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Gibson Releases Custom Shop 50th Anniversary Les Paul Goldtop… Now With More Gold!

1. August 2007

To celebrate the 50th birthday of their watershed ’57 LP Goldtop, Gibson recently announced the release of this extremely Limited Edition Custom Shop model––the aptly title 50th Anniversary Les Paul Goldtop. The guitar, which pushes the boundaries of taste with its engraved & gold-plated 50th Anniversary headstock veneer, not to mention full-body antique gold finish [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #28 :: Les Paul Classic Custom W/Dual P-90s

31. July 2007

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Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest Limited Edition Guitar Of The Week instrument, and while I’m not generally a big fan of gold hardware I’d have to say that the Les Paul Classic Custom with dual P-90s is one of the finer looking guitars to come out of this whole series. Apparently [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #27 :: Les Paul Classic Antique

25. July 2007

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Sure enough, spoiler or no, Gibson yesterday unveiled this week’s addition to their Guitar Of The Week program (hey, we’re more than half way through,) and since I set out to catalog all 52 instruments, well, here it is––the Les Paul Classic Antique in Faded Cherry. Simply put, this is one of the finest looking [...]

Spoiler Alert! Next Ten Gibson Guitar Of The Week Models

22. July 2007

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This great find comes courtesy of one of our Tube Freaks Guitar Forum members, Gibzenerfender, who managed to show off his staggering Ninja skills by digging up a page from an online music retailer (screen shot here) revealing full specs and photos of the next ten Guitar Of The Week instruments from Gibson. Of course, [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #26 :: ’61 SG Reissue Classic White

17. July 2007

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Late last night Gibson posted specs for this week’s Guitar Of The Week, but I was too damned wrapped up in HBO’s Big Love to post… anyway, here it is: GOTW #26––the ’61 SG Reissue done up in Classic White. As far as I can tell the only thing setting this instrument apart from Gibson’s [...]

Gibson Introduces Limited Edition John Lennon Les Paul

11. July 2007

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Gibson today announced yet another handsome addition to its small but illustrious Inspired By series of Custom Shop guitars–the new Limited Edition John Lennon Les Paul. The guitar, which will be produced in a very limited run of just 300 instruments, is a replica of the rather substantially modified early model Les Paul Junior that [...]

Your Chance To Win A Gibson SG-3 With Three Singlecoils

5. July 2007

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Well, I hope everyone here in the States had a great day of BBQ & fireworks yesterday, and for those of you around the world who don’t celebrate America’s Independence Day, well… I hope you had a lovely Wednesday just the same. To ease ya’all back into the short work week I just thought I’d [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #24 :: Firebird Studio

3. July 2007

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of Gibson’s Firebird (based purely on aesthetics mind you,) but I rather like this one for its Frankenstein-ish good looks. The Firebird Studio is Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #24, and it looks like a beauty, but unfortunately, as has happened on [...]

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