Neil Young

Old Black, Neil Young's Les Paul, with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young near Ottawa in 2006 Old Black started life as a 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, since refinished in black, that Young got in a trade with Buffalo Springfield bandmate Jim Messina in early 1968. A Bigsby vibrato and a Gibson Firebird pickup in the bridge give it the snarl that defines his records with Crazy Horse. Few guitars are so tied to one player's sound: when people say "Neil Young guitar," this is the noise they mean.