Aerosmith’s Joe Perry has a long and close association with Les Pauls. Just as Jeff Beck was the inspiration for Joe to play a Les Paul, so Joe was the inspiration for Slash to play one. And in partnership with Gibson, Joe now has four signature models to his name.
In Aerosmith’s early career, it was the band’s other guitarist, Brad Whitford, who mostly recorded with a Les Paul while Joe played a Strat for contrast. As Joe tells TG: “I have a lot of guitars.” But wherever he is, he always has a Les Paul close by...
What are some classic Aerosmith songs where you played a Les Paul?
I was just reading a John Lennon interview and he was like, ‘I don’t know about strings. We just used whatever was on there!’ Obviously he was more concerned about the music and writing the songs. In some ways I can identify with that. I was more concerned about writing songs than
