Few single cuts hold as much cache as Joe Perry’s ’59 Gibson Les Paul. After all, not only did Perry brandish it during Aerosmith’s late ‘70s run to glory, but after hocking it in the early ‘80s in a period of guitar purging, Guns N’ Roses’ own six-string maestro, Slash, came upon it.
This led to Slash slinging the beloved ‘burst well into the ‘90s, before – but not after his and Perry's friendship suffered over the guitar – Slash gifted it back to Perry for his 50th birthday.
