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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Janelle Borg

“Two shots fired by a frantic chick at her boyfriend missed him and hit T-Bone’s guitar”: T-Bone Walker’s 1949 Gibson spearheads the reopening of iconic Denmark Street guitar store Regent Sounds

Crispin Weir plays T-Bone Walker's Gibson ES-5, the guitar that started it all, on the newly refurbished shop floor at Regent Sounds.

Iconic Denmark Street [London] guitar shop Regent Sounds has reopened after a major refurbishment that has restored the store to its former glory.

The guitar shop now includes a lounge dedicated to high-end and historically significant guitars, chief among them a 1949 Gibson ES-5N that belonged to legendary blues guitarist T-Bone Walker.

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