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Billy Corgan, frontman for '90s alt-rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, has always clung tight to the feeling he would some day be reunited with the Fender Stratocaster stolen from him years ago. The guitar was snagged from stage during a Saint Andrews Hall gig in Detroit of 1992.
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Overloading with fuzz and gain, Billy Corgan created a bed of noise that combined the likes of shoegaze and grunge into an entirely unique sonic trademark. It wasn't uncommon for one song to have nearly 50 guitar overdubs, and Corgan was meticulous in his arrangements. None of that would have been possible without the right guitar.
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Rolling Stone has reported that Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has just got his favourite '70s Fender Stratocaster back. After 27 years! It's the one he used to record the band's debut album, Gish, and apparently it was his favourite guitar. ADVERTISEMENT Billy Corgan's '70s Stratocaster returned
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Corgan told Rolling Stone that very Strat was the instrument that "changed the way the band sounded and [how he] played." Since June of 1992, the 51-year-old has been tirelessly searching for.
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Billy Corgan currently plays Reverend guitars of which he has his own signature model, the Reverend BC1 Terz. However, he is historically most known for playing Fender Stratocasters. He's also owned and played many other guitar models throughout his career. See the full list of Billy Corgan guitars and gear below.
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Corgan's early 70s Fender Stratocaster was more than just another guitar. He hand-painted it himself and used it to record The Smashing Pumpkins' debut studio album Gish. Corgan notes that the guitar can especially be heard in the beginning of "Snail", a smash hit from the platinum album.
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Twenty-seven years ago, someone stole Billy Corgan's favorite guitar—an early '70s Fender Stratocaster with a DIY floral paint job—after a Smashing Pumpkins gig. Corgan says the Strat was fundamental to the group's early sound, as heard on their debut Gish. At the time, Corgan offered a $10,000 reward.
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27 years ago, Smashing Pumpkins were performing at Detroit's Saint Andrew's Hall behind their 1991 debut, Gish.It was June 1992, and the band was enjoying their first taste of success outside of their Chicago home. Unfortunately, that night took a turn when, just minutes after they left the stage, Billy Corgan's beloved '70s Fender Stratocaster was stolen.
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Billy Corgan was recently reunited with the Seventies-era Fender Stratocaster he used to record the Smashing Pumpkins' 1991 debut album, Gish. The guitar, essential to the band's early sound and decorated by Corgan with a custom psychedelic design, was stolen in June 1992 after a Pumpkins gig at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit.
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Earlier this month, a crazy story broke about how Billy Corgan reunited with a special guitar that was stolen during a Detroit show in June 1992. As the story goes, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman cherished his hand-painted mid-70s Fender Stratocaster because it changed the way he played, thus heavily influencing the band's sound on its debut album, Gish.
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Billy Corgan has been reunited with a 1970s Stratocaster that was stolen after a gig in 1992. Isn't it nice to hear about a happy ending? The Stratocaster was especially important to Corgan as it played a major role in the band's 1991 debut album Gish. He even went so far as to say that it affected the way he played.