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Aaron Fink - Breaking Benjamin
Aaron Wies - Spoken
Adam Gaynor - Matchbox Twenty
Adam Gontier - Three Days Grace
Adam Marino - Vs. The Earth
AJ Cheek - Nevertheless
Al Di Meola
Alex Grossi - Beautiful Creatures / Quiet Riot
Alex Lifeson - Rush
Al Schnier - Moe.
Andy York - John Mellencamp
Angelo Bruchini - Massive Attack
Anthony Armstrong - Red
Antonio Bernardini - Sober
Art Alexakis - Everclear
Artie Renkon - Scott Stapp Band
Arthur Gadowski - Ira
Axl Rose - Guns & Roses

http://www.prsguitars.com/artists/index.html

I Remember long time ago that I read that Axl were taking guitar lessons, way before RIR3... and I dont remember if the guitar Axl played at RIR3 was the PSR model

anyone knows more about it?

 :o


That is messed up, especially if it's on their official site..


EDIT: Yeah, the guitar he played during Maddy at RIR 3 was a PRS.....

That was the wierdest thing ever seeing Axl play guitar.  :-X

what about Dead Horse? that didn't seem weird to me.

Dead Horse video made sense but ax playing guitar at rock in rio 2001 it's something ridiculous, it's like seeing Madonna ruling U.S.A today  :hihi:

I was worried Axl was trying to become a guitar playing singer...Dead Horse made sense...Rio didn't... :peace:

Oh come on, wouldent you wanna see Axl come out and bust into the sweet child intro  :hihi:

N0  :hihi:  But it poses an interesting question...would Axl or Guns N' Roses have the same appeal if Axl just stood in front of a mic stand the whole show strumming a guitar?

yes, it was a paul reed smith

plus, you dont need to have a contract to appear on the page, of famous musicians who uses the instrument

Anyone got a pic of this ?

Rio III, Axl straps on a guitar during the bridge/solo/speaches of Madagascar. I thought it was cool :D

Would be cool if the solo on the demos weve heard was axl doin the solo  :peace: hehe.

There is a video of it...check YouTube.

Here you go...I think this is it (my work computer doesn't have flash)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-uwrmHx8o

Yup thats the vid


Thanks ;D

I actually forgot about that. Wonder why he stopped doing it?

I think he just left the guitar playing to the guitar players and did what he does best...besides, I don't know if I could deal with Axl as a guitar player in concert.

the guitar forced axl to stay in one place....i hated that!

its better to see him strum on a guitar then it is for him to run backstage,


At least we had a chance to see him during madagascar (the quotes, I mean)

Hell no.  im convinced a band can never go real far without a "designated" front-man.  Though the Damn Yankees were close. 

he's been listed on their site for years.

Yep!  Old news...

It would take away some stage presence, but Eddie Vedder, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, James Hetfield (Metallica-Gigantic band) all have sung while playing guitar and been huge.  Same with Beatles.  But, I agree, I like when the vocalist can commit himself 100% to singing. 

i dont even think his guitar was plugged in at rir 3. i thought that was so stupid. what was the point ?

What about Hetfield and Metallica ::)

David Gilmour & Roger Waters  Floyd

John Lennon & Paul Macartney and a little band called The Beatles


Shit there is so many more

Now imagine what kind of stage presence they would have if they didn't play guitar and were mobile singers? it would be as wierd as seeing Axl as a guitarist singer...Axl is the man...he is charismatic and full of energy and tears around the stage like a madman without looking campy.  Most frontman in Rock bands (who don't play guitar) just look campy and like posers....sorry but Sebastian Bach is one...and not to mention Jon Bon Jovi. 

Damn that shit isn't even plugged in  :hihi:

I dunno it just sort of smacked of 'hey i haven't been fucking around here for the past 10 years, look i can play guitar now too!'

With guys like Fortus or Bumblefoot or Buckethead holding down the fort there's not need to even bother with a guitar.

I LOVED rio even with Axl's look then.  He had the most energy and tried out new stuff ALL through the show.  I still have the VHS I ordered back in 01' from it.  17 years old rockin out the new guns back then, such great memories......

what about metallica?

Metallica Sucks.

GN'R have always done 100% wireless since they got huge.

To be sponsored by PRS you just need to be huge. They give you 2 guitars a year, a discount on additional guitars. My band tried to get sponsored 2 years ago and that's what their Artist Relations Dept. told us. If you're signed, have proof of a tour (or in this case RIR is big enough to count as tour) and you have a following, you are sponsored. Axl wouldn't have a single problem getting signed... being that he is frontman for one of the biggest band in rock history.  :peace:

it wasn't plugged in. the tech guy fucked up.....you can see how mad he was a few times during the show....

how do you know that?

He doesn't look to pissed to me during this song... I can't hear what he's playing, i mean he's basically just riding the low e string, but to say that the thing isn't plugged in needs a little more explaing...

He would never intentionally pretend to play guitar... never.

It makes sense, they send guitars to Axl for free and they get to use his name.

I actually like the idea of Axl knowing how to play guitar good, it will help with his songwriting.  I mean, he should never be the main songwriter when it comes to guitar, or main player, but at least he can help out more in that department.


That is the funniest thing I've heard all day.  Thank you.