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Finally: Gibson’s Digital Les Paul Heading To Stores

8. November 2006

Wow, it’s been a long time coming (when was this thing announced… 2002?) but according to at least two different reports, including an interview with Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, the inexplicably-named Les Paul HD.6X-PRO (aka, the Digital Les Paul,) is finally beginning to ship to stores, though apparently still in limited quantities. I know of [...]

Two Great Gibsons You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

1. November 2006

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If you’re a baby boomer you might just remember first-hand Gibson’s short-lived production of the Marauder and S1 guitars (sadly, they were both put to rest after runs of just five-years,) but for the rest of us there’s an interesting article over at Gibson’s website about these two seldom seen guitars. Actually, reading the piece [...]

Big News: Gibson Announces Les Paul BFG

30. October 2006

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Latest Edition To The Les Paul Family You just never know where your path is going to take you… this morning I was researching a post on another Gibson classic––the SG Special Faded––when I stumbled onto the welcome announcement of this beautiful behemoth: Gibson’s new Les Paul BFG. According to their official mini site, the [...]

Your Chance To Win A Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Jr.

22. September 2006

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Well, it’s Friday, and as I like to say, “there’s nothing more fun than a free guitar!” So while we’re on the subject of Green Day, and before I close up shop for the weekend, I just wanted to point out that Gibson has announced yet another guitar giveaway contest – this time for an [...]

U2 & Green Day To Perform On Monday Night Football, Sept 25th

22. September 2006

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Well, if you wanna’ see Epiphone’s limited edition Music Rising Les Paul in action, and catch two of today’s hottest acts in the process, you might want to tune in to ESPN’s Monday Night Football this coming Monday. That’s because U2 and Green Day will be performing together live from the Louisiana Superdome – to [...]

Gibson & Hot Rod Giving Away A Hot Rod ’58 Les Paul

12. September 2006

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Old Cars & Hot Guitars Oooh, even more good giveaways… the Gibson Custom Shop and Hot Rod Magazine have apparently teamed up to give away a heavily customized, one-of-a-kind LP – what they’re calling the Hot Rod ’58 Les Paul. According to the official contest website the instrument sports a host of seriously stylin’ features, [...]

Win Your Very Own Zakk Wylde… Oh Yeah, And A Les Paul, Too!

12. September 2006

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Here’s Your Chance To Get In On The Insanity Epiphone’s latest guitar giveaway promo includes not just the difficult-to-look-at but seriously shreddin’ Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw Custom Les Paul, but also a life-sized cut out of the man himself…. wielding two of his signature guitars no less! The Epiphone Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw features a bound maple [...]

New From Gibson: The Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior

5. September 2006

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Well, the big news in signature guitars last week was Gibson’s announcement of their new Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior – an apparently accurate reproduction of the Green Day front-man’s original 1956 LP Junior affectionately known as “Floyd.” (Hehe, you can’t make this stuff up!) Speaking as a guy who grew up neck-deep [...]

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