrong at Gibson, his newfound love of P-90 pickups and how somehow, he’s still a self-conscious guitar player…
Slash is in a good mood. “We’ve been having what I would consider one of the most fun European tours that we’ve ever had,” the guitarist tells us, on a day off between tour dates with Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators in Milan and Toulouse. “It’s been very well received and all the gigs have been sold out, so it’s cool!”
Despite spending the last few years juggling his solo project with the small matter of the most hyped and successful rock ’n’ roll reunion tour in history, he seems in a relaxed place, in no small part because of the balance his hectic schedule offers.
“Guns N’ Roses is just this big epic thing,” the 53-year-old explains. “The Conspirators is on a lower scale, which keeps you grounded for sure!”
Despite keeping him on the level, the demands of the highest-grossing tour of all time haven’t given Slash much chance to spend time with his new solo album Living The Dream since it was released last year, something that he’s finally getting a chance to rectify: “Y’know, you just get so used to flying by the seat of your pants, you just adapt quickly!” he says of his hectic schedule. “You go in, you get a quick rehearsal in and then you go out! And it starts to really come together during the course of the tour. The new songs are all very fun to play and very well received – any song is fun to play if people are familiar with it!”
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