Gibson ES-335

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Left-Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore of rock band Deep Purple, 1969; Right-English businessman, and founder of Marshall Amplification, Jim Marshall (1923 – 2012) with a selection of his amplifiers, Los Angeles, California, 2000
Ritchie Blackmore recalls buying his first Gibson from amp pioneer Jim Marshall's music store

By Janelle Borg Published

Blackmore used the Gibson ES-335 all throughout the '60s, from The Outlaws to Deep Purple’s 1970 breakthrough album, In Rock

Guitarists
Adam Harringont plays an Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie onstage with Yungblud, who is in full-on punk mode with his tongue sticking out.
Yungblud on the genius of his guitarist Adam Warrington – "the Sid Vicious to my Johnny Rotten”

By Amit Sharma Published

It was meant to be. A chance encounter in east London brought Harrington into Yungblud's life, and he has been his six-string lieutenant ever since, a player who always knows how to grab the audience's attention

Guitarists
David Gilmour wears a black T-shirt and plays a Gretsch Duo Jet onstage in Italy.
From unexpected ES-335 solos to jams in a barn: your guitar guide to David Gilmour’s Luck and Strange

By Neville Marten Published

Gilmour says it’s his best since 1973. It’s a solo work but was borne of collaboration. But it might just be the guitar album of the year, and we go track-by-track to parse its brilliance

Guitarists
Joe Perry of Aerosmith plays live with a beat-up old Mosrite-esque Danelectro with a white finish.
Joe Perry names the desert-island pickup that nobody talks about and explains why there are no bad tones

By Andrew Daly Published

Aerosmith and Hollywood Vampires’ swaggering six-stringer runs through his many exploits, leading a hundreds-strong collection of unique, vintage and always usable guitars

Guitarists
Epiphone joe Bonamassa 1963 SG Custom signature guitar
Joe Bonamassa reveals how a cheap knockoff Les Paul kickstarted his partnership with Epiphone

By Phil Weller Published

Bonamassa has been working with Epiphone for over a decade – and it all started after he saw a budget LP in a UK music store

Electric Guitars
Gibson ES-330
Gibson has brought back the ES-330 – reviving one its most iconic hollowbody models for the first time in years

By Matt Owen Published

A distant cousin of the Epiphone Casino and a sibling to the more popular ES-335, the ES-330 has been out of the limelight for quite some time – but now it's officially back

Electric Guitars
Epiphone Joe Bonamasa 1955 Les Paul Standard
Joe Bonamassa’s 12th Epiphone signature guitar is his first with P-90s – and features one of the rarest Les Paul finishes ever made

By Matt Owen Published

Only three Copper Iridescent 1955 Les Paul Standards are currently accounted for – and Bonamassa owns two of them. Now, the quirky single-cut has been revived

Electric Guitars
Gibson B.B. King 'Rumble in the Jungle' 1974 ES-355
Gibson honors one of B.B. King’s greatest live performances with knockout ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ ES-355

By Matt Owen Published

Before Gibson officially launched its Lucille model in 1980, King favored a 1974 Walnut ES-355, which was by his side during his iconic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ set

Electric Guitars
Harley Benton HB-35Plus Tremolo in Olive Drab
Harley Benton brings an elusive Gibson-inspired finish back for the masses in latest sub-$350 335-a-like

By Matt Owen Published

The champion of cheap guitar gear is back with an EB-2-inspired bass and perhaps its finest-looking semi-hollow stunner yet

Bass Guitars
Gibson ES-330T electric guitars on a stylish rug
The story behind the Gibson ES-330T – the single-pickup “runt of the litter” with mojo to burn

By Bob Wootton Published

This single-P-90 variant walked in the shadows of the humbucker-toting 335 and its late-’50s ES siblings, yet its straightforward charm continues to endure some 65 years on

Electric Guitars
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