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Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior review
The Green Day leader gets a new signature in typical showman style, with a fresh pickup design that dates back to the late ’50s
Dirty Honey’s John Notto on Les Pauls: “There’s such a great sound and great look that you put up with their charmingly difficult attributes”
A hard-riffing, Marshall-diming rock-and-roller, Notto swears that all the Gibson Les Paul's idiosyncrasies are worth it for that sweet, sweet tone
The evolution of the Gibson Melody Maker – the original student electric guitar
Gibson’s “greatest value ever” electric solidbodies appeared in an array of designs. Here we trace the birth and development of one of the original budget electrics
The rise of the Gibson Les Paul/SG Standard
How the timeless rock machine found a user base that numbered some of the world's greatest players, and became a mainstay of the Gibson catalog
The evolution of the Les Paul: how Gibson’s single-cut design developed from 1952 to 1978
We chart the key changes the Les Paul and its variants went through in its seminal early years
PJD Carey Apprentice review
Why don’t more makers just focus on simplicity, playability and sound? Well, here’s a boutique level Junior-style guitar that does exactly that. Fasten your seat belts, you’re in for a ride!
The story of the Gibson SG: the first two decades of the Les Paul's double-cutaway successor
At the tail-end of the 1950s, Fender’s Stratocaster was reigning supreme over the electric-guitar market. Kalamazoo needed to fight back...
J Mascis: “I still use the Marshall and Hiwatt stacks... I just like the feeling of the guitar kind of hitting you in the back”
The Dinosaur Jr. frontman talks capos, the beauty of small amps in the studio, and the positivity in the alt-rock pioneers' new album, Sweep It Into Space
