Now I'm pretty certain it's an ES-175. Pause the video around 44 seconds, and compare the guitar to this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38085&item=3774932256&rd=1From HTGTH Equipment page:
Izzy Stradlin
Rhythm & Lead Guitars [1985 - 1991] Guitars:
Gibson ES-175
Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Byrdland
Fender Telecaster
Gibson 355
Amps:
Fender Bassman heads with a Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinet with EV speakers in the bottom and Celestions on top
Here's a link to the equipement page(where I got the above):
http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/misc/equipment.htmlHe's not playing the Gibson 335, because that's a double cut-away. I guess it could also be the Gibson Byrdland, but I don't think the shape of it looks quite right (Specifically the shape of the cutaway, on the Byrdland it's rounded, on the ES-175 it comes to a point). It's too big to be a Les Paul semi-hollow.
Another reason I think it's the ES-175 that it's specifically mentioned in this article:
As Guns N' Roses entered Canoga Park's Rumbo Studios to record basic tracks for Appetite, Slash was a little under equipped, to say the least. He had a Jackson guitar with a "tweaked neck" and a borrowed Marshall cabinet. Izzy Stradlin' wasn't much better off, having only recently acquired an open-back Carvin 4x12 for his MESA/Boogie head and self-painted Gibson ES-175 hollowbody.
Link to article:
http://www.pressa.com.br/dani/gnr/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=printpage&artid=64So anyway, there's some evidence to back up my guess. Take it or leave it.
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