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Everybody knows B.B. King played a Gibson guitar named Lucille – but what model was it really?
By Tony Bacon published
B.B. King will forever be known as the great bluesman who always played Lucille. But he had many Lucilles

EVH updates the Wolfgang Special line with baked maple necks and ’boards, and colors to dazzle
By Phil Weller published
The Wolfgang Special Baked Maple comes in Floyd Rose and TOM configurations, while staying true to Eddie Van Halen’s shred-ready recipe

This guitarist's “baby” completely lost its finish – so PRS stepped in
By Phil Weller published
The Hollow-Body II’s Blue Fade finish quite literally lived up to its name, but PRS went the extra mile when hearing about the instrument’s plight

Up close and personal with a '63 Strat and '70s Höfner Violin Bass with Oasis and Ocean Colour Scene connections
By Huw Price published
This 1963 Fender Stratocaster and 70s Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar recently went under the hammer – and, as it turns out, these were Britrock unicorns for collectors

Federal court rules in favor of Dean Guitars in Dimebag Darrell Estate’s protracted legal dispute
By Matt Owen published
Dimebag's estate sued Dean Guitars owner Armadillo Distribution Enterprises in 2021 over breach of contract and trademark disputes

“Holy smokes, it’s absolutely stunning in person”: Fender 75th Anniversary American Ultra II Telecaster
By Connor Flys published
The Telecaster has a big birthday this year, commemorated by this golden wonder

“It does those Spaghetti Western sounds just as well as it does the crushingly heavy stuff”: Sterling by Music Man StingRay Baritone review
By Matt McCracken published
The iconic StringRay shape makes its debut in the new world of baritone guitar with some seriously impressive results

A stage-used and tour-worn Les Paul becomes the most expensive Slash guitar ever sold at auction
By Janelle Borg published
The Gibson Les Paul ’59 Custom Shop guitar, used during the band's blockbuster Not in This Lifetime… Tour, went under the hammer for $307,692

The Damned frontman Brian James’ ‘New Rose’ Gibson SG sells for over $95,000
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Gibson SG that put UK punk on the map smashed its pre-auction estimates – as did James’ hand-written lyrics

“The new vibrato only adds to the appeal – it’s easy to see how this guitar could do the business equally well for metal, jazz-fusion or function gigs”: Strandberg Boden Standard N2.6T review
By Connor Flys published
A new vibrato design, on a guitar we loved already – will we be tickled pink?
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