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Slash's Snakepit - limited fine art print signed by Slash - only 22 in existence
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Slash's Snakepit is one of Slash's most sincere and authentic solo projects, close to his rock'n'roll roots; but it's also the first stone in his immense mythology. Slash's first solo album was the legendary entry of the Snakepit, a mischievous snake. This snake quickly became Slash's archetype, a sort of zoomorphic alter ego representing the essence of his teasing temperament.
This cover was created by Ash Hudson via his graphic art company Conart at Slash's request, to accompany his debut album It's Five O' Clock Somewhere. It takes the jungle book character Kaa and applies Slash's codes (hat, cigarette, S-curve) to a scarlet background. Even more than the songs on the album, this one became legendary for its visuals, which quickly became as emblematic as the top hat. The Gibson Custom Shop even went so far as to use it as inspiration for a top-flight signature model released in the second half of the 1990s at Slash's request: the famous Les Paul Snakepit. Remarkably crafted with a mother-of-pearl cobra inlaid on the fingerboard and a Snakepit engraved on the top, this guitar is today as rare as it is coveted.
In 2021, Ash Hudson decided to commemorate this historic graphic creation by launching a series of limited silkscreen prints based on the cover created years earlier. He has teamed up with a Los Angeles workshop to hand-print a series of 22 numbered silkscreens in an exceptional format (91cm x 91cm). Whereas the Snakepit was previously packaged in a limited vinyl or CD format, it has now taken shape for the first time as a genuine work of art. These rare, high-quality silkscreens (on 300g / sm handmade paper) were then all signed by Slash.
These exceptional prints are true works of art. This silkscreen is one of the few to have also been signed by Ash Hudson, the creator of the Snakepit, on the back. It is sold here in a frame with dark, delicate moldings, like a jewel box adapted to the Snakepit's mischievousness.
Format: 91 x 91cm
Technique: Hand-drawn silkscreen. Paper 300g/sm
Details: Series 2021, signed by Slash on the front and Ash Hudson on the back.
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Slash
(1965)
Group : Guns N’ Roses
Main guitar : Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 Kris Derrig
An absolute “must-hear” track : Welcome To The Jungle
Without Slash, it is likely that the Les Paul would be nothing more than a relic of the past that would only interest hard-core Clapton fans. Yet, with the sheer force of his legendary riffs and the wet, seductive sound he gets out of his Les Paul, this ultimate guitar hero brought the sunburst back into fashion and even made it his trademark, just like his top hat and long curly hair.
Saul Hudson (his real name) was a pure product of the eighties, to the point that he even auditioned for the kings of glam, Poison. But he managed a beautiful metamorphosis by joining Hollywood Rose, the group that would become Guns N’ Roses. He and singer Axl Rose reinvented themselves as bad boys, junky dandies, and post-glam rockers, breathing new life into the model of the dangerous duo of a singer and his lead guitarist, based on the model of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. With rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, Slash created a guitar sound that became the soundtrack of the late 1980s with the huge album Appetite For Destruction (1987), on which there are as many unforgettable riffs as there are tracks; Welcome To The Jungle, Nightrain, Mr Brownstone, and many more. The next album, Use Your Illusion (1991), confirmed the band’s status as a global colossus, embarking on a two-year non-stop tour. Slash was at the height of his fame, and all the teenagers of the time wanted a Les Paul to learn how to play the intro to Sweet Child O’ Mine.
Tired of tensions within the band, Slash finally left in 1996 to devote himself to his solo project, the very bluesy Slash’s Snakepit. He also appeared as a guest on many albums by other artists, from Michael Jackson to Bob Dylan and Lenny Kravitz. In 2002, he founded Velvet Revolver with former Guns N’ Roses members Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. But the curse of the singer followed Slash into that band and he had to fire Scott Weiland in 2008 because of his pervasive dope habit. In 2010, the curly-headed virtuoso did what was expected of him and released an album under his own name, a solo venture on which all his singing friends came to lend a hand. Among them, it was Myles Kennedy who became the singer for the following solo albums.
Finally, in 2016, Slash returned to Guns N’ Roses for a memorable sold-out tour. The band plays as if its life depended on it. The concerts are long and exciting, and Slash has permanently attained the status of a living guitar god. And his signature Les Pauls are selling better than ever.
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