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Country singer Johnny Cash performs on the WSM Grand Ole Opry tour with his band the Tennessee Two which included bassist Marshall Grant and guitarist Luther Perkins in circa 1956
This vintage Martin once belonged to Johnny Cash – and its current owner has spent decades trying to prove it

By Matt Owen Published

The Linseman family heirloom was purchased back in the 1950s, and is believed to be the same D-18 that Cash used to track some early hits

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Margot Price performs during 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 03, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana
How a rite of passage led Margo Price to etching her signature onto a guitar next to a country legend’s

By Janelle Borg Published

Price recently collaborated with Gibson on a signature J-45 and is set to release her upcoming album, Hard Headed Woman, at the end of the month

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Mike Campbell of the Dirty Knobs, in hat, shades, guitar in hand
Mike Campbell explains how a lifelong connection with Tom Petty was forged in a matter of days – and the guitar was central to it all

By Andrew Daly Published

As he celebrates the release of his memoir, Heartbreaker, Tom Petty’s right-hand man and dear friend reflects on a career’s worth of enduring hits, and why he “never doubted the music”

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Rosanne Cash playing her Gibson acoustic guitar – her 'Cash' strap lies beside her on a table
How Rosanne Cash found her sound – and captured Johnny’s design flair in her signature Gibson

By Henry Yates Published

Her surname precedes her (whether she likes it or not). But as Gibson releases a limited-edition recreation of her fabled father’s SJ-200 – alongside her new J-185 – Rosanne Cash tells us she’s comfortable in her skin and proud of her own legacy

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Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash appearing on TV on June 7, 1969
Rosanne Cash on her father’s six-string salute to Dylan – and why it’s the ultimate country music honor

By Matt Parker Published

The country legend says her father was not precious with instruments – instead, he respected the players

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Rosanne Cash playing her Gibson acoustic guitar – her 'Cash' strap lies beside her on a table
Rosanne Cash on learning the ‘Carter scratch’ technique, her mushroom guitar – and recreating Johnny Cash’s iconic SJ-200

By Andrew Daly Published

As the country icon is celebrated with a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame – she discusses her playing lineage, the two new Gibson signatures and sewing Johnny's Air Force patch to her strap

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Johnny Cash performing on stage with his all-black guitar
The emotional moment Johnny Cash was offered his one-of-a-kind signature acoustic

By Janelle Borg Published

Cash was a strong proponent of Martin guitars, playing a whole host of models – but his all-black D-42 signature model is the most iconic

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Musician Tommy Cash attends the Johnny Cash Birthday Celebration 2014 at The Johnny Cash Museum on March 1, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee
Tommy Cash, country artist and Johnny Cash's younger brother, dies at 84

By Janelle Borg Published

Cash's biggest hit, 1969's Six White Horses, was dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr, and he also went on to tour with his brother Johnny, Connie Smith, George Jones, and Hank Williams Jr.

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the Johnny Cash SJ-200 and Rosanne Cash J-185 from Gibson Custom
Gibson pays homage to the Cash family legacy with Johnny Cash SJ-200 and Rosanne Cash J-185 acoustic guitars

By Janelle Borg Published

The Johnny Cash SJ-200 is based on his late-1950s signature guitar, while the Rosanne Cash J-185 is an all-new model

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Johnny Cash’s ‘boom-chick’ acoustic style is worthy of more attention

By Stuart Ryan Published

Learn the pick and strum style of the legendary Johnny Cash, and make the big-bodied acoustic in your life really sing

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