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For the songs on the first album with no whammy bar, he used the Ibanez Destroyer, which he had just made into the Shark guitar, later seen on the cover of the third album. It's in the video for You Really Got Me. The Frankenstrat was used mostly on the second album, was painted red before the tour, and had a Floyd Rose on it by the third album. And there are some outtake photos of him with a tobacco burst Les Paul Junior for the photo shoot for the first album. I guess they decided the Frankenstrat looked cooler for the final cut.

BTW, of all his great feats, the one I find most amazing is Hot For Teacher. He used a '59 Korina wood Flying V, the whole song is done in one take with no overdubs and that solo and tone are just to die for. Those guitars are north of $400k now.
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