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“At some point I might come up with a new single-cut unique enough not to upset anybody”: Nik Huber on the perils of riffing on the classics and the evolution of his powerhouse boutique brand

There’s always the risk that someone might object to a maker’s designs. In the case of Nik Huber’s Krautster, it came 15 years after the guitar was introduced…

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“Gibson Supremes with Floyds!”: Neal Schon has rekindled his relationship with Gibson, bringing the Floyd Rose to the luxed-out Les Paul Supreme for a trio of potential signature models

The Journey guitarist is back working with Gibson – and details of the pair's new models will reportedly be announced later this week

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“When somebody buys my signature Duesenberg in a store, they're buying exactly what I play on stage”: Dave Baksh of Sum 41 interview

Dave Baksh lifts the lid on the gear used to record Sum 41’s last-ever album and details the benefits of a digital rig and recording remotely

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"With effortless playability and the credentials to absolutely nail those iconic Peter Green, Gary Moore and Kirk Hammett tones": Epiphone Kirk Hammett "Greeny" 1959 Les Paul Standard review

The world's most famous Les Paul finally gets the Epiphone treatment – but is it worth it?

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Loose knobs? How to deal with your guitar's most easily overlooked issues

Gibson Master Luthier Jim DeCola knows how to solve control mechanical control knob, output jack and pickup switch issues

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“If the mini-humbucker had remained exclusive to Epiphone, it may have been a mere footnote. It developed a following because they ended up in Gibson guitars”: The mini-humbucker’s surprising history – and why it deserves more love

Often passed over in conversations about the greatest electric guitar pickups, the mini-humbucker has a unique tone of its own, its story inextricably linked to Epiphone and Gibson

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“We’ve arrived at something that’s really special”: Gibson launches Jimmy Page’s ultra-exclusive Collector’s Edition 1969 EDS-1275 double-neck signature guitar – a meticulous, $50,000 recreation of an enduring rock ’n’ roll symbol

Only 50 units exclusive to the Gibson Garage will be made, and each come played and hand-signed by the Led Zeppelin legend himself

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"It captures the very essence of Page’s original instrument": Gibson drops $50,000 Jimmy Page EDS-1275 Doubleneck signature model, and each guitar has been played and signed by the Led Zeppelin legend himself

If there's a bustle in your wallet, don't be alarmed now

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“Steals the spotlight”: Schecter bestows Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance with a new familiarly styled signature guitar – could a headless model for Synyster Gates follow in its wake?

Vengeance’s newest model goes for a more classic look and feel – and with Gates currently playing what appears to be Schecter’s first headless guitar, could another A7X signature be right behind it?

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“I must admit, it looked and sounded phenomenal, but the poor girl was crushed to smithereens… I was totally heartbroken”: How Ted Nugent accidentally destroyed his first Gibson Byrdland

An archtop jazz box was a strange choice for a young rocker like Nugent, but as he explains here, it was the making of him, and it was all about the tone

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“I have the heaviest boost pedal in existence – it’s a Marshall half-stack that I switch on when the sound needs to be bigger”: DeWolff’s Pablo Van De Poel on his life in gear – and a rig that is not to be trifled with

The DeWolff guitarist recalls a Les Paul that broke his heart and a spectacular deal on a vintage bass

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“Striking limited-edition reissues of the very first ES-335”: Gibson revives the flagship ES-335 design for a line of ‘58 Murphy Lab models – complete with a rare spec you won't find on any other 335

Three models have been introduced with various degrees of meticulous Murphy Lab relic'ing – but all three faithfully subscribe to the 1958-inspired design

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“Striking limited edition reissues of the very first ES-335”: Gibson celebrates its 130th Anniversary with the Custom Shop, Murphy Lab-aged 1958 ES-335 Reissue

Fat '58 neck profiles, unbound fingerboards, tons of mojo, and just 130 units of each, this is a bona-fide call to action for guitar collectors with a soft spot for Gibson's legendary semi-hollow

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“My God, it’s hard to get in tune when they’re booing": when Bob Dylan faced down his detractors with a Strat and made rock n' roll history

In 1965, Bob Dylan strapped on a Stratocaster, then a Telecaster, and ushered in a bold new folk-rock sound. But he'd actually gone electric six months earlier…

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“It was so destroyed you could take the paint off with your hands”: How Rich Robinson brought his ’68 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop back from the brink after Hurricane Sandy

The Black Crowes guitarist says his restored LP is a rare example of an instrument that (eventually) came back stronger following the 2012 disaster

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“When people went in to look at the gear they went in on jet skis… So many people lost their guitars”: Peter Frampton says he lost 44 guitars in the 2010 Nashville flood

One of the guitars to survive the flood was Frampton's Epiphone Texan that he famously used to write Show Me The Way and Baby, I Love Your Way both on the same day

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“It didn’t sound right with just one guitar lead, so why not have two?” Mary Timony on her multiversal lead lines and why the Depression-era Gibson acoustic is the ultimate six-string survivor

The former Helium and Wild Flag D.C. rocker can still unleash some decidedly untame sounds and work an EBow like no-one else

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Gibson has filmed an Adam Jones Tool guitar lesson – and it's exceptionally good

A great dissection of a special guitarist's techniques

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“It’s the higher-profile artist associations that tend to attract the big money – things like your Pearly Gates and your Jimmy Pages”: Why Gibson’s replicas of famous Les Pauls are commanding almost as much as vintage guitars

Gibson’s highest-tier replicas are seriously sought after on the collector's market. We find out what all the fuss is about and examine a rare recreation of Jimmy Page’s fiendishly complex #2 Les Paul Standard

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“This is one of the most requested models in Epiphone’s history”: Foo Fighters fans rejoice – the Dave Grohl DG-335 is finally here and it’s got Gibson USA pickups

Pelham Blue with bound diamond soundholes and the Trini Lopez headstock... The colour and the shape of this Epiphone x Gibson Custom Shop collaboration looks the part

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“The wait is over – now you can have it all”: Dave Grohl’s Epiphone DG-335, the most demanded signature model in its 151-year history, is finally here – and it costs less than you might expect

We got an exclusive look at the Foo Fighters’ man’s new signature back in January – and now it’s available to order

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"If you absolutely hated Stairway to Heaven, nobody can blame you for that because it was so… pompous": The glory and burden of Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven, over half a century on

In early 1970 Jimmy Page had a concept for an epic song that “would unravel in layers as it progressed”. More than five decades on, Stairway To Heaven still has a hold on its writers and the world

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A jazz guitar classic returns as Harmony unveils the H62 Reissue – a handsome archtop hollowbody “delivering deliciously warm tones that snap”

Described as a “dark horse of blues and jazz”, the H62 Reissue is a spruce-topped, figured-maple-bottomed hollowbody with stunning 1950s aesthetics, and it retails at just $849

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“I did everything by working my ass off. I played in bars six nights a week, 300 shows a year, three one-hour sets every night for eight years with no record deal”: Evanescence’s Troy McLawhorn on his guitar firsts, favorites and embarrassing moments

The Evanescence guitarist talks killer trench coats, first gigs, and the amp that got away

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