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Slash on his love of Les Pauls: “That Kris Derrig Les Paul came in the 11th hour when we were doing Appetite. It just sounded f**kin’ perfect – like a gift from on high”

The Guns N' Roses guitarist and rock icon talks about the guitars he treasures most – including buying and returning Joe Perry's Dark Burst LP – and reveals how his love for Les Pauls has inspired and shaped him as a player...

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Gibson’s long-awaited USA Standard Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ Les Paul launches at $3,199 – nearly $17k less than its Custom Shop sibling

The new Greeny comes with a considerably more accessible price tag that’s not much more than a modern-day Les Paul Standard

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Joe Bonamassa on why he loves the Gibson Les Paul: “Pretty much all of the English guitar legends of the 1960s, that’s what they were holding”

Joe Bonamassa has a dazzling array of guitars – but he always goes back to the ’59 LP he describes as “perfect” for him...

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Ian Bairnson, guitarist for the Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush, dies aged 69

The Scottish session player performed the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights, and collaborated with the likes of Paul McCartney, Sting and Mick Fleetwood

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Joe Perry on his longstanding love affair with the Gibson Les Paul: “The neck is just right, the radius across the fretboard. It’s just an amazing thing they stumbled on”

The Aerosmith legend demystifies the myth of the vintage classics and discusses his own signature models, and just where the iconic single-cut figures in finding his sound

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Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer and Flying V review

This intriguing collaboration between Epiphone and Gibson’s fabled Custom Shop has produced faithful reproductions of two of the most brilliantly radical guitars ever devised

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Metallica's Kirk Hammett teams up with Gibson guitars for limited edition 1979 Flying V

Gibson have made 200 limited edition Flying V guitars as played by Metallica's Kirk Hammett – yours for a cool $15,000

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Watch Gary Moore dispense wisdom, play jazz and shred blues on a Gibson Explorer in these classic interviews

Moore talks phrasing, sustain, the blues-rock dynamics of The Power Of The Blues riff and more in these ol' videos from the archives

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NAMM 2023: Hagstrom overhauls its flagship Swede and Super Swede guitars with “special recipe” pickups

The Scandinavian guitar builder reveals the latest modifications to an enduring single-cut design that offers far more than first meets the eye

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Metallica’s James Hetfield on the “fast” guitar that changed everything

In his new book Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield, the Metallica frontman reflects on the guitar that changed the course of his history

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How Jeff Beck and Seymour Duncan created humbucker magic with the classic JB pickup

While the classic Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB was never actually a signature pickup, without Jeff it may never have happened…

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Joe Bonamassa makes a strong case for fitting your Gibson Les Paul with P-90s as he shares his favorite ’54 Goldtop blues licks

The first in a series of exclusive lessons from the Mayor of Nerdville that will not only teach you something to play but also demonstrate what a classic vintage electric guitar can do

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Epiphone Adam Jones Silverburst Les Paul Custom review

The Tool guitarist's lower-priced signature model is, quite literally, a work of art – and quite possibly the best Epiphone Les Paul ever made

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James Hetfield says “if there was a guitar that changed the course of my history” it was this one – and it’s a cheap copy

The story of this particular guitar features in the Metallica man’s new book about his six-strings, Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield

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Gibson unveils $19,999 Custom Shop Kirk Hammett “Greeny” 1959 Les Paul Standard and a more affordable model is on its way

As another stunning replica from the Murphy Lab is released, Gibson reveals a production line “Greeny” Les Paul Standard will be released later this year, and it looks very nice indeed

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Gibson announces the USA Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ Les Paul Standard, bringing its most anticipated signature model to the masses

In the meantime, a new $20k Custom Shop edition of the legendary LP – previously owned by Peter Green and Gary Moore – is now available to order

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Watch Jimmy Page demo his most iconic guitar gear, including his Les Paul, the Telecaster that “built Led Zeppelin I,” and the Gibson double-neck behind Stairway

Led Zeppelin fans have been enjoying newly surfaced footage of Page playing through the most significant guitars and amplifiers from his playing career

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Joe Bonamassa names the guitar pedal he’s used the most throughout his career

The blues ace picks an iconic pedal that he says “is usable in almost any situation with almost any amp” and both Fender and Gibson guitars – and is still in production today

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Bush’s Chris Traynor got the Fender Custom Shop to make him a baritone version of Keith Richards’ Micawber Telecaster

Traynor and Gavin Rossdale have revealed their touring rigs and there are some sweet low-end options besides the Rolling Stones homage, including budget Squier, Fender and fretless baritones

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Kirk Hammett just bought one of the rarest Les Pauls ever made – a Factory Black ’59 Les Paul Standard

The Metallica guitarist has been unicorn hunting and bagged a true specimen from Carter Vintage Guitars – a guitar to make Greeny green with envy

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Guitar neck profiles explained: find your perfect playing partner

Discover more about how your guitar neck profile affects your guitar’s playability

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Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton

King was on tour in France when super-collector Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop dropped by with a very special single-cut in tow

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Deryck Whibley is selling off a “treasure trove” of gear used across two decades with Sum 41

The new Reverb haul includes a custom-built Fender Thinline Tele, a 1962 Gibson SG and his first Marshall cabinet

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Gibson launches the Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior, featuring P-90 DC pickups for hum-free high-volume performance

Available in Silver Mist or Vintage Ebony, these Juniors were co-designed with the Green Day frontman and ship in a jazzy hot-pink case with leopard print plush interior

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Gibson unveils new Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior, complete with the pinkest hardcase you’ve ever seen

The Green Day leader returns with a new single-pickup signature model, packed with a P-90 and a none-more-pink Protector case

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