Gibson ES-335

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Left- BB King playing his guitar Lucille on stage/Right - Lee Ritenour performs at Blue Note on November 23, 2023 in Milan, Italy
“The strings were heavy as hell”: Lee Ritenour on the time he played B.B. King’s prized guitar Lucille

By Janelle Borg Published

Lee Ritenour recalls the moment B.B. King spontaneously called him on stage – and he ended up playing the King’s Gibson

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Dave Grohl performing live with Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl's guitars: meet the six-strings behind the Foo Fighters, plus get DG's tone on a budget

By Daryl Robertson Published

Want to know what guitars Dave Grohl plays? We unveil the nicest man in rock's guitar arsenal

Electric Guitars
Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 glamor shot
“It goes beyond Foo Fighters”: Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 review

By Stuart Williams Published

The best of Foo, or a mere Pretender? Grohl’s long-awaited new signature model is here

Electric Guitars
Slash holding his Gibson Custom Shop Slash 1963 Collector's Edition ES-335 guitar
Gibson has announced a signature Slash ES-335 – and it includes tickets to an exclusive gig

By Matt Parker Published

The Custom Shop Collector’s Edition Slash 1963 comes with some significant case candy

Electric Guitars
Slash performs with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators at OVO Arena Wembley
Slash explains why he used a Strat to cover a Peter Green track on his new blues album

By Matt Owen Published

The Les Paul loyalist dipped into his Fender collection for the new album, which was also recorded using a '50s Telecaster

Electric Guitars
B.B. King, onstage with Lucille in 1982
10 legendary blues guitars, featuring Lucille, Lucy, Greeny – and the Loch Ness Monster of Les Pauls

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Named and famed! Behind every great blues player is a great guitar, and they don’t come more iconic than this...

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Fender Tom DeLonge Starcaster
I played the Tom DeLonge Starcaster – it’s given one of Fender’s most unpopular guitars a new lease of life

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

blink-182 taught me how to play the electric guitar 20 years ago, but DeLonge’s long-awaited signature model is no throwback – it might just herald a bright future for the unloved semi-hollow

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Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom collection
“Updated and more authentic than ever”: Epiphone rolls out the Gibson headstock for its latest high-end Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop drop, including a new 1959 Les Paul Standard – and a pink J-180

By Matt Owen Published

Epiphone has lifted the curtain on its “new crown jewels”, all featuring the iconic open book headstock

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Gibson ES-335 electric guitar
The Gibson ES-335 has been played by greats including Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Larry Carlton – here’s why guitarists can’t get enough of the iconic semi-hollow

By Chris Gill Published

Since 1958, the ES-335 has caught players’ imaginations as only great instruments can

Electric Guitars
Gibson 1950s PTP guitar designs
“I think there were actually two paths. One was the wild pointy-shape things. The other was what I believe led to the 335”: The 1955 ‘missing link’ guitar designs that offer intriguing clues to Gibson’s Golden Era developments

By Matt Parker Published

The images inspired the recent production of the Theodore solidbody, but could also fill some crucial gaps when it comes to our knowledge of Gibson’s 1950s R&D process

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