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Up close with an original 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

Another holy grail guitar is available now via Gibson Certified Vintage. We chat to program manager Mitch Conrad to find out more

types of Gibson SG models explained

Types of Gibson SG models: Everything you need to know

Which Gibson SG is right for you in 2025? What are the different types of Gibson SG guitars? Read our complete SG comparison and buyer’s guide.

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Lost to the Future: The latest on Marty McFly’s missing Gibson ES-345

Mark Agnesi shares the latest news on the lost Cherry Red Gibson ES-345 featured in Back To The Future… in 88 seconds or less

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Eight famous guitarists talk collecting guitars

Eight famous guitarists talk collecting guitars

Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Kirk Hammett, and more on their lifelong guitar-collecting obsessions If you’ve ever wondered why the world’s most iconic guitarists collect guitars and how that love of collecting started, this is the video for you. In this compilation of...

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Up close with an original 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

Up close with an original 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

Another holy grail guitar is available now via Gibson Certified Vintage Gibson Certified Vintage is on a roll. Following the recent acquisition of a breathtaking 1959 Flying V™ (one of only 17 manufactured that year, and the close encounter I had with it is still...

Types of Gibson SG models: Everything you need to know

Types of Gibson SG models: Everything you need to know

Which Gibson SG is right for you in 2025? What are the different types of Gibson SG guitars? Read our complete SG comparison and buyer’s guide. The Gibson SG’s double-cutaway body, thinner mahogany construction, and slim set neck were revolutionary in 1961. And since...

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Eight famous guitarists talk collecting guitars

Eight famous guitarists talk collecting guitars

Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Kirk Hammett, and more on their lifelong guitar-collecting obsessions If you’ve ever wondered why the world’s most iconic guitarists collect guitars and how that love of collecting started, this is the video for you. In this compilation of...

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Eight famous guitarists talk collecting guitars

Eight famous guitarists talk collecting guitars

Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Kirk Hammett, and more on their lifelong guitar-collecting obsessions If you’ve ever wondered why the world’s most iconic guitarists collect guitars and how that love of collecting started, this is the video for you. In this compilation of...

Video guitar lesson: Play riffs like Nirvana

Video guitar lesson: Play riffs like Nirvana

Kurt Cobain's power chord secret revealed Nirvana reshaped the landscape of modern music with their influential 1991 album, Nevermind. Kurt Cobain's rhythm guitar style, showcased to thrilling, hitmaking effect in tracks like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium,"...

The official Epiphone Les Paul buyer’s guide 2025

The official Epiphone Les Paul buyer’s guide 2025

We’ll help you decide which Epiphone Les Paul is the best for you in our complete Epiphone Les Paul comparison for 2025 The Les Paul™ is more than just a guitar. It’s one of the most iconic instruments in music history and a must-have for countless players, no matter...

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Video guitar lesson: Play riffs like Nirvana

Video guitar lesson: Play riffs like Nirvana

Kurt Cobain's power chord secret revealed Nirvana reshaped the landscape of modern music with their influential 1991 album, Nevermind. Kurt Cobain's rhythm guitar style, showcased to thrilling, hitmaking effect in tracks like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium,"...

Video lesson: How to play guitar like Stone Temple Pilots

Video lesson: How to play guitar like Stone Temple Pilots

Anchoring your third finger for this guitar riff is essential for a clean playthrough In the realm of grunge music, Stone Temple Pilots stand out as a unique force, hailing from San Diego, distinct from their early 1990s Seattle counterparts such as Alice in Chains....

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Up close with an original 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

Up close with an original 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

Another holy grail guitar is available now via Gibson Certified Vintage Gibson Certified Vintage is on a roll. Following the recent acquisition of a breathtaking 1959 Flying V™ (one of only 17 manufactured that year, and the close encounter I had with it is still...

One of the rarest Gibson Les Pauls returns home

One of the rarest Gibson Les Pauls returns home

The tale of how a mysterious vintage Gibson SG was really a 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard all along In the spring of 2012, one of my uncles reached out in search of information about a vintage Gibson guitar he had inherited from a close friend. Who else wants a close...

Gibson J-45 versus Gibson Hummingbird: What’s the difference?

Gibson J-45 versus Gibson Hummingbird: What’s the difference?

These are the main differences between the Gibson J-45 and Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitars—including sound and size What’s the difference between the Gibson J-45™ and Hummingbird™ acoustic guitars? It's a key part of the decision-making process when buying your...

A deep dive into the pentatonic scale for guitarists

A deep dive into the pentatonic scale for guitarists

How did five-note scales become popular in so many music genres and styles? Pentatonic scales, those beautiful and expressive five-note wonders, take two forms: those with semitones (hemitonic) and those without (anhemitonic). They are used worldwide in nearly every...

Gibson Hummingbird vs Gibson SJ-200—what’s the difference?

Gibson Hummingbird vs Gibson SJ-200—what’s the difference?

Let’s examine the differences between the Gibson Hummingbird and Gibson SJ-200 so you can decide which acoustic guitar is right for you You’re here because you can’t decide between the two major players in the Gibson Acoustic lineup, and you want to know the...