Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter.[1] He is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N’ Roses, Slash formed the side project Slash’s Snakepit. After leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, he co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver, which re-established him as a mainstream performer in the mid to late 2000s. Slash has since released three solo albums, Slash (2010), featuring an array of famous guest musicians, Apocalyptic Love (2012) and World on Fire (2014) recorded with singer/guitaristMyles Kennedy of Alter Bridge, along with rhythm section Brent Fitz and Todd Kerns, known on the album as The Conspirators. Slash returned to Guns N’ Roses in 2016, 20 years after he had left.
Slash has received critical acclaim as a guitarist. Time named him runner-up on their list of “The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players” in 2009,[2] while Rolling Stone placed him at No. 65 on their list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” in 2011.[3] Guitar World ranked his solo in “November Rain” No. 6 on their list of “The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos” in 2008,[4] andTotal Guitar placed his riff in “Sweet Child o’ Mine” at No. 1 on their list of “The 100 Greatest Riffs” in 2004.[5] In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with the rest of Guns N’ Roses’ ‘classic’ line-up as well as Dizzy Reed and Matt Sorum.
Slash owns more than 100 guitars. He prefers the Gibson Les Paul, 
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