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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

Gibson unearths the forgotten history of Joe Staunton’s mystery “Orphanage Burst” – a ‘59 Les Paul like no other
By Matt Owen published
The blues legend – also known as 'The Left-Handed Wizard' – first purchased the LP in 1969, and used it throughout the course of his career as he helped shape the Irish music scene

Yungblud on what it was like to play Steve Jones’ Sex Pistols Les Paul
By Janelle Borg published
The iconic punk axe was also recently played by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong

Gibson has relaunched its Les Paul Studio – and given the gateway LP its best update yet
By Matt Owen published
New finishes, updated electronics and Standard-inspired finishes head up the latest edition of Gibson's $1.6k no-frills workhorse Les Paul

Jared James Nichols is reviving a 1975 Les Paul Custom that was being played when its original owner died
By Matt Owen published
The vintage instrument was ravaged by hurricane Katrina, after it had been put in storage for decades following the tragic death of its first owner

Woman gifted long-lost Guns N’ Roses Les Paul prototype shocked to find it’s worth $20,000
By Phil Weller published
The guitar – which was sold to raise funds for the building of an LA children’s hospital – saw its value quadruple once its secret backstory came to light

Up close with the 1974 Les Paul Custom that Ian Bairnson used to play the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights – with his arm in a cast
By David Mead published
When he tracked Wuthering Heights, Bairnson had a broken wrist, his arm in plaster, but as Pilot bandmate David Paton says, that wouldn't stop a man like him

Up close with the Gibson Custom Shop reissue of Jeff Beck’s ‘YardBurst’ 1959 Les Paul Standard
By Dave Burrluck published
We take a closer look at another stunner from the Murphy Lab that celebrates a pivotal moment in rock history, and one of its greatest ever players

Dave Mustaine issues an update on his long-awaited Gibson Les Paul – which could be his most radical signature model yet
By Janelle Borg published
The signature Les Paul had previously been teased by Mustaine and his guitar tech in 2022

Billy Gibbons talks bringing out his iconic Pearly Gates Les Paul for Slash’s all-star blues album
By Damian Fanelli published
Gibbons checks in to tell us how he and reimagined Willie Dixon's Hoochie Coochie Man for a new era, and to assure us why the blues is in safe hands with today's players
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