Blues hotshot Marcus King has bought another vintage guitar gem: a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, and the sought-after sunburst guitar proves, once again, why vintage instruments always have many stories to tell.
Carter Vintage Guitars, which sold King the instrument, has detailed its long, and sometimes tragic, history in an in-depth blog post. It features an image of King clutching the electric guitar like a child who’s just won a giant stuffed toy at the fair.
