# How many guitars have their own Wikipedia page? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550 "2023-09-03T16:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/1 "2023-09-03T16:00:44Z")
I’m not talking about guitar makes (of course Gibson Les Paul, for example, has a page), I’m talking about individual guitars. Blackie (Clapton’s favorite) has a page, and Trigger. Any others? I have to admit that my eyes got a bit misty (in a manly sort of way) when I read Trigger’s page. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/2 "2023-09-03T16:02:20Z")
[The Red Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Special), the hand-made custom guitar built by Brian May (Queen guitarist) and his father, when May was a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/3 "2023-09-03T16:02:36Z")
Brian May’s [Red Special.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Special) - Damn. Missed it by _that_ much. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/4 "2023-09-03T16:04:28Z")
I immediately thought of **Lucille** , I thought the most famous one. > **[Lucille (guitar)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_(guitar))** > > Lucille is the name American blues musician B.B. King (1925–2015) gave to his guitars. They were usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES-330 or ES-355, and Gibson introduced a B.B. King custom model in 1980, based upon the latter. > In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. The hall was heated by a barrel half-filled with burning kerosene set in the middle of the dance floor, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, k... **Pearly Gates** , the guitar of Billy Gibbons had one, but was merged into Billy’s wiki page. > **[Billy Gibbons](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pearly_Gates_%28guitar%29&redirect=no)** > > William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career in the Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in early 1971. He has also maintained a solo career in recent years, starting with his first album Perfectamundo (2015). > Gibbons has made appearances with other a... **Tiger** , Jerry Garcia’s guitar. > **[Tiger (guitar)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_(guitar))** > > Tiger was Jerry Garcia's main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was designed and built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin. The instrument was commissioned by Garcia in 1973 following delivery of Wolf, his first major Irwin-built guitar. Upon commissioning the instrument, Garcia enjoined Irwin to "make it the way he thought was best, and don't hold back." > Throughout the design and construction process, it was provisionally designated "the Garcia". The final name came from the tiger inlaid on the prea... ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/5 "2023-09-03T16:09:32Z")
Eddie Van Halen’s [Frankenstrat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/6 "2023-09-03T16:11:43Z")
Peter Frampton had a black, triple-humbucker Gibson Les Paul, which had been given to him by a friend; it became his favorite guitar, and it appears on the cover of his _Frampton Comes Alive!_ album. The guitar was lost in a 1980 plane crash, along with the rest of Frampton’s gear, but decades later, a fan saw a guitarist playing a familiar, fire-scorched Les Paul, and arranged to have it returned to Frampton. After having it restored (though it retained the scorching), Frampton dubbed it the “Phenix” (that’s an intentional typo), and began using it again on tour. [![](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?height=988&quality=80&resize_to=fit&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FH6h9HhhfaR7kYfWfCPCaig%2Flarger.jpg&width=445) ](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?height=988&quality=80&resize_to=fit&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FH6h9HhhfaR7kYfWfCPCaig%2Flarger.jpg&width=445) > **[Peter Frampton recounts the recovery and restoration of his legendary Gibson...](https://www.guitarworld.com/news/peter-frampton-phenix-video)** > > The lost-and-found Les Paul, and its role in Frampton's Comes Alive! 35th anniversary shows, is the subject of the in-depth documentary ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/7 "2023-09-03T16:13:43Z")
But does it have a Wiki page? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/8 "2023-09-03T16:14:16Z")
I hate to be this guy, but here’s a list (no idea how complete it is though): > **[List of guitars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_guitars?useskin=vector)** > > This list of guitars details individual guitars which have become famous because of their use by famous musicians; their seminal status; their high value; and the like. > > Jeff Beck playing Tele-Gib in 1979 > The Woodstock Stratocaster, played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Festival ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/9 "2023-09-03T16:14:21Z")
Alas, it does not, so it does not qualify for this thread. It should. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/10 "2023-09-03T16:14:56Z")
Damn, of course there is a list. They take all the fun out of these things. * * * * * * > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Alas, it does not, so it does not qualify for this thread. It should. You can always add it and then add it to that fun ruining list. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/11 "2023-09-03T16:31:01Z")
Some people just aren’t much fun! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/12 "2023-09-04T23:16:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Damn, of course there is a list. They take all the fun out of these things. Wikipedians looove lists! ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/13 "2023-09-05T07:09:25Z")
I think [the black strat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Strat) would have it’s own page, sure enough it does. I had a close-up look at it at the “Pink Floyd: Their Mortal remains” exibition at the V&A a few years ago. It is very much a working musician’s guitar, very much battered about but that didn’t stop it selling for $4m a few years later (a record at the time). I seriously considered putting a bid in for it as the reserve was $100-150k which sounded ridiculously low and if you could get it for anything close to that you were guaranteed a massive profit. In the end, I didn’t because the music memorabelia world is simply not that negligent (as it proved to be) ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/14 "2023-09-05T07:58:25Z")
So far, I’ve resisted the temptation to create a Wikipedia article about my bog-standard Mexican Strat, so that I’ll be the first poster to _own_ a guitar with its own page. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/15 "2023-09-05T16:37:16Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > In the end, I didn’t because the music memorabelia world is simply not that negligent (as it proved to be) Oh, and my darling wife thinks my posts give the impression that I was free to do as I liked, she would like me to clarify that my idea of putting in a bid would never have gained executive approval. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/16 "2023-09-05T17:30:48Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Wikipedians looove lists! Is there a list of all the wikipedia lists? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/17 "2023-09-05T17:39:11Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Is there a list of all the wikipedia lists? > **[List of lists of lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists)** > > This page is a list of lists of lists—a list of pages that are lists of other list articles. Each of the pages linked here is an index to multiple lists on a topic. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/18 "2023-09-13T18:33:55Z")
A list is only as good as its embarrassingly glaring omissions…Buck Dharma’s (Blue Oyster Cult) Cheeseberger guitar is notably missing from the wiki List of Guitars. [http://www.buckdharma.com/Guitar/pic13.html](http://www.buckdharma.com/Guitar/pic13.html) Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) also has multiple iconic custom guitars he’s used through the years. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550/19 "2023-09-13T18:40:43Z")
Usually such lists only include items with their own Wikipedia pages, so if that guitar doesn’t have a page, it won’t be included.