What guitar does Ritchie Blackmore use?
Blackmore used a Gibson ES-335 on the first two Deep Purple records before switching to a Fender Stratocaster around 1968 and the Strat has been his main electric weapon of choice ever since. Speaking with Guitar World in 2017, Blackmore recounted the first Strat he ever owned, “I liked the way Hendrix’s Strat looked.