Joe Perry from Aerosmith does it all...play guitar, makes his own hot sauce.... Joe Perry has been a long time user of Gibson Les Pauls. He has quite a guitar collection and his custom Les Paul is really hot. Let's take a look at what guitar gear and equipment has been seen in Joe Perry's Guitar Rig (the equipment from past and present).

Joe answers the question, how many Les Paul's does one man need?

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Joe Perry claimed in an article I read that he has about 600 guitars. I'll just list some of the sweet guitars he has in his collection.

 Guitars
- Gibson Joe Perry Boneyard Les Paul's

-Fender Stratocasters

- Fender '65 Telecaster

- Gibson ES-335 with Bigsby

- Ampeg/Dan Armstrong Plexi Guitar (tuned to open A)

- Guild 12-String Electric
- Gretsch Black Falcon

- Fender Reissue Telecaster

- Ernie Ball/Music Man Silhouette 6 String Bass
- Chandler Lap Steel

- Gibson ES-335 (custom painted with his wife's face on body of guitar)
- Gibson Firebird VII

- Fender Telecaster w/B-Bender

- Supro Ozark
- Gibson Jeff Beck Les Paul
- Gibson Les Paul Standard

- Gibson Les Paul Junior

- Gibson Les Paul Custom

- Gibson SG

- Gibson ES-175

- Gibson ES-350
- B.C. Rich guitars: Mockingbird and Bitch (70's and early 80's)

- Fender Bass VI

- Danelectro six-string basses
- Gibson EB-6
- Ernie Ball MusicMan six-string bass guitar

- Guild X100 Bladerunner (Walk This Way video)

- RS Guitars custom made "Bullets and Bones" guitar  (Lindy Fralin P90 and Joe Barden pickups)

Amplifiers
- Marshall 50 Watt Plexi Head

- Marshall Major 200 Watt Heads
- Fender Tonemaster Head
- Wizard 100 Watt Head
- Marshall JMP-1 Preamp
- Marshall 4x12 cabs

- Vox 4x12 Cab

- Orange 8x12 cab 

Effects and Accessories

Joe has said in interviews that he trys to use pedals that are true bypass

- Digitech Whammy Pedal

- Dunlop DCR-1SR Rackmount Wah and Dunlop Wah pedals

- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler (used for a cleaner sound)

- Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Modeler

- Klon Centaur overdrive
- custom made Heil Talk Box

- Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

- Chicago Iron Octavian
- Samson UR5-D Synth Wireless
- Gibson Vintage Reissue .010-.046 Strings

- Pro Co RAT Distortion Pedal

- Custom Audio Electronics MXR Boost/Overdrive (seen 2009)

- Fulltone Ultimate Octave (seen on 2009 pedalboard)

- Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb pedal (seen 2009)

- Electro Harmonix POG (seen 2009)

- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo (seen 2009)

- Option 5 Destination Rotation Single (seen 2009)

-Dunlop Joe Perry Boneyard Guitar Slide

- Royer R-121 mics have been used a lot on Aerosmith guitar cabs

Interesting Joe Perry fact: He is left-handed, but plays the guitar right-handed.

Go to the next page for some awesome pictures of Joe Perry's Guitar Rig.