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Raven Slaughter was a ’70s Cleveland rock icon who sawed up a Gibson into his own custom guitar – now a hospice patient, he has visited his “old friend” at the Rock Hall
Slaughter made a name for himself across the Midwest in the ’70s and ’80s, playing iconic venues like the Beachland Ballroom with his signature S-shaped guitar
“As it was going up in the air, I thought, ‘Wow, that looks so cool.’ On the way down, I was thinking, ‘What did I do?!’ Joe Perry on his customized ‘50s Gibson Les Paul Junior that refused to die
The Aerosmith guitarist on the iconic Junior with the custom mother-of-pearl inlay, his desert island guitar – and why he reads Guitar World every month
6 Gibson USA Les Pauls we love that won’t break the bank
The Gibson USA line has plenty of affordable options. We take a look at a half-dozen single-cuts that punch above their price tags
Anglo-French blues-rocker Laura Cox on Les Pauls vs SGs, and getting huge tone from a Junior guitar
On Trouble Coming, Cox cuts loose, recording with the No Money Kids and showcasing her formidable slide chops
Gibson has brought back the Les Paul Junior and Special Double Cut – reviving the adored student models that became rock ‘n’ roll staples
Complete with P-90 pickups and 1950s charm, the stripped-down but versatile guitars have gone back to their roots
Best punk guitars: straight-shooting, no-nonsense guitars for punk
From Gibson to Eastwood, Fender to Music Man, here’s our expert pick of guitars to help you cause some anarchy at your next DIY show
“A luxurious axe that’s much more than a bare-bones Junior model”: ESP LTD Deluxe EC-01FT review
This mid-priced single-cut offers a simple single-pickup drive – but a whole lot of tones to sniff out
Inside the remarkable story of the Les Paul Junior – the single-cut that changed the world
Stripped down, primal, with P-90 snarl and an unfussy aesthetic, there is something so ineffably cool about the Junior... 70 years young, it's one of guitar's hardest-working six-strings
