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Dre DiMura in the Les Paul Recording Studio, 2026
This guitarist played Les Paul’s Number One guitar at Les Paul’s recording studio

By Phil Weller Published

Dre DiMura was given a personal tour of the Les Paul Recording Studio and got his hands on some historic gear

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Neal Schon of Journey performs on stage at the Nassau Colliseum on October 10, 1981 in Uniondale, Long Island, New York. Playing a Gibson Les Paul guitar with P90 pickups
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

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Janelle Monae playing an Epiphone Les Paul
Janelle Monáe’s new guitar of choice is the cheapest Epiphone Les Paul ever released

By Janelle Borg Published

The multi-instrumentalist donned one of the most budget-friendly guitars Epiphone has ever released when teasing her new era

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Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden performs at Co-op Live on June 22, 2025 in Manchester, England
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

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Joe Perry performing live onstage, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar, using Talk Box guitar effect pipe
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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Gibson NAMM 2026 lineup
Gibson gives us a sneak preview of its 2026 guitars – including long-awaited signature models for two guitar legends

By Phil Weller Published

From ‘50s and ‘60s-inspired reissues to signature models for Mick Ronson, Michael Schenker, and Gary Clark Jr., it promises to be a big year for the historic firm

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Warren Haynes and the gutiars he will play at Gov't Mule's 2025 NYE show
Warren Haynes to play three historic guitars to celebrate 1971 at NYE concert

By Phil Weller Published

The show at the Beacon Theatre in New York will see Haynes play classics from 1971 on guitars tied to three guitar greats

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Tommy Emmanuel and Les Paul: On the left, Emmanuel beats on the top of his beat-up acoustic with some brushes. On the right, Les Paul laughs onstage at the Iridium, with his eponymous guitar cradled on his lap.
Tommy Emmanuel on the time Les Paul baited him into bringing his A-game to a jam

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Aussie acoustic guitar maestro found out the hard way that Les Paul had a wicked sense of humor

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Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s Plain Top Electric Guitar against burgundy background Black Friday graphic
I've never really understood the Les Paul hype – until this ’60s-inspired Gibson Les Paul Standard totally changed my mind

By Janelle Borg Published

Jimmy Page was right, and as a new Les Paul convert, I was on the hunt for a price-meets-quality LP that doesn’t break the bank... and Sweetwater has delivered on all fronts

Electric Guitars
Left–American guitarist and musician Dave Navarro performs live on stage with American rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers at Wembley Arena in London during the band's One Hot Minute Tour on 11th July 1996; Right-John FRUSCIANTE and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; John Frusciante performing live onstage
That time Dave Navarro lent John Frusciante a Les Paul – only for the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend to sell it

By Janelle Borg Published

Frusciante would eventually make it up to the Jane’s Addiction guitarist with a gift of his own

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