Gibson press release To kick off a very limited edition series of three guitars that celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Historic Reissues series, Gibson Custom presents the 20th Anniversary 1957 ...

Les Paul's Original 1954 Black Custom 'Black Beauty" (Photo: Courtesy Guernsey's Auction House) No pre-auction estimate, or reserve price, has been put on the instrument.

Vintage guitar veteran David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars and the Songbirds vintage guitar museum retraces the history of the Les Paul Custom as we take a close look at this stunning 1958 Black ...

The cover of Guitar Player magazine's February 2015 issue characterized the 1954 Black Custom, better known as "Black Beauty," as "The Grail!" and the "genesis of all Les Paul guitars to come." ...

Much like Young's discography and creative arc, the story of how Old Black became the rugged, howling sonic beast that it is is a twisty one of fits, starts, and strange left turns ...

Minnesota's connections to famous musicians extends well beyond Prince and Bob Dylan. Decades ago, Jimmy Page of Led Zepellin had his 1960 Les Paul custom guitar stolen after a concert in the Twin ...

The Green Day frontman has partnered with Gibson to create his own custom Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior guitar. The instrument comes in silver or black with a mahogany neck, a fretboard ...

"Black Beauty" is one of the first prototypes created by famous guitar maker Les Paul, but a week before it goes up for auction, a debate is stirring about the guitar's real value. The guitar is ...

Les Paul's iconic "Black Beauty" guitar sold at auction for $275,000 to Colts owner Jim Irsay. The sports CEO tells us why he bought it.

What do you think? Are you going to spring for the Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom Vertigo? Check out the detailed specs on the guitar here.

And now he's added a super rare guitar to his collection, tracking down a 1959 Les Paul Standard in Factory Black with a Bigsby vibrato.

“The Gibson ‘Black Beauty’ Les Paul Custom. I was one of the first people in England to have one, but I didn’t know that then,” Page explains in an interview with Ultimate Guitar.