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“Iconic classics reborn with an irresistible twist”: Gibson offers show-stopping finishes with 11 new vintage guitar reissues

From dazzling diamond ES-355s to faithful Murphy Lab aging, the luthier has given some of its most revered guitars truly knockout new colorways

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“One of my favorite guitars. It carries a lot of history”: Gibson has reproduced the ‘78 Les Paul Custom that Johnny Marr gifted to Noel Gallagher – as heard on The Queen is Dead, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? and more

The guitar – gifted to the Oasis icon after the first Les Paul he received from Marr got damaged during an altercation with a stage invader – has been revived in its original format to celebrate the opening of the Gibson Garage UK, and will be sold in support of…

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"The one that Johnny gave me in 1994 was always one of my favourite guitars - it carries a lot of history": Gibson and Noel Gallagher reveal strictly-limited run of 20 hand-signed Les Paul Customs

All proceeds will go to the Teenage Charity Trust

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‘When they cleared the wreckage, it was all that survived’: 10 of history’s most irreplaceable guitars

As Paul McCartney is reunited with his violin-shaped Hofner bass, we look at equally iconic guitars, from Prince’s phallic symbol to Jimmy Page’s double-necked beast

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“Her roaring mastery of her trusty Gibson Les Paul Custom rivaled the best of her male contemporaries”: A lost Sister Rosetta Tharpe live album featuring never-before-heard recordings has been unearthed – and it’s set for release this year

21 tracks discovered by “The Indiana Jones of jazz” have been compiled into a new live album, which will contain liner notes from Tharpe experts and contemporary artists, including Susan Tedeschi, Billy Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt and more

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Gibson just quietly unveiled 11 new guitars

Heavily aged, silver sparkle and Pelham Blue beauties

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“When it got stolen, he said he felt as if he had lost a part of himself”: Guitarist reunited with his vintage Gibson Les Paul, 27 years after it disappeared

The '81 Les Paul Custom was stolen way back in 1997, and after some persistent detective work, it's now been returned to its rightful owner – just in time for his 50th birthday

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“I strived to get an electric guitar to respond like a fingerpicked, open-tuned acoustic for decades. I went about it wrong”: Ex-Black Crowes guitarist Luther Dickinson on why he never dug his first signature Gibson – and how its followup went MIA

The North Mississippi Allstars man has led a storied career. He discusses his surprising jams with Rich Robinson and co, recording with The Replacements at the age of 13, and how his dad (via Bo Diddley) set him on a lifelong open-tuned path

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“One of the most exciting new releases of the year”: The Gibson SG Supreme is officially back – and it looks better than ever

The Supreme revival continues apace with four souped-up SGs – which bring to the table new cosmetic flourishes, finishes and versatile switching options

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Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop team up for the exquisite Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom – a Gibson in all but name?

With that Custombucker/Seymour Duncan humbucker pairing, the open-book headstock, and the long neck tenon joint, this is serious guitar to challenge entry-level Gibsons

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“The Gibson SG took me about 30 years to figure out… it’s completely different from a Les Paul”: Joe Bonamassa explains how he learned to love Gibson’s solid guitar – and teaches you his favorite SG licks

It might have taken Bonamassa a minute (or a few decades) to fall for the SG’s charms, but now he has in a big way, and this video lesson offers a taste of what the Gibson double-cut can do

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“One of my top favorite guitars of all time”: Epiphone debuts the Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom – and it's got a Gibson-style headstock

The Tool man’s signature model follows the Kirk Hammett Greeny Les Paul in featuring an ‘open book’ style headstock, plus a classy Custom Shop-tier neck pickup

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“It is bound to overshadow everything else in sight and be one of the most exciting new releases of the year”: The Gibson SG Supreme makes a glitzy return

It's the SG that will have no trouble getting a table at the Ivy, with “Chandelier” MOP headstock inlay and gold hardware as standard on a 24-fret figured-maple topped version of the classic doublecut

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“I love Gibson – I always have. Even though people like Slash play Les Pauls, for me they work better in a jazzier sound-world”: Jimmy Page was bowled over by her playing. Now Rosie Frater-Taylor is injecting jazz solos into pop for an all-new sound

Inspired by jazz-go-pop stars like George Benson and Pat Metheny, the Pickup Music tutor and rising star has a unique guitar-meets-vocal vamping style

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“My best advice to all guitarists is to sit down and write the things you practice”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale talks tone tips, meat and potatoes rock, and reveals how a fan gave her an original Klon Centaur

The Gibson Ambassador and Kramer signature artist checks in to share six-string wisdom, the secret of keeping it simple, and why she made a guitar that looks like it came from the '80s

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“The best guitar solo is a song within a song. I’ve been doing that my whole career”: Ace Frehley on the mystery of his guitar style, influences, and how his genius IQ works best when he's half-awake

Returning with 10,000 Volts of rock 'n' roll, the legendary former Kiss guitarist explains why his style needs no evolution – just a Les Paul, a Marshall on 10, and he's good to go

Guitar World

On sale now! Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: Queen's Greatest Songs Track By Track – By Brian May

Also in issue 381! Interviews: Yard Act, Sleater-Kinney, Ihsahn and more. Reviews: New gear from Gibson, Fender, Shergold and more. Learn songs by Queen, Bring Me The Horizon and U2

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Gibson Master Luthier Jim DeCola has made a brilliant, simple tool to help set up an acoustic guitar – and you can make one too

Is your acoustic's action too high? You need to see this

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10 Best Guitarists Of All Time: The Legends Across Generations

Here are some of the best guitarists that have left an indelible mark on music history with their passion for the instrument.

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“I tried SGs and Flying Vs, and they might look cool, but it's like playing a piece of Styrofoam”: Bill Kelliher explains why he prefers his guitars to be as heavy as possible

Since around 2020, the Mastodon maestro has been wielding an extraordinarily thick ESP Custom Shop model, which was recently reissued as the LTD Royal Shiva – and both closely follow Kelliher’s ethos of “the thicker, the better”

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Gibson launches the Les Paul Studio Modern, revamping the classic single-cut with “no-nonsense” stripped-down aesthetics, high-performance specs

The next-gen Studio is a lightweight Les Paul with a compound radius, super-sculpted heel, with coil-taps and phase switches to get more out of your humbucker pairing

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Welcome to the ultimate Rolling Stones guitar lesson – a tab and audio deep dive into the styles of Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones, and Mick Taylor

We can't make you look as cool as the Stones but maybe we can make you play like them. Here we'll be throwing our guitars into Open G and digging out the slide, with plenty of licks in standard tuning, too

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Two years on from their landmark battle over body shapes, Gibson and Armadillo are back in court as the Dean producer seeks to appeal 2022 jury decision

The initial decision ruled in Gibson’s favor and prevented Armadillo from producing any more V or Z-style builds based on the classic outlines

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“This cherished model has now been refined”: Gibson’s sleek Les Paul Modern Studio brings the Modern line’s player-friendly features to a proper mahogany body and maple cap USA build – and all for under $2K

The latest take on the Les Paul Studio looks to offer some of the best bang for your buck of the whole USA-made line-up

Guitar World

“I’ve been playing for seven years but I only learned the pentatonic scale three years ago!”: She’s only just started exploring music theory, but that hasn’t stopped 17-year-old Grace Bowers from grabbing her blues heroes’ attention

Though she already has a Gibson endorsement, an impressive social media presence and a favorite guitar and effects setup, the Hodge Podge leader is practicing harder than ever

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