Most Iconic Guitars

Trumpets, violins and flutes are all well and nice but, really, every kid grows up dreaming of being an axe-wielding guitar god on stage in front of thousands, shredding their way into oblivion.

And designer Federico Mauro fully understands this, having created this brilliant set of images of the instrument of choice for a series of guitar legends. The twin classics of Gibson's Les Paul and Fender's Stratocaster naturally feature prominently, but there's plenty of other extremely cool axes to observe.

Choose yours and get practising your solo face.

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(Images: Federico Mauro)

Brian May

Axe with Acts: Queen

Angus Young

Axe with Acts: AC/DC

B.B. King

Axe with Acts: Solo

Eddie Van Halen

Axe with Acts: Van Halen

Jimi Hendrix

Axe with Acts: The Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsies

David Gilmour

Axe with Acts: Pink Floyd/Solo

Django Reinhardt

Axe with Acts: Solo

James Hetfield

Axe with Acts: Metallica

Al Di Meola

Axe with Acts: Return to Forever/Solo

Kurt Cobain

Axe with Acts: Nirvana

Slash

Axe with Acts: Guns N' Roses/Slash's Snakepit/Velvet Revolver/Solo

Bo Diddley

Axe with Acts: Solo

Bruce Springsteen

Axe with Acts: Solo/The E Street Band

Carlos Santana

Axe with Acts: Santana

Jimmy Page

Axe with Acts: The Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin

Chuck Berry

Axe with Acts: Solo

Ritchie Blackmore

Axe with Acts: Deep Purple/Rainbow

George Benson

Axe with Acts: Solo

Eric Clapton

Axe with Acts: The Yardbirds/The Bluesbreakers/Cream/Blind Faith/Derek & The Dominoes/Solo

George Harrison

Axe with Acts: The Beatles/Solo

Mark Knopfler

Axe with Acts: Dire Straits/Solo

Paco De Lucia

Axe with Acts: Solo

Randy Rhoads

Axe with Acts: Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne

Pat Metheny

Axe with Acts: Pat Metheny Group

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