“I wrote that riff on the Fender six-string bass. I saw Peter Green with Fleetwood Mac pick one up. I thought, ‘I’m gonna get one’”: Joe Perry on how he ditched his Les Pauls and Strats to write an Aerosmith classic

For over 50 years, Joe Perry has been the quintessential poster boy for the Gibson Les Paul – and, more recently, has spoken about his use of the Fender Stratocaster for Aerosmith’s ’70s studio sessions.

However, the guitar hero is a bona fide guitar collector – owning somewhere in the ballpark of 600 guitars – and he says the oddballs inspired some of Aerosmith’s most beloved tracks, too.

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