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Billie Joe Armstrong just played Steve Jones’ iconic Sex Pistols Les Paul – which recently sold for $390,000 – with Green Day in Paris
By Janelle Borg published
Armstrong used Steve Jones’ 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom to play Green Day protest song Know Your Enemy

Thieves steal $5k Gibson Les Paul in brazenly low-effort guitar heist
By Janelle Borg published
The thieves saw staff members dealing with other customers and took their chance...

The Les Paul used on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights smashes estimates at auction
By Janelle Borg published
Ian Bairnson famously used the Gibson guitar to play the Wuthering Heights solo while his arm was in a plaster cast

Joe Bonamassa on why he loves the P-90s on his 1958 Gibson Les Paul Special – and the origins of its ‘TV Yellow’ finish
By Joe Bonamassa published
The Les Paul Special is a simple slab of mahogany that doubles up on the P-90s and as JoBo attests, it is a highly recommended electric with a voice that can cut through the mix

It’s PRS vs Gibson, as Orianthi and Joe Bonamassa give First Time Blues a masterful live outing
By Janelle Borg published
In a solo-laden show at the Whisky A-Go-Go, the two virtuosos traded licks – also tackling B.B. King’s Never Make Your Move

Joe Perry on the lost golden-era Aerosmith guitar he misses the most
By Phil Weller published
The Aerosmith icon says he’s never been into collecting guitars, but there’s one particular Strat that he wishes he still had, and it was used to record a staple rock hit

I’d always wanted to try a Bigsby, so I put one on my Les Paul. It changed the way my guitar sounded – and the way I played
By Matt Owen published
Thinking about equipping your beloved instrument with the coolest vibrato money can buy? Here’s what I learned, from the best way to fit one to how it affected my performance and tone

This Sex Pistols and New York Dolls-owned Gibson just sold for $390,000 at auction
By Janelle Borg published
The Dolls' ex-manager allegedly took the guitar as payment for his management services, later giving it to The Sex Pistols' Steve Jones

Folk and blues guitar icon John Martyn's guitar gear is up for auction – including two 1954 Gibson Les Paul Goldtops
By Janelle Borg published
The John Martyn-synonymous Echoplex is also part of the auction

I top-wrapped my Les Paul to find out whether it actually made a difference – and I wish I’d done it sooner
By Matt Owen published
Wrapping guitar strings over the top of a guitar's bridge or tailpiece is said to lead to more sustain, better playability and a slinkier feel. Is any of that really true?
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