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Even though last night’s sold-out Les Paul Tribute concert was held at Nashville’s hallowed Ryman Auditorium, it invoked a far more intimate setting, one which the late Les Paul was very familiar with — New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, where Paul played every week right up until his death this ...
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The passing of the incomparable Les Paul in August 2009 broke the hearts of guitar enthusiasts around the world. What can never be broken, though, is the legacy of innovation and creativity that he built during 94 years of constant musicianship. Though the original guitar he designed in 1952 ...
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Considering that it’s the foundation instrument upon which
rock and roll was built, it’s hardly surprising that
guitars have often been the lyrical focus of great songwriting. Ever since Chuck Berry sang of carrying his guitar in a gunny sack, ...
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10 Cool Songs About Guitars
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Most people know Les Paul as the six-string innovator whose designs fueled the classic Gibson instrument that bears his name. But the half-century that’s elapsed since the heyday of his recording career has washed his accomplishments as a studio genius — multitracking, tape speed manipulation, ...
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One of B.B. King’s earliest blues idols and influences was his cousin Booker, better know as the Memphis blues singer/guitarist Bukka White. Booker, who was born on November 12, 1909 and began recording in 1930, showed young Riley, as King was known before he became the “Beale Street Blues ...
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From Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown to U2’s No Line On The Horizon, 2009 has definitely been a year of monster releases. However there have also been a ton of innovative artists on independent labels who have churned out albums without million-dollar marketing campaigns behind them. Here ...
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You have a rare wealth of creative potential lurking deep within, but until now no guitar has had the power to fully tap into it. Enter the Dusk Tiger ...
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Gibson Introduces the all new Angus Young SG Standard from Gibson Custom and the Angus Young SG from Gibson USA.
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Angus Young
There’s no doubt that the influence of the late Roy Orbison can be heard in musicians wide and far, in country and rock genres, in young and old. However, Orbison’s signature style — his unearthly tenor and stoic stage presence — can’t be easily reproduced. Orbison biographer Peter Lehman has ...
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Is Aerosmith breaking up? Maybe! But that doesn’t mean we’ll be forgetting about the bare-chested Boston stadium rockers anytime soon. Here are five albums that we recommend keeping on heavy rotation until this national nightmare is over. (And while we’re at it: Steve, call Joe already!)
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Where can you get an authentic Gibson Les Paul Supreme for $297? Or an ES-335 Dot Reissue for $346?
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Since the arrival of the Beach Boys summer music gets all the heat, but every season has its own soundtrack. Here’s a list of 10 great songs about the most colorful time of the year, Fall.
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When Ike Turner died on December 12, 2007, most of the headlines focused on his troubled relationship with Tina and missed the truly important part of his legacy — the crucial role he played in the birth of rock ‘n’ roll.
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A basic, unassuming accessory that used to be part of every “beginners’” guitar kit, the capo is an underappreciated, but extremely useful, piece of equipment that can come to the rescue of experienced players and newbees alike. Just in case this is new territory for you, let’s first cover the ...
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Last year, to commemorate Halloween, we featured ten "monster" songs to spook up the holiday. This year we turn our attention to songs that feature ghosts - some which are malevolent, others that are of the friendly variety.
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gibson.com - 22 days ago
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Amid this series of tidbits on tone, I
want to insert an article that is really more
of an advice piece for inexperienced buyers who might be tempted into the vintage market. Plenty of instruments are turning up in all the usual used-guitar haunts, ...
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Gibson Tone Tips #35: “Player’s Vintage” Guitars
My name is Matthew and I was born in London, England in 1975, and grew up in the suburbs. Music did not run in my family, so it didn’t naturally occur to me for quite some time to consider becoming a musician.
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Matthew Sweet
Any kid who perused the pages of Guitar Player magazine in the late 1970s as intently as I did would have noticed the enticing ads featuring Carlos Santana dressed in a dapper all-white outfit playing a Gibson Les Paul, standing behind a small, blonde amp that looked like something your ...
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Mark Knopfler
Gibson Guitar has revolutionized the face of the music industry, whose quality, prestige and innovation have earned the loyalty and admiration of musicians the world over. Through extraordinary innovative efforts in recent years, Gibson introduced groundbreaking technology with its premier of ...
