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This mid-’50s cutaway model is one of only seven made by the Boston-based company

Quicksand’s new album is a brutal listen. So why are Sergio Vega and Walter Schreifels wary of “sounding hippie”?

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Created during Giffin’s pioneering tenure at Gibson’s Custom Shop, these unique instruments capture a fascinating chapter in the company’s history

Nat Weiss, an entertainment lawyer who represented the Beatles, saw something beyond a great sideman when he encountered Stanley Clarke playing bass in a club

The British silverbacks banned “egos and arguments” – but anything else goes on a head-to-head album that keeps the prog fires burning

After rescuing her backstage, Protomartyr befriended Kelley Deal and drafted her as a touring member. Ahee looks back on that incident and declares his love of P-90s

He recalls making way for Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, what Glenn Danzig was really like, the songs he wishes he’d recorded, and the problem with his Gibson Explorer

Having already transformed bass design with Stuart Spector, Ned Steinberger turned his attention to eliminating the headstock altogether – only to discover that Les Paul had beaten him to it 

Billie Joe Armstrong’s legendary modded Marshall emerged from a tone lineage that spans Eddie Van Halen, Metallica and Steve Lukather

The hit-making guitarist, who once hoped to share a twin-guitar team with Darius Rucker, still leans on the cherry Les Paul Standard from the Cracked Rear View days, and still pines for his stolen Mesa/Boogie...