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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Jamie Dickson

“He plugged it in and we both shut up and went, ‘This is an amazing guitar.’ It just sounded extraordinary”: How a friendly rivalry with Jake Kiszka helped Chris Turpin bag this stunning double-cut

Chris Turpin's 1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul.

As told to Guitarist by Chris Turpin.

“So we call this ‘The One That Got Away’. And when me and Jake [Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet] were working on the Mirador album, we spent a day hitting up a few guitar shops, including Vintage ‘n’ Rare [in Bath, England] in the morning and ATB [in Melksham, England] later, where they had a killer little 1x12 Park combo. It was like a 50-watt, with reverb, and it was sitting in some dusty corner and I was like, ‘We should plug that in.’ And so we did, and it sounded incredible.

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