List of Notable Artists Who Own Veleno Guitars
Artists known to have owned Veleno all-aluminium guitars include:
- Marc Bolan of T.Rex
- Eric Clapton
- Greg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
- Lou Reed
- Johnny Winter
- Ace Frehley of Kiss
- Todd Rundgren
- Dolly Parton
- Sonny Bono
- Chris Pontius
- Dan Ferguson, former personal guitarist for the Sonny and Cher shows
- Steve Albini of Shellac
- Pete Haycock of the Climax Blues Band who owned three Velenos
- Ray Monette of Rare Earth
- Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad, who owned three Veleno guitars
- Ronnie Montrose of Montrose and The Edgar Winter Band
- Lonesome Dave Peverett of Foghat
- Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra
- Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe
- Ed Kuepper of The Saints
- Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd. and The Clash, whose Veleno was nicknamed the "Leveno" by friends, and later stolen from his home
- Robby Krieger of The Doors
- Mario DeMurier of The James Gang
- David Surkamp of Pavlov's Dog
- David Robinson of The Cars (Veleno guitar shown on their "Panorama" album)
- Vincent Gallo
- Johnny Depp
- Frank Hannon of Tesla
- Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson
- Eric Erlandson of Hole, who owns three Velenos
- Nicky Panicci who's owned &/or still owns #10, #19, #48, #49, #54, #64, #166, #168,#74 in grey black AKA "The Grey Ghost" & the rarest Veleno to exist, The Super Finished Black Veleno 1of1 with a handmade case.
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