When my blues band formed 18 years ago, the other guitar player and I were both playing Strats through the same type amplifier (Music Man 212-HD). As the band developed and our styles blended (and we stole licks from each other), it soon became apparent from our recordings that, other than his slide work, WE couldn't even tell which parts we played ourselves.

That gave me the perfect opportunity to pull out the Gibsons. The old 335 came out of the stroreroom, and we have never looked back. The blending of sonic qualities of the Strat and the Gibson ES have worked well for us, although a Les Paul or any twin humbucker Gibson would give a similar distinction between guitars.

Neither of us use any pedal so it's just pure guitar tone. Our current setup, as has been for the last ten years or so, is him playing a Strat through a 4-10 Bassman, and me playing an ES-345 through a Music Man 210-65.

As Eric Clapton said about the Layla album when asked which guitar parts were him and which were Duane, "He's playing the Gibson, I'm playing the Fender."

Gibson LPC and the Epi Casino....... You can play just about any type of music with those two.