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When George Harrison’s “Lucy” Les Paul was “kidnapped” in 1973, he went to extreme measures to get it back
By Phil Weller published
The cherry-finished Les Paul — dubbed Lucy — had been owned by several famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, who gifted it to Harrison in 1968

Brian May’s new signature Gibson JS-200 features a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury
By Phil Weller last updated
May's new acoustic has another quirky feature — reversed string pairs that suit his style of strumming

Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival has has the most unusual name
By Phil Weller published
The guitar was an important transitional build as it tampered with the model designed to rival the Stratocaster

Brian May tells how he fought the naysayers to make the Red Special Queen's secret weapon
By Phil Weller published
The homemade guitar had its issues at first, but the guitarist and his father refused to give up and forged one of rock’s most iconic guitars

Mike Campbell says it's the original Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers sound, and the guitar he can't live without
By Joe Bosso published
Campbell played the Fender Broadcaster on "American Girl" but retired it from the road when a shipping incident convinced him touring life was too risky for the rare guitar

Gibson spotlights its forgotten Superstrat era in its latest Certified Vintage collection
By Phil Weller published
The prototype models showcase the time when the luthier tried to seduce shredders who defined a decade of guitar playing

Circle Guitar does the picking for you. Radiohead's Ed O'Brien is onboard
By Elizabeth Swann published
O'Brien will receive the first of the roughly $10,000 MIDI-controlled self-strumming guitars when they start to roll off the line this year

Joe Bonamassa and Gibson’s Tom Murphy explain how to tell a real Gibson Les Paul from a fake
By Phil Weller published
When $18 million of fake Les Pauls were intercepted last year, it highlighted the danger of counterfeit guitars tainting the market. An all-star YouTube video is helping people spot the differences
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