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Fed up with Gibson SG neck dive? An ingenious new guitar strap could be the answer

Frantone mastermind Fran Blanche claims to have solved SG headstock drooping once and for all

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Gibson offers guitarists outside the US the chance to buy prototypes, pre-played artist models and demo guitars for the first time

The Gibson/Reverb Demo Shop has been opened up to UK players, and its first wave arrives with a suite of drool-worthy examples

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Gibson is now selling Demo Shop guitars in the UK for the first time

Check out the Gibson UK Demo Shop on Reverb now

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Learn the playing styles of every Eric Clapton era with this epic lesson

Five EC pieces for the Slowhand in training...

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Steve Howe once took a chisel to a 1955 Fender Telecaster to make it more Gibson

“I can’t say I'm entirely without guilt,” the Yes man once commented. Yet the heavily modified Tele found a home on Relayer and appears on new album Mirror to the Sky

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The evolution of fuzz pedals: how the wildest drive of all conquered the radio – and our pedalboards

Unlike wah, flangers and chorus, fuzz has never gone out of fashion – it’s hip to be square

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Joe Bonamassa shows you his favorite Fender Esquire licks: “You can rule the world with one pickup”

The blues guitar superstar's adventures in classic guitars continue as he shows us why Leo got it right the first time around...

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd swaps his Fender Strat for Duane Allman’s ‘Layla’ Les Paul and sounds immediately at home

The Louisiana blues rocker made the most of his chance to perform with one of rock’s most historic Gibson Goldtops, worth $1.25m

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Hear how the same iconic guitar riffs sound played on an SG, Tele, Les Paul, ES-335 and more

Only the Elixir® String type is the same as guitarist Zach Comtois plays riffs by Guns N' Roses, AC/DC and more

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Alex Lifeson says he first chose an ES-335 over the Les Paul for this reason

In a new clip with Gibson TV, the Canadian guitar legend has been discussing days spent haunting guitar stores before Rush made it big

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Fender Gold Foil Jazzmaster review

Fool's gold?

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Epiphone Jim James ES-335 review

Another example of ’70s chic, this walnut-coloured Epiphone aims to clone the Gibson version for considerably less cash

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Best electro acoustic guitars under £500 from Gretsch, Fender and more

Ten guitars that strike a chord

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The strange history of Hugh Cornwell’s Höfner S7L – the ‘Razorwood’ electric guitar made famous by The Stranglers

How a little known and short-lived guitar from Höfner found its way into the hands of The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell around the time of the band’s hit Golden Brown

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Fender American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline and 1975 Telecaster Deluxe review

Time has mellowed the wrath of the detractors and reinforced the joy of the believers in a range that divided opinion when first released in the early ’70s – and now it’s back with authentic CuNiFe humbuckers

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That time Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner jammed with Tool: “It was pretty daunting... let’s just say it wasn’t like jamming some AC/DC”

The Flying V titan locked guitars with Adam Jones on a live performance of Jambi, but “almost throw up because of how technical the song is”

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Can’t wait for Dave Grohl’s DG-335? Emily Wolfe just dropped the best-looking Epiphone semi-hollow of the year

The blues-rocker’s new “White Wolfe” Sheraton is a stone-cold stunner

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Gibson Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ Les Paul Standard review

Following a pair of five-figure Custom versions, here’s the everyman Greeny. But is it a valid introduction or simply a slightly pimped version of an existing Les Paul?

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Is Dave Grohl’s new Epiphone DG-335… Gold?

After a B/W pic surfaced of an Epiphone DG-335, Andy Ferris colourised the image, revealing that the Foo Fighters frontman's forthcoming signature model might not be Pelham Blue after all

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Mary Ford’s 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom has just been tracked down… on Facebook Marketplace

The historic instrument – which Ford used in her collaborations with Les Paul – ended up in the most unlikely place after playing a formative role in rock ’n’ roll history

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Snowy White: "It's funny that I used a Strat for Pigs on the Wing. I was so used to my Les Paul – I was surprised I felt as comfortable as I did. I still hated it, but I got through it"

The rock guitar gun for hire reveals why he was initially hesitant to play with Pink Floyd, how he divvied up parts with David Gilmour, and what it was like navigating the tension between Gilmour and Roger Waters

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Meet 'Sunny', a newly uncovered 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard from South Africa

More and more holy grail Les Paul Standards are surfacing in recent years, but this exceptional specimen remains a thoroughbred unicorn by anyone's reckoning

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How Gibson developed the mini-humbucker, its underrated ‘other’ pickup

Small size, big tone, and maybe just the sound you were looking for all along. After all these years in the shadow of the PAF, we trace the history of the unsung hero of pickups

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Larry Carlton: "I believe my Sire line is better than anything Fender's Squier line is producing. These are great guitars, and I believe in them"

The jazz great explains why he made the switch from Gibson to produce his own range of affordable guitars, based on his iconic vintage instruments

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Dave Mustaine’s signature Vs from Epiphone and Kramer are officially released and they look mighty thrashable

Today is a V big deal for Mustaine fans as Epiphone unveils Classic and Prophecy versions of his signature Flying V, and Kramer drops a trio of Vanguards

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