“My first reaction was, ‘There’s only one Les Paul.’ I prolonged the conversation”: Gibson spent years trying to convince Warren Haynes to work on a signature guitar – this is what changed his mind

Warren Haynes.

For a Gibson loyalist with a resume as action-packed as Warren Haynes’, it seemed obvious that the rock guitar veteran eventually be honored with a signature guitar.

After some Les Paul creations as part of Gibson’s Inspired By series in 2022 and 2023, a fully-fledged, P-90 stocked signature arrived earlier this year, bearing his name – but, he says, he wasn’t convinced about the idea at first.