Gibson Shows Off New Johnny Winter Firebird V, Other Custom Shop Models at Summer NAMM

Gibson displayed a slew of fresh product at this year’s summer NAMM convention, and for those that weren’t able to check out the new guitars in person the company has shared a video tour of some of the highlighted Custom Shop instruments.

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.