<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Gibson-les-paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/gibson-les-paul Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:42:35 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “The amp and the guitar — it’s yours.” Steve Lukather tears up remembering how his dad gave up a new car to buy him his first good guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-lukathers-first-good-guitar ZbtppVgcLdZ7Bbmn5AT2yn Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:42:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just figured it was gone forever.” When Zakk Wylde’s beloved Grail Les Paul fell off the back of a truck, one unique detail helped him get it back ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/the-loss-and-return-of-zakk-wyldes-grail-les-paul UEgKzZBiFTsbU3wi4z8UC4 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:36:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I decidedly hated anything to do with Stratocasters and Les Pauls.” Jack White’s surprising reason why he avoided the guitars everyone else was playing ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/why-a-young-jack-white-wanted-to-play-anything-but-a-strat-or-a-les-paul giJwB3iBHvynYcvNHPAMHg Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:55:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ ”I’ll do everything I can to make this guitar sing again.” Ukrainian guitarist completely restores a Les Paul heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-restored-after-being-hit-by-russian-drone-in-kyiv UpnmJFKV5hDEBN2RAyMiUC Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:31:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were just jamming when our organ player started to yodel.” The Dutch prog-rock band that combined Chuck Berry guitar riffs and yodeling to score a top-10 hit ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jan-akkerman-on-hocus-pocus cSebcDK4Vb6pXAqREjS4Nm Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:45:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I’m probably not gonna make it. Will you buy my Les Paul?’” Vince Gill tells how he came to own his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul ’Burst ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/he-said-im-probably-not-gonna-make-it-will-you-buy-my-les-paul-vince-gill-tells-how-he-came-to-own-his-prized-1959-gibson-les-paul-burst CEywqbDMyPqcjRwBpbXBpk Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:09:27 +0000 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:52:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Ed, what are you doing!?’” Carl Verheyen on the time Eddie Van Halen one-upped his band with his own Gibson Les Paul — then nearly destroyed it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carl-verheyen-on-the-time-eddie-van-halen-borrowed-and-nearly-destroyed-his-les-paul sZhwGKJqtXSSt5cq2GMw9D Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:21:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What is it about the Fender Stratocaster that you love so much?” Jeff Beck gave the perfect response when asked about his guitar of choice ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-on-the-versatility-of-the-fender-strat iM53TJ6PiFMAuWCBYZfLpQ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:16:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I go, ‘I could teach you everything I know in 15 minutes.’” Joe Bonamassa made up a lesson on the spot. It became every guitar player’s must-see video on how to get the most out of the instrument ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-on-his-viral-les-paul-guitar-lesson FEr8KqccAgCse3w5hKdRWN Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:21:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm signing records and this guy comes up...” Bryan Adams wanted his "Summer of '69" Les Paul back. More than 15 years after he sold it, this happened ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bryan-adams-on-selling-and-getting-back-his-reckless-les-paul VZQAQVyz2fmdGKX8tkwnpg Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:55:48 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:01:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I couldn't play it because of my accident.” Tony Iommi on the guitar he was fated to abandon — and why his Gibson SG was perfect for Black Sabbath ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/why-fate-stopped-tony-iommi-from-playing-gibson-les-pauls kiA7DJRjPspTp6xp6EqHBk Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:07:54 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:16:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I realized I was gonna look like I was trying to be Randy Rhoads, with the cream Les Paul, so I sent it to be refinished.” Zakk Wylde says his famous bull’s-eye guitar — used on Ozzy Osbourne's records —was the result of a design mistake ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/zakk-wylde-on-his-the-grail-bulls-eye-les-paul NNGsYaiDkpwydh5qTuGhYb Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:17:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Make the guitar available so that we can inspect it!” Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor insists the Les Paul he bought from Keith Richards is in the Met's collection. The museum denies he ever owned it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-met-says-mick-taylor-never-owned-the-keithburst-les-paul GLR2Dfc94twBALwAsUtdmb Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:51:05 +0000 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:01:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar Center just launched their Memorial Day sale with serious savings for guitarists - get $419 off the wildest Gibson Les Paul I've ever seen ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/guitar-center-memorial-day-2025 MEgs4kG58uFUPxaEZdtbmP Thu, 22 May 2025 11:47:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck used to love seeing him and Lenny play live! It feels full circle.” Jeff Beck’s $490,000 Yardburst Les Paul was just played on Lenny Kravitz's full tour by guitarist Craig Ross ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/craig-ross-playing-jeff-becks-1959-yardburst-les-paul 6jmiDSbsYsSW7vPvxEuewe Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:01:27 +0000 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:03:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Those people are full of it! If you can hear those nuances, my hat’s off to you!” Joe Bonamassa weighs in on the allure of P90 guitar pickups with Bon Jovi's Phil X ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/those-people-are-full-of-if-you-can-hear-those-nuances-my-hats-off-to-you-joe-bonamassa-weighs-in-on-the-growing-allure-of-p90-guitar-pickups-with-bon-jovis-phil-x GPfBivDpcVbRnDJLG6f2G9 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:00:10 +0000 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:33:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s always been important for my guitar to sound similar to my voice.” Warren Haynes tells us why he chose P90s for his new signature Gibson Les Paul Standard —and reveals the secret behind its new “tonal options” switch ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/warren-haynes-signature-gibson-les-paul-standard LRHAWoJjodA3MVRYj5TkVV Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:37:40 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guy jumped in a car, drove to Guadalajara and kidnapped my guitar!” George Harrison recounted how his "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was stolen in 1973 —and the extremes he went through to get it back ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/george-harrisons-lucy-les-paul-kidnapped YdzfhnNanYQ7gosPfcP5PK Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:28:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s just heartbreaking to see someone spend so much money on something fake.” Joe Bonamassa and Gibson’s Tom Murphy explain how to tell a real Gibson Les Paul from a fake ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/robert-baker-fake-gibson-les-pauls-video BbLLQZsbUCyhd5zTkg6A6N Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:18:30 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He'd been given the guitar for his 16th birthday and obviously didn't want it. I took one look and said, ‘Thanks, I'll have it!’ " Phil Manzanera on his Roxy Music Firebird, "Love Is the Drug" 1951 Tele and other favorite guitars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/phil-manzanera-essential-guitars 5s8CufcvefHr3uPffQRxBC Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:31:11 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:11:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had to audition with this horrible black, Japanese Les Paul, and it started to fall apart, right in front of everybody's eyes." Scott Gorham on his worst guitar moment with Thin Lizzy and the mod he's made to every Les Paul ever since ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/scott-gorham-on-his-worst-guitar-moment-with-thin-lizzy GpArfsyQvrsxQvD9aHRBxK Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:55:26 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:09:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was just appraised for… let's just say a whole lot of money. I don't want to take this thing around!” Steve Lukather reveals the best electric guitar he owns and the one he’ll never play ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-names-his-best-electric-guitar vZLBLv6ypVXUhWuKnhujgd Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:59:23 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:57:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It can get the really dark chewy sounds, the clean bright stuff... It will do everything if you just fiddle with the volume and tone controls." Joe Bonamassa reveals the one guitar he can't do without... and it's not a Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/joe-bonamassa-the-guitar-i-cant-do-without z7zfto2abFKj3uPJJzeDzK Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:39:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Brad said, ’Your Les Paul? I know where it is.’ He pulled out a guitar magazine with Slash's collection.” Joe Perry reveals the full story behind the Les Paul ’Burst he lost to the Guns N' Roses guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/joe-perry-on-his-slash-les-paul uJHuEP2GtUC98cVNDr59UA Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:17:32 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd recognize this guitar a mile away. This right here is the Holy Grail.” Her Gibson Les Paul was worth four times what she thought ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/dj-ashba-prototype-les-paul-pawn-stars oWw9MmuQ7ALhZeF9qjw5YJ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:39:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his "Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jimmy-page-number-one-les-paul thmJrtURS3BksrwZVnffvm Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:21:57 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his "Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-number-one-les-paul A9eK4CSJqg2CXM4PwtxerS Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:04:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The essential Les Paul, reimagined and updated for today’s players”: Gibson revamps the Les Paul Studio with tonal, playability, and aesthetic upgrades ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-updates-the-les-paul-studio rmjeBiTVkPkKbsFnbqPqAf Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:41:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff was enormously proud to have owned the original of this guitar”: Gibson's Custom Shop recreates Jeff Beck’s 1959 ‘YardBurst’ Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-custom-shop-jeff-beck-yardburst-les-paul pPgKDaeStBetFVZSA48a5Q Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:21:09 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With the popularity of that record, all the aspiring guitar players wanted a Les Paul”: Guns N’ Roses producer Mike Clink says Slash made the Les Paul cool again ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/mike-clink-slash-les-paul-cool-again 733goB3zQx5sntKqEfQah9 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:34:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People want to know their family heirlooms are going to a place where they'll be loved and played. I tick those boxes”: 4 highlights from Joe Bonamassa’s epic new Nerdville Museum mini-documentary ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/joe-bonamassa-welcome-back-to-nerdville fVaifcWHeDqAHGBPRJ7FbX Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:55:48 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:09:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He played the inspired solo with a broken arm... like all great artists, he truly suffered for his art”: Ian Bairnson's Wuthering Heights Les Paul Custom surpasses expectations as it's sold at auction ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/ian-bairnson-wuthering-heights-les-paul-auction B4VMM6bKE2xR8DFzWrNtHn Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:21:42 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Leo wanted me to be partners with him... why should I fool around with some guy who is not a musician?”: The story of how Fender nearly worked with Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/leo-fender-les-paul-guitar b2Zsh8oGhpDyQevWNeCm2S Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:41:54 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was love at first feel... and it’s been with me ever since”: Gibson recreates Charlie Starr's beloved 1956 Les Paul Junior for a limited signature model ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/charlie-starr-signature-gibson-les-paul-junior ECYc6rdP9oWEo86kdhZoZL Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:47:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Ed didn’t just get good vintage guitars – he got the best versions of pretty much everything”: Gibson's Custom Shop exactingly recreates Jason Isbell and Ed King's legendary “Red Eye” Les Paul with ultra-limited edition replica ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-custom-shop-red-eye-les-paul-replica daqgdxsUZjys65cgeH9bY3 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:22:45 +0000 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:26:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar Center's epic Memorial Day sale includes $200 off a Gibson Les Paul and $150 off a Martin Dreadnought ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/guitar-center-memorial-day-sale-2024 RYWevf3YyP233zpLmoPS8S Fri, 24 May 2024 14:27:38 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Musician’s Friend Guitar Fest sale has started with up to 40% off guitar gear - including $600 off a Gibson Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/musicians-friend-guitar-fest-sale MQR3Re9jwb9xRd7qPTjwjM Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:38:28 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I picked up my Fender and thought, ‘How the hell did I ever play this?’”: Jeff Beck once said “there was no turning back” to the Strat – here's why he eventually did just that ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jeff-beck-strat-return 4txWQ25ggY85hgsk2XmfeC Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:05:22 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ The best Black Friday Gibson deal so far? Get a massive $700 off the highly-rated Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro V ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-les-paul-traditional-pro-v-black-friday-deal vxSmt2aWwa8PchubnoiHEC Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:39:51 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-rolling-stones-ed-sullivan-and-the-keith-burst hLBkkndfe7nmkexEo4LtYi Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:22:06 +0000 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:29:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This Was the Secret We’d All Been Searching for!" Discover the Key to Peter Green's “Magic” 1959 'Burst Les Paul Tone ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/fleetwood-mac-peter-green-gibson-les-paul-electric-guitar-tone-humbuckers-pickups UNV9sqTxAWjyyw9sbLZMcC Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:43:17 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Like Neil Young Said, It’s Better to Burn out Than to Fade Away”: Gary Rossington Remained “The Last Rebel” Whose Presence Through Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Many Incarnations Was Essential ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/gary-rossington-lynyrd-skynyrd LFT9Sp4iiKsCZVExKQaqiB Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:13:45 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Could’ve Bought a House or These Three-Quarter-Million-Dollar Guitars": Joe Bonamassa Talks 'Burst Les Pauls and Collecting Other Rare Guitars in This Fascinating Interview From the Vault ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/joe-bonamassa-guitar-collection-2012 Ky9SagtSgbe98qVVmChzPD Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:13:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If You Want to Play Guitar, It Isn’t Something That Comes Overnight”: A 27-Year-Old Rick Derringer Details His Gear, Technique and Outlook in This Savvy Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/rick-derringer-interview-august-1975 KQnDtnsG7Cjb4ekkd4yJDV Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:48:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Mick Taylor Play This "Incredibly Resonant" 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard With the Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/1958-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Mick-Taylor-Rolling-Stones xiz3znyWeFR5h75DzPTisc Tue, 09 May 2023 17:38:31 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Keith Richards Play This Legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/1959-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Keith-Richards nuxs5ac3dTx5gmsDVGxRSA Tue, 09 May 2023 16:39:42 +0000 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:48:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It Was Like Starting All Over Again, Like I Had Never Played the Guitar Before”: Tired of Recycling the Same Old Blues-Rock Riffs and With Nothing to Lose, Jeff Beck Turned to Jazz-Rock Fusion ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-blow-by-blow xjL9F4MJBNifiCUzEnDMHf Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:34:29 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro V Review ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/reviews/gibson-les-paul-traditional-pro-v-review sM8G5YeVzuurBeyGx3qrPC Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:55:54 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Gary Moore Shred the Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-gary-moore-shred-the-blues GJG6fW6m4DvCUeKCFY6MVe Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:14:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Favored by Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Here’s How the Gibson SG Came to Be ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/gibson-sg-history 5LmNcJvFaBRBonYYTziKtH Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:42:45 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:09 +0000