“I fell in with some Texas boys and started jamming. They had these G&Ls. The first time I picked one up, I fell in love”: Jerry Cantrell on the magic and mods of his iconic “Blue Dress” G&L Rampage – and his gift from Eddie Van Halen

Alice in Chains during a video shoot in Los Angeles, August 1990. Left to right: singer Layne Staley (1967 - 2002), drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Starr (1966 - 2011) and guitarist Jerry Cantrell.

Kurt Cobain's Competition Stripe Mustang will be many people's idea of the quote/unquote most iconic electric guitar to emerge out of the early '90s Seattle scene – and the crazy money it sold for at auction would back that up.

But Jerry Cantrell's G&L Rampage with the Blue Dress graphic has to be in the conversation. It's been with him since the beginning. And in this installment of Cover Stars we revisit a Jan '96 Guitar World cover with the man himself to talk all things Rampage.