“I always used it with Whitesnake, which was perfect because it sounded like John Sykes' Les Paul”: Doug Aldrich on how Randy Rhoads’ inspiration helped him find a “killer” Les Paul – that was owned by the man who co-wrote Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven

Pictured from below, Doug Aldrich of the Dead Daisies plays his Gold Top Les Paul onstage.

This month on Bought & Sold, the venerable Doug Aldrich drops by to talk gear regrets, best buys, and answer the philosophical questions that have plagued guitarists since the golden era of electric guitar – single-coils or humbuckers?

It is a conversation that reveals his guitar preferences, too. Be it with Lion, Dio, Whitesnake, or The Dead Daisies, Aldrich’s love for Gibson Les Paul Goldtops has been the one constant throughout his career.