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“One night after the Albert Hall he said, ‘Put it away and get a proper guitar!’”: Andy Fairweather Low on playing with Eric Clapton and how Slowhand was unimpressed by his oddball Teisco

Low got the Teisco Spectrum V bug after seeing Ry Cooder with one. Eddie Van Halen loved them too. Clapton? Not so much...

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“You felt as if you might be in the presence of a Zen master”: Remembering Bill Puplett, the guitar sage and expert luthier loved by Johnny Marr, Adrian Legg and countless players whose instruments he rehabilitated

The esteemed luthier and guitar expert cast his repairing magic over decades of dedicated practice

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"The legendary amp maker is taking aim at other Marshall-in-a-box pedals with a new lineup that is diverse, well-made, and very well-thought-out": Marshall 1959, JCM800, JCM900, DSL, and JVM overdrive pedal review

Marshall is going for gold with this new line of pedals – but do they live up to the iconic amps they are inspired by?

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“A vibrant update to an all-time classic”: By popular demand, Gibson gives the ES-335 its Custom Color refresh

Spearmint, Watermelon, Ocean Blue, Blood Moon Burst, the ES-335 and its AAA figured maple siblings have never looked so bright

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“Grover Jackson used to bring down these guitars, but some of them weren't even finished – he’d change the pickups backstage”: Adrian Smith reveals what convinced him to ditch Les Pauls for Jacksons

The Iron Maiden guitarist is one of the luthier’s longest-serving artists – he explains how its founder’s diligence inspired him to make the jump

Guitar World

“Experience the all new OSO Short Scale”: Suhr’s new build aims for the best of both – combining a Gibson-like scale length with a T-style body

Featuring a 24.625" scale length and the best of Suhr’s specs, the high-end guitar has already won over Mateus Asato

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“In line with my creative spirit and DIY methodology, I've chosen to create one from the ground up”: Coheed and Cambria guitarist Claudio Sanchez has designed his own signature guitar – and launched his own brand to make it

The Evil Instruments Jackhammer is the latest wild creation from the mind behind Coheed and Cambria and The Armory Wars series – and he’s teamed-up with Dunable on the builds

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NAMM 2025: “The NAMM Show has always been an excuse for guitar-makers to pull out all the stops”: Gibson turns the clock back to 1955 for a commemorative Murphy Lab Les Paul in five holy grail custom colours

Thanks to Joe Bonamassa, you'll all be familiar with Copper Iridescent, but how about a P-90 loaded Custom Shop LP in Samoa Beige, Nugget Gold, Viceroy Brown and Platinum?

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“The whereabouts of only a few are known today”: Gibson's new commemorative 1955 NAMM Show Les Paul celebrates the 70th anniversary of a historic, ultra-rare run of the company's most famous model

The Les Paul Standards displayed at the 1955 NAMM Show were the first to ever be fitted with no-wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridges and Stop Bar tailpieces, and were graced with unique custom finishes

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“I am about to delve into P-90 world pretty hard”: Warren Haynes has teamed up with Gibson for a new signature Les Paul, and, spoiler alert, it's loaded with his new favorite pickups

With a 60s Cherry finish and chunky mahogany neck, the guitar takes after the Gov't Mule man's favorite Les Pauls, and his beloved 1961 ES-335

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Two Jeff Beck guitars sell for £1m each as musician’s collection raises £8.7m

A 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul and a white Fender Stratocaster, known as Anoushka, both went for a million or more.

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“Testament to the legacy of a genius”: Jeff Beck's guitar collection has sold for an astounding $10.7 million at auction – complete with a record-breaking Les Paul sale

The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars – including his ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul and ‘Anoushka’ Strat – go under the hammer

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“The McLaughlin Strat was stolen after Beck absentmindedly left it in an open-top hot rod”: The highlights of the Jeff Beck guitar auction – from the story of Seymour Duncan’s Tele-Gib hybrid to his legendary Oxblood Gibson Les Paul

Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the guitar hero’s entire career – from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp

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“Forget the name on the headstock, at this price this Les Paul is a steal”: Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1955 Les Paul Standard review

Epiphone's latest collaboration with Joe Bonamassa sets its sights on his rare-finish, P-90-equipped 1955 Gibson Les Paul

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“I got this guitar when I was 17 years old. In 2003 it was stolen from my house. I thought it was gone forever”: Deryck Whibley recovers long-lost Gibson guitar – just in time for Sum 41's final tour

Whibley asserts the importance of this guitar during the band's early days and describes how playing it again, decades later, felt like a true full-circle moment

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“The recent wildfires have deeply impacted our artists and friends in Los Angeles”: Gibson has pledged an initial $250,000 to L.A. wildfires relief

Gibson and its philanthropic division Gibson Gives are also joining forces with Guitar Center, the NAMM Foundation and MusiCares – as well as numerous humanitarian aid organizations – to support impacted communities

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“A less idiosyncratic, more intuitive but still distinctly handsome machine. It plays and feels like a much more modern proposition”: Gretsch Professional Series Hollow Body Tennessean review

The working musician’s hollowbody designed to handle most popular styles but retaining that unmistakably cool Gretsch vibe

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NAMM 2025: “A cornucopia of metal guitar specs” – ESP unveils LTD signature models for Slipknot's Mick Thomson, Whitechapel's Alex Wade, Rammstein's Richard Kruspe and more in epic launch

It's that magical time of the year when ESP drop dozens of new models, and once again the metal guitar specialist has gone big with artist collabs

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Guitars signed by Paul McCartney, Slash, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Olivia Rodrigo and many more to be auctioned off in support of leading music charity

Over 60 one-of-a-kind items donated or signed by music stars are up for auction, with proceeds going to MusiCares, whose vital work includes supporting musicians impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles

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“I got a knock on my door. When I opened it, I couldn’t believe my eyes – it was a Gibson. I was overwhelmed and cried for hours”: How Aryan King escaped the war in Ukraine to find a new home in Nashville – and rekindle his love affair with Gibson guitars

Currently working on a new album with Gary Moore’s son, Jack, the rising Instagram star tells GW how he bounced back after losing it all, and why guitar is the only way he can share his true feelings

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Iconic Rock Guitars Of Jeff Beck On Display In London

Iconic guitars from Jeff Beck's collection, including a 1954 Gibson Les Paul, up for auction at Christie's in London.

Evening Standard

Guitars that bear ‘scars’ of Jeff Beck’s playing exhibited for auction

Auction house Christie’s is putting more than 130 guitars, which the guitarist played during his almost six-decades-long career, on sale this month.

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“This cutaway format is a real winner. What’s even more remarkable is that the Studio version is every bit a champ”: Gibson Acoustic Hummingbird Studio EC and Hummingbird Standard Rosewood EC review

Gibson refreshes one of its most iconic acoustic designs with three new cutaway models. Will these latest ’Birds fly or simply fail to take off? Let’s take a look

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“Deserves status as one of rock ’n’ roll’s most iconic electric guitars solely from its association with three of the four Beatles”: From the Beatles to the Stones, Johnny Marr and Radiohead, why everyone loves the Epiphone Casino

It was the sound of the British Invasion, of Lennon’s Revolution, and it brings us jangle and bite in equal measure. We pay tribute to the E230TD/TDV’s golden years

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“It’s important to know where your guitar lives and find sonically where you want to be. There are some tricks on the guitar that will get you there in a hurry”: Joe Bonamassa shows you how to get more tones from your Gibson Les Paul

The blues hero shares six lead guitar examples that demonstrate the versatility of the Gibson Les Paul’s pickups, volume and tone controls

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