Slash has stolen guitar remade

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Guitar makers Gibson have recreated an instrument which was stolen when Slash's studio was raided a decade ago.

The Velvet Revolver guitarist played the Les Paul Goldtop on Guns N' Roses tracks 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and 'November Rain'.

He told Rolling Stone: "I asked Gibson to make me a reissue of the 1991 Les Paul Goldtop that I had been using on tour for 'Sweet Child O' Mine', 'November Rain' and 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door'. This was probably the best guitar that I ever heard for playing those kinds of solos.

"In 1998, I had my studio ripped off and all my guitars were stolen. Slowly but surely I got them all back, but the one I didn't get back was that particular Goldtop."

The rocker said he was impressed with the instrument, adding: "They built me this guitar and it sounds exactly like the 1991 stolen guitar, which somebody out there still has."