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Why Todd Rundgren chose to play Gibsons over Fenders
By Phil Weller published
Rundgren initially aligned himself with the Yardbirds guitar heroes, though would branch out in later years

Gibson gives the Les Paul Studio the Double Trouble treatment
By Phil Weller published
Following last year’s Les Paul Standard Double Trouble, the pickup covers are off for a gorgeous workhorse

One of Slash's Guns N' Roses reunion tour Les Pauls expected to fetch up to $400k at auction
By Phil Weller published
The Sunburst ‘59 Custom played a role in the band’s history-making, 175-date run

The story of Joe Perry’s ’59 Les Paul Standard – his lost treasure and ultimate birthday gift
By Andrew Daly published
Joe Perry was forced to part with his beloved 'Burst in 1979, but it was his Aerosmith bandmate who found it again

How Gibson made the ultimate tribute to David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson
By Neville Marten published
This Collector’s Edition replica of Ronson’s Bowie-era ’68 Les Paul Custom transports you spiritually – and tonally – to the glory days of the Spiders from Mars (Hull) – but it does not come cheap

The guitar used to record Journey's Don't Stop Believin' has sold for over a quarter of a million dollars
By Janelle Borg published
Neal Schon's 1977 Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was part of the historic Jim Irsay auction

The reason Adrian Smith isn’t keen on some vintage Gibsons
By Phil Weller published
The Iron Maiden guitarist swapped LPs for Jacksons in the ‘80s, because he’d grown tired of one key feature

“Surely the most vicious artist series model in the Gibson catalog”: Gibson Mark Morton Les Paul Modern Quilt review
By Jonathan Horsley published
Lamb of God riff-master Mark Morton's Les Paul has been years in the making, subject to brutal road-testing, featuring a hot custom-wound humbucker pairing, but it's finally here

Joe Perry on the painful memory of selling his ’Burst – and why he’ll never forget the moment it came back to him
By Janelle Borg published
The Aerosmith guitarist was forced to sell his most cherished guitar in the late-’70s and spent years trying to get it back, until Slash made the ultimate guitar collector sacrifice
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