We all have ways of letting our significant others know we love them. Some of us err toward flowers, while others bestow jewelry. Hell, a nice dinner will usually suffice, right? All that is fine and dandy, but Joe Perry has a different way of showing his wife Billie his affection – a guitar with her face painted across it, of course.
Enter the “Billie Guitar,” a Gibson B.B. King model, which, back in the day, and with the help of Gibson, Perry had torn down and built back up to his favored specs – and with his wife’s face painted on as a cherry on top. If this sounds at all intriguing, then dig in as Perry tells Guitar World the story of the “Billie Guitar.”
