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 the new Les Paul Modern …
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Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: When Art Becomes Even More Artsy
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.
Someone Made An Electric Guitar With A Cylindrical Neck That Has A Functional All-around Fret!
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 the same sentence but here …
Epiphone Kirk Hammett “Greeny” 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar: The Next Best Thing To The Original
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 switch position due to the …
Epiphone Presents Dave Mustaine Collection Flying V Electric Guitars
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 Megadeth.
1,000 Drink Cans Were Melted To Make This Electric Guitar
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 project, which is an electric …
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Gibson Theodore Electric Guitar: Designed In 1957, Released 65 Years Later
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.
1959 Legends Custom Edition Les Paul Standard Reissue And Bonneville T120
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 mental health, prostate cancer awareness, …
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Epiphone Joan Jett Olympic Special Joins Epiphone’s Line Of Artist Electric Guitars
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.
Gerber And Fender Is Giving Away A Super Cool Custom Telecaster And A Custom Knife Set
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.