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“Everybody can play it... Just bring your own energy”: Fatoumata Diawara’s signature SG wears her Malian roots proudly on its horns

The Epiphone Fatouma Diawara SG has a Malian graphic finish .

NAMM 2026: Epiphone announces its latest signature model, a vibrantly colorful and soulful SG for singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara that proudly wears her Malian roots on its sleeves, or perhaps we should say, on its ‘horns’.

Gibson’s now-classic SG has been around since 1961 and its place in rock and roll history has been set in stone with the likes of Angus Young and Tommy Iommi just a few of the famous artists over the years to use the iconic guitar and have SG signature models birthed in their honour.

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