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Chris Buck and Bernie Marsden
Bernie Marsden’s $1million ‘The Beast’ Les Paul was just played on stage by Slash’s favorite current British blues rock guitar hero

By Phil Weller Published

Chris Buck paid homage to both his father and the late Whitesnake guitarist with the performance

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Gibson Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard
"Some might say this is far from a valid Oasis signature guitar, having only come into play earlier this year": Gibson Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard review

By Dave Burrluck Published

What started this year as a ’mystery’ guitar and then became a 25-only £17k collector’s piece is now a Gibson USA ‘Paul for the people

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Loog x Gibson
Gibson drops three-string Les Paul and SG Juniors as it launches new kid-sized guitars with Loog

By Phil Weller Published

The three-stringed guitars are designed to encourage youngsters to pick up a guitar and start their journey with fun, interactive learning

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Mark Knopfler in a solo concert, playing a Les Paul Electric Guitar. Picture taken 7th May 1996. Mark Knopfler performing at City Hall in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Why Mark Knopfler’s guitar tech convinced him to play Les Pauls – and how they impacted his tone and playing

By Janelle Borg Published

Knopfler is forever linked to the Fender Strat – however, to successfully convey the emotional weight required on Brothers in Arms, his tech pushed him towards Gibsons

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Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page's 5 most iconic guitars, in his own words

By Daryl Robertson Published

Jimmy Page tells all, sharing the stories behind his most significant guitars – plus we tell you how to nail his iconic tone at home at various price points

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Al Di Meola and Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett let Al Di Meola play his iconic Greeny – so the fusion virtuoso let him play his prized Elegant Gypsy Black Beauty

By Phil Weller Published

The two guitar greats let each other have a go on their cherished Les Pauls

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The Musician's Friend Labor Day sale has just dropped, and it includes mammoth Gibson offers that will make the heart of any Les Paul fan race
I thought I was done buying Gibsons, but with a massive up to $450 off everything from my favorite Explorer to a newly released Les Paul in the Musician’s Friend Labor Day sale, I’m about to add another

By Daryl Robertson Published

The Musician's Friend Labor Day sale has just dropped, and it includes over $400 off the newly released Double Trouble Les Paul!

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Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin plays a Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar with a violin bow while performing on stage at Oude Rai on 27th May 1972 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
What's the secret behind the tone of Jimmy Page's legendary “Number One” Les Paul? Bare Knuckle founder Tim Mills had the chance to examine it and found out

By Janelle Borg Published

Mills had the opportunity to analyze the highly-coveted guitar after Page sent the guitar to his workshop just before the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion

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English guitarist Keith Richards of rock group The Rolling Stones plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar with Bigsby Vibrato on the set of the ABC Television pop music television show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, England on 21st March 1965
The Metropolitan Museum of Art claims to have solved the mystery of the Rolling Stones' 1959 Gibson Les Paul – which Mick Taylor alleges has been missing for decades

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitar, which was famously played by Keith Richards on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, was thought to have been stolen in 1971 – a rock 'n' roll legend which the Met refutes

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ArtMayer Donut Guitar
Russian luthier builds Les Paul out of donuts (sort of)

By Phil Weller Published

Though sadly not edible, it takes the prize as the best confectionery-themed guitar we’ve ever seen

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