Slash's 2024 Pedalboard

The top-hatted guitar slinger trots out his first pedalboard since the '80s to flavor up his Blues Ball Band's saucy summer tour in support of their debut album Orgy of the Damned.

Slash’s blues-rock romp Orgy of The Damned debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart this spring. Now, the legendary guitar slinger is taking it to the people with his 29-date S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Blues Festival tour. When Slash’s Blues Ball Band played an intimate pre-tour gig at the Gibson Garage in Nashville, they invited John Bohlinger and the PG team.

Before shooting our Rundown with singer/guitarist Tash Neal and Slash’s tech, Ace Bergman, Slash sat down with PG for a chat. The maestro tells Bohlinger about how he found his blues sound on a 1963 Gibson ES-335 he picked up at Norman’s Rare Guitars in Los Angeles. That guitar was copied by the Gibson Custom Shop for the Slash 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition model, which he now brings on the road.

On Orgy of the Damned, Slash and company are digging into a different repertoire than his usual hard-rock-’n’-rollin’ fare. In this case, he’s re-exploring influences and old bands. “All these songs had … a very specific influence on me,” he explains. Back in the ’90s, Slash formed his Blues Ball Band, and he was inspired to pick that project back up, record, and hit the road to play “music that I really loved when I was a kid.”

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[spacemanspiff]

It's hilarious when an artist has multiple signature wahs but doesn't use any of them.

[stanesposito]

John smiles like he's never heard of any of these pedals. 😁

[Fatman-gk]

Man, Slash looks so different without his top hat. They keep referring to him in the third person which is also weird.

[Bobby_Digital]

No more eq pedal in slash’s rig! That new magnatone amp must be incredible! Such a simple pedalboard 👍🏽

[kmarchi]

I can hear the difference in the rosewood board, sounds warmer. Both sounds great.

[davidsummerville]

Agreed, great album. Very cool back to roots pedalboard.

[mauriceloeff]

Lovely simple board!! What else does a guitarist need to make noises in the end of the day! Loud tubes and pedals make me most happy after trying all of it :) Rock on Premier Guitar, really inspiring content as always!

[ryderhowell]

Met Ace when I was a kid. Great guy, he gave me a pic of Slash's and let me take photos of Slash's guitars

[BenBreard]

Darn that gaf tape on the knobs!! Now I'll never know how to make a tube screamer sound like Slash. Life can be so cruel.

[QuickSticks]

Well I think we all learned Something new today

[Punkrocket]

This is awesome I have the Evh phase 90, ibenez tube screamer and a wah I just need slash to sign my les Paul then we are good 🤘🔥🔥🤘

[SLASHMotoVlog]

For me the best Slash sound I've ever heard was the live in Sydney with the Conspirators.

[MikeWard]

Bohlinger just smiles the whole time bro is mansplaining all the crap the whole guitar playing world knows.

[OscillationOverdrive]

I love how Saul couldn't be bothered for this interview.

[HelloJohnRyan]

Leslie is actually before the phaser! 😊

[dw]

Slash, bring back the boost signature wah 2:05. I own that one. Make me feel like we still sound the exact same when playing guitar 😂🤣😂🤣 (I wish)

[bldyng]

This video could be 2 minutes long but this guys yaps lol

[ShaunM]

The first thing I notice was the regular wah, instead of his signature. Glad they touched on that. I love that Slash has the freedom to do what he loves with this band, and with SMKC. Then, also does the massive GN'R tours. He is definitely one of the hardest working men in rock.

[aurora]

A boost circuit in a Wah…that’s brillant.

[Psyclonus]

1:34 Why the tape over the knobs? Is it so people can't see the settings?