by Shane Sanders | Feb 5, 2024 | Gear, Learn
Science or myth? Weigh up the potential pros and cons of top-wrapping on a guitar fitted with a Stop Bar tailpiece Do you top-wrap the guitar strings on your Gibson Les Paul, SG, or ES-335? It’s a topic that stirs up quite the debate, both online and in taverns...
by Shane Sanders | Jan 31, 2024 | Gear, News
Four of history’s greatest acoustic guitars in a classic “tuxedo” configuration Do you want custom cosmetics, solid Sitka spruce tops, L.R. Baggs™ Session VTC electronics, and Gibson Custom quality in an acoustic guitar? These four Ebony newcomers to a tried-and-true...
by Shane Sanders | Jan 29, 2024 | Gear, Learn
How to make the most of the guitar and studio gear you’ve got, and make less fuss along the way If a sense of being overwhelmed rises inside of you as you enter your home studio, it may be a potential signal that a complex of “analysis paralysis” and “option...
by Chris Vinnicombe | Jan 25, 2024 | Gear, History
70 years may be a blink in the eye of history, but over the course of seven decades, the Gibson Les Paul has carved out a monolithic presence in popular culture As old as rock ’n’ roll itself, since 1952 the Gibson Les Paul has traveled along musical ley lines,...
by Chris Vinnicombe | Jan 23, 2024 | Gear, History
From small tube combos to huge stereo rigs, Gibson amplifiers blazed a trail In returning to the amplifier business with the Falcon 5 and Falcon 20, Gibson has drawn on a rich history of innovation that leads right back to the dawn of the electric guitar itself in the...
by Shane Sanders | Jan 23, 2024 | Artists, Gear, News
An exquisite, tour-ready recreation of the much-loved, much-recorded “blacked-out” guitar is now part of Gibson’s Kirk Hammett Collection Hot on the heels of several acclaimed collaborations between Metallica’s legendary lead guitarist and the Gibson and Epiphone...
