Latest about Gibson Les Paul
“It found its right home. Collecting is about what you love and what you are gonna do with it”: Joe Bonamassa confirms he passed up the chance to buy the iconic ‘Greeny’ Les Paul before it ended up with Kirk Hammett
Bonamassa was approached with the prospect of purchasing the prized LP back in 2013 – the same year he played it live at the Royal Albert Hall
“Tom Murphy’s magnum opus”: Gibson has handed the Murphy Lab man its stockpile of Brazilian rosewood for these ultra-exclusive, $20k Les Paul ’Burst reissues
The models promise the ultimate showcase of the firm’s craftsmanship in 2023 – and, in the process, pay tribute to Gibson’s prized luthier
“I never thought that my signature would be on anything – never mind Fenders, Gibsons, and Martins, they're the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost of guitars”: Mark Knopfler is selling off 120 guitars, including his Money For Nothing Les Paul
See the Scottish guitar great talk through highlights of his immense collection of signature models, custom builds and guitars used on Dire Straits’ most iconic tracks
“This is nuts and my jaw is on the floor with how badass this one is. I am in Tone Heaven!” Jared James Nichols just got a ’57 Les Paul with the craziest refurb ever
In vintage guitar circles, they would call this 1957 Les Paul Standard a ‘turd’, but this glorious-looking instrument was one of the first Standards to be fitted with humbuckers – and it sounds the business
“It’s a lower price point, but it’s not cheap and there’s no apologies with this guitar”: Gibson’s Les Paul Modern Lite offers a slimline take on the iconic LP – and the lowest priced all-mahogany, two-pickup build in the USA line
A new Gibson USA Les Paul (with two humbuckers) for under $1,500? We’re interested…
“The worst condition I’ve ever seen”: A lost Gibson Les Paul Junior from the 1950s has been found in a near-unsalvageable state – and it could be a first-year model
Musician and YouTuber Matthew Scott plans to try and restore the battered instrument to its former glory. But, as his latest video shows, he's got his work cut out
“The sound is pure ’Burst”: A 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard known as ‘Miss Swiss’ has come up for sale – with an asking price of $450,000
The valuable vintage guitar has been hailed by the dealer as one of the “cleanest examples” it’s seen
“I made a deal, paid him in cash, and he died two months later. His last text to his daughter was, ‘I buried the money in the desert’”: Joe Bonamassa tells the story of the strangest guitar deal he ever did
The Bolin ’Burst is famed for its association with Deep Purple guitarist Tommy Bolin – but its route to Bonamassa was considerably less direct
“This man changed the game in so many ways”: One of Les Paul’s own Les Pauls – which has a rare maple fretboard – has been listed on Reverb
One of a pair of Les Pauls once owned by the late guitar pioneer, this ‘Blonde Beauty’ style creation heralds from the early ’80s, when Gibson’s maple experiments first took off
