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Is there a benefit to buying a more expensive guitar as your first?

Entry-level or mid-grade? Which guitar offers better value for the beginner? If you’re just starting out, will an entry-level axe do, or should you invest in a fancier guitar with a price tag to match?

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“Thin Lizzy prepared me for Skynyrd. They said, ‘You need to learn these songs note for note.’ I said, ‘I wouldn’t dream of doing it any other way’”: Damon Johnson on having one of rock’s most enviable resumés – and why Eddie Van Halen gifted him a guitar

From touring with Van Halen, to finding his own niche as a blood-and-guts player with some of rock’s biggest names

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Keith Richards is an electric guitar icon, but he prefers playing acoustic – and his unplugged Rolling Stones approach is full of smart ideas

Every player can learn a few tricks from Keef's characterful acoustic style – even if his rhythmic swagger will take longer to master

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Le Mans 24h, H21: Cadillac, Toyota, Ferrari battle it out for the win

WHAT A BATTLE ! Between #6 Porsche & Ferrari #51! 🥊#LeMans24 #WEC pic.twitter.com/PVg5bd2wvg

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Le Mans 24h, H18: Porsche surges ahead of Toyota as safety car returns

The factory #6 Porsche Penske 963 of Laurens Vanthoor was circulating a few seconds clear of the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID driven by Ryo Hirakawa after 18 hours of racing at Le Mans, with marshals still replacing the barriers at Indianapolis under the caution period.

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Le Mans 24h, H3: Ferrari leads as shower disrupts Hypercar battle

The World Endurance Championship race has been shaped by a sudden shower at 5:38pm, before which the Nicklas Nielsen's #50 Ferrari led Laurens Vanthoor's #6 Porsche, Antonio Giovinazzi's #51 Ferrari and Sebastien Buemi's #8 Toyota.

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Le Mans 24h, Hour 3: #83 Ferrari leads from Toyota after rain shower

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“I’m not sure how that applies to what we do, but he’s a great guitar player!” Chris Shiflett channels Eruption – minus the two-hand tapping – on a Gibson Les Paul during Eddie Van Halen-honoring solo

Shiflett seized the opportunity to emulate one of his biggest heroes with a flashy intro lick-fest as Foo Fighters kicked off their UK tour

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“The pre-WWII SJ-200 sounds utterly huge with very deep and punchy bass, strong mids and clear highs”: How Gibson’s legendary SJ-200 acoustic wowed Elvis, Bob Dylan and more to become ‘King of the Flat-tops’

The J-200 is Gibson’s most iconic flat-top – and these vintage examples include one of the first ever made, and the very last Gibson acoustic to be manufactured in Kalamazoo

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Strings sell… but who’s buying?: Dave Mustaine unleashes signature guitar strings

Dave Mustaine launches his own brand of guitar strings

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Thieves steal $5k Gibson Les Paul in brazenly low-effort guitar heist

The thieves saw staff members dealing with other customers and took their chance...

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“The loudest, best-performing strings he’s ever used”: Gibson ventures into the signature string market with first-ever Dave Mustaine set

The set – which the Megadeth frontman uses on all his tour guitars – has been unveiled alongside a custom black leather strap

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“There’s a great simulator that really does a very good job of simulating my sound”: Brian May reveals which affordable amp-in-a-box gets closest to nailing his iconic Queen tone – but it’s one you might not expect

The Red Special / Vox AC30 combo is one of music's most coveted tones, but this sub-$200 pedal has May's personal seal of approval

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“The reaction to Ian Bairnson’s collection has so far surpassed interest to some of these mammoth names in the guitar world”: The Les Paul used on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights smashes estimates at auction

Ian Bairnson famously used the Gibson guitar to play the Wuthering Heights solo while his arm was in a plaster cast

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“I’m more of a humbucker player onstage, but I like P-90s because they roar while also driving up the ‘middle’ of any band”: Joe Bonamassa on why he loves the P-90s on his 1958 Gibson Les Paul Special – and the origins of its ‘TV Yellow’ finish

The Les Paul Special is a simple slab of mahogany that doubles up on the P-90s and as JoBo attests, it is a highly recommended electric with a voice that can cut through the mix

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The Gibson App puts a guitar teacher in your pocket

No matter what style of music you love or what brand of guitar you play, if you're serious about learning, the Gibson App is for you

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“The six-string bass was a phase that all the manufacturers went through. It was never a big seller”: Up close and personal with the 1965 Gibson EB-6D – the super-rare bass that looks like an SG

Well Strung Guitars' David Davidson introduces us to a bona fide oddball – an electric bass with six strings and two pickups that was never a big hit for Gibson… but was played by Elvis

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“Leo wanted me to be partners with him, for it to be the Fender guitar – the Les Paul Fender”: Les Paul was once approached by Leo Fender to work together on a solidbody electric guitar

Before Gibson finally decided to work with Paul, the guitar innovator was sounded out by one of the firm's biggest competitors

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Learn to play guitar – and have fun doing it– with the feature-packed Gibson App

Curated learning app boasts in-depth interactive lessons, videos, songs, even an amp and effects for players at all skill levels

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“My main recording guitar is a 1959 Jazzmaster. I haven’t changed the strings in eight years! They’re completely dead, but I just love the sound of it”: Grant Nicholas on why he doesn’t mind Feeder being called the UK Foo Fighters – or Smashing Pumpkins

As the UK rock heavyweights return with their first-ever double album, Black/Red, Grant Nicholas checks in to discuss his love of old strings, broken Tube Screamers and fuzz – lots and lots of fuzz…

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“It’s beaten and it’s a Frankenstein. It’s got a lot of modifications since the ’50s, since it was born”: Gibson’s Charlie Starr Les Paul Junior signature upgrades the stock LPJ in just about every way

A Starr is reborn as the Blackberry Smoke frontman and champion of the Les Paul Junior gets his own Gibson signature model

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A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May

The Queen guitarist reveals he is talking to Gibson and says it would be “wonderful” to have a US-made version of his iconic Red Special

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“It’s beaten, and it’s a Frankenstein. It’s got a lot of modifications and changed parts…This guitar is a recreation of that idea”: Gibson launches the Charlie Starr Les Paul Junior

Available in Dark Walnut or Ebony, limited to 250 units, with an adjustable wraparound bridge as an intonation fail-safe, the Blackberry Smoke frontman's new model is a primo rock 'n' roll guitar

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“Bernie went into the studio with a host of guitars – but ended up using this £125 Squier for 95% of the sessions. It was one of the best Strats he ever played”: Inside the Bernie Marsden guitar auction – featuring rare Strats and a Greeny-esque ES-335

An epic collection of the former Whitesnake member’s guitars, amps and other highly collectable gear has just gone under the hammer – and we got up close and personal with his prized possessions

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“A new world of power and versatility”: Heritage overhauls its Custom Shop Core Collection with the H-157 – debuting all-new pickups in the process

The LP-style guitar boasts new humbuckers that promise “more oomph and power”

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