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The strange history of Hugh Cornwell’s Höfner S7L – the ‘Razorwood’ electric guitar made famous by The Stranglers

How a little known and short-lived guitar from Höfner found its way into the hands of The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell around the time of the band’s hit Golden Brown

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Fender American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline and 1975 Telecaster Deluxe review

Time has mellowed the wrath of the detractors and reinforced the joy of the believers in a range that divided opinion when first released in the early ’70s – and now it’s back with authentic CuNiFe humbuckers

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That time Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner jammed with Tool: “It was pretty daunting... let’s just say it wasn’t like jamming some AC/DC”

The Flying V titan locked guitars with Adam Jones on a live performance of Jambi, but “almost throw up because of how technical the song is”

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Can’t wait for Dave Grohl’s DG-335? Emily Wolfe just dropped the best-looking Epiphone semi-hollow of the year

The blues-rocker’s new “White Wolfe” Sheraton is a stone-cold stunner

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Gibson Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ Les Paul Standard review

Following a pair of five-figure Custom versions, here’s the everyman Greeny. But is it a valid introduction or simply a slightly pimped version of an existing Les Paul?

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Is Dave Grohl’s new Epiphone DG-335… Gold?

After a B/W pic surfaced of an Epiphone DG-335, Andy Ferris colourised the image, revealing that the Foo Fighters frontman's forthcoming signature model might not be Pelham Blue after all

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Mary Ford’s 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom has just been tracked down… on Facebook Marketplace

The historic instrument – which Ford used in her collaborations with Les Paul – ended up in the most unlikely place after playing a formative role in rock ’n’ roll history

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Snowy White: "It's funny that I used a Strat for Pigs on the Wing. I was so used to my Les Paul – I was surprised I felt as comfortable as I did. I still hated it, but I got through it"

The rock guitar gun for hire reveals why he was initially hesitant to play with Pink Floyd, how he divvied up parts with David Gilmour, and what it was like navigating the tension between Gilmour and Roger Waters

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Meet 'Sunny', a newly uncovered 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard from South Africa

More and more holy grail Les Paul Standards are surfacing in recent years, but this exceptional specimen remains a thoroughbred unicorn by anyone's reckoning

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How Gibson developed the mini-humbucker, its underrated ‘other’ pickup

Small size, big tone, and maybe just the sound you were looking for all along. After all these years in the shadow of the PAF, we trace the history of the unsung hero of pickups

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Larry Carlton: "I believe my Sire line is better than anything Fender's Squier line is producing. These are great guitars, and I believe in them"

The jazz great explains why he made the switch from Gibson to produce his own range of affordable guitars, based on his iconic vintage instruments

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Dave Mustaine’s signature Vs from Epiphone and Kramer are officially released and they look mighty thrashable

Today is a V big deal for Mustaine fans as Epiphone unveils Classic and Prophecy versions of his signature Flying V, and Kramer drops a trio of Vanguards

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Dave Grohl appears to confirm his Epiphone signature model is a reality… by posing with one

The band’s latest press pic seemingly shows off Dave Grohl’s Epiphone DG-335 signature guitar

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Dave Mustaine’s Epiphone and Kramer signature models are finally here – and it looks like they’ve been worth the wait

More than 3 years after the guitars were announced, Mustaine's affordable signature models have arrived, complete with Seymour Duncan or Fishman Fluence pickups and an assortment of metal-friendly aesthetics

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“Nebraska was cut on crap equipment…” How Bruce Springsteen made his most important album in his bedroom with just a Gibson J-200 and a TEAC 144

Back in 1981, Bruce Springsteen started recording two albums: one was a state-of-the-art gamechanger that influenced the production sounds of the 80s and made him an international superstar. The other was better than that…

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Dave Grohl signature Epiphone DG-335 confirmed in new Foo Fighters promo shot

Well, it was only just the other day that Gibson head honcho said “OK” to the idea on an Instagram AMA. And here we are. The only question is, when can we buy one?

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Kirk Hammett says he prefers the Epiphone Greeny to the $20k Gibson Custom Shop version – here’s why

The Metallica man says they’re all great “but my favorite version of Greeny is probably the Epiphone”

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Kirk Hammett: "My favourite version of Greeny is probably the Epiphone"

Metallica guitarist suggests the best is yet to come for the legacy of the Les Paul and explains why

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Watch Foo Fighters play their first show with new drummer Josh Freese – and is that Dave Grohl’s new Gibson DG-335 signature guitar?

A reissue of Grohl's guitar has already been all but confirmed, and this white-finished beauty took center stage as Freese embarked on his first foray as a fully fledged Foo Fighter

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Meet Xander & the Peace Pirates, the triple-guitar band discovered by an ex-Gibson CEO, featuring Liverpool's answer to Stevie Ray Vaughan

Henry Juszkiewicz broke the UK blues-rock outfit – they explain how they balance three distinctly different guitar styles

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Dave Grohl plays a white Gibson DG-335 custom signature guitar as Foo Fighters debut new song Nothing At All

The band also played recent singles Rescued and Under You in their Prepearing Music For Concerts livestream

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Watch Paul Reed Smith take a trip down memory lane with the 1984 PRS sample guitars that started it all

The guitars evolved into the PRS Standard and Custom 24 but in '84, these prototypes scored the orders that got the brand up and running. Here Smith discusses their evolution

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Kirk Hammett’s 1960 Les Paul Standard “Sunny” is A) beautiful and B) up for sale via Gibson Certified Vintage

Gibson collectors, assemble. This is the Les Paul you might recognise from The Beauty Of The Burst book, from watching Metallica, or from your wildest dreams

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Gibson adds Kirk Hammett’s 1960 “Sunny” Les Paul Standard to its Certified Vintage Collection

Sunny was used by the Metallica maestro up until last year, and joins the company’s growing cohort of ultra-exclusive vintage instruments to be sold to customers direct via the Gibson Garage

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Richie Faulkner says he used a Bigsby-equipped Fender Telecaster for his clean tone on Judas Priest’s Firepower

The Gibson-loving Judas Priest guitarist maintains, though, that the Flying V remains his, err, elegant weapon of choice

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