![]() ![]() ![]() Fender MustangĪnother acoustic guitar Corgan occasionally used on the stage, especially for ballads, was the Ovation 1771LX Standard Balladeer. It had a solid alder body, oversized CBS-era headstock, and single-piece medium profile neck, which were the standard specs of the time. Corgan called this guitar the Gish Guitar. He said that the neck of this guitar felt like a violin which he truly liked as Corgan is a guitarist who plays like he is left-handed, although he is right-handed. It played a big role in Corgan’s career as it redefined his playing style. The guitar was mainly used in the early days of The Smashing Pumpkins. It had a unique black-on-black finish and featured a three-bolt neck of the 70’s Strats and a maple fretboard. It was a heavily modified guitar and had lots of different stickers on it. Fender Vintage Series ’74 StratocasterĪnother Strat in Corgan’s collection is the Fender Vintage Series ’74 Stratocaster. It had powerful DiMarzio pickups and was very similar to the Bat Strat in the rest of the specs. The guitar was often tuned to the Eb tuning and was regularly used in live performances whenever Corgan needed the tuning. The solo of Cherub Rock and the intro of the tune Today were recorded with the instrument. The guitar was customized with black-over-candy-apple-red paint. As Billy Corgan is a big Strat fan, his number 2 guitar was the 1988 Fender Stratocaster, which he regularly used during the Siamese Dream and Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness era.
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