Gibson Les Paul electric guitar ages like a fine wine. It has a timeless look and sound but like Tangara’s modern interpretation of the classic click-wheel iPod, it wouldn’t hurt to give this classic a dose of modernization and refinement in today’s context. Well, modernization and refinements are exactly what […]
Music is a form of art. But it has recently become even more artsy, well, at least it is on the electric guitar front – thanks to Epiphone collaborations with TOOL’s Adam Jones. The guitar maker is celebrating 150 years of rocking the instrument world with a bang.
We have featured many musical instruments here, especially guitars, but I don’t believe we have ever seen one that we can call weird. OK. Maybe the Conceptual Vocal Synthesizer with its singing plastic teeth is weird. The point is, it is rare for “weird” and “musical instruments” to be in […]
If you live and breathe rock music, and electric guitar, then you would have heard of “Greeny”, the most iconic original Les Paul Standards ever made. “Greeny” stood out with a unique sound that is as recognizable as the guitar itself, made even more distinctive partly from the out-of-phase middle […]
The Flying V electric guitar dates back to the 50s but it was not until the golden age of heavy metal that it once again rose to prominence when it was used by metal bands like Kiss, Scorpions, Metallica, and perhaps most notably Dave Mustaine, the co-founder and frontman of […]
If you look at guitartist (that’s a guitar artist, one who makes guitar art, btw) Burls Art YouTube channel, you will notice he does not produce many guitars. The reason is obvious: it takes an insane amount of time for an individual to custom guitars with unusual materials. His latest […]
The Les Paul, the ES-335, the Flying V, the Explorer, the Firebird, the SG, and more, were guitars that were developed during Theodore “Ted” McCarty’s tenure as the president of Gibson.
If you love motorcycles and guitars, I am sure you will appreciate what Triumph Motorcycles and Gibson have done. The British motorcycle maker has teamed up with the American guitar maker to create a one-of-a-kind custom guitar and motorcycle for The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, a global charity organization for men’s […]
Joining female rock n’ rolls greats like Nancy Wilson and Izzy Hale in Epiphone’s line of artist electric guitars is the Epiphone Joan Jett Olympic Special Electric Guitar.
Not going to lie. I was surprised by this. Appeared in our inbox last month was this news from Gerber. It is doing a “once-in-a-lifetime giveaway” with Fender. Yes. The guitar maker, Fender.
Gibson Les Paul is the legend among guitars and so is its price. But what if you have always wanted one and but tight on budget? Fret not because there is the Epiphone Les Paul.