29 Les Paul legends: part 2

MusicRadar Team

Although Randy Rhoads was known for use of V-shaped Karl Sandoval and Jackson electrics, his main squeeze was a pancake-body 1974 Les Paul Custom, often erroneously claimed to be a 1972, that Rhoads himself believed for a long time to have been made in 1963.

Confused? We don’t blame you, but some undisputed facts about the guitar are that it was acquired for Rhoads by his Quiet Riot bandmates in the late 1970s and was modified with Schaller tuners and engraved with his name on the scratchplate. Oh, and he was pretty damn good at playing the thing too.
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