The electric instrument, which is the original prototype for the Les Paul Custom guitars made by the Gibson Guitar Company, will be sold by Guernsey's Auctions at the Arader Galleries on Feb. 19.

For more information, visit the official Gibson website.. Gibson press release. To kick off a very limited edition series of three guitars that celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Historic Reissues ...

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." ...

A custom guitar played by Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia sold for $957,000 US in 2002, setting a record that was later eclipsed by a Bob Dylan guitar that sold for $965,000 US in 2013.

Behind Page's success was his 1960 Les Paul custom guitar -- known as Black Beauty. The last time Page had it in his hands was at a Met Center concert in April of 1970. "He pulled out this guitar ...

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.

“The single cut 50’s Les Paul Jr has been the root of my guitar tone for over 20 years,” Armstrong said in a press release. “Ever since I bought ‘Floyd’ my 1956 Sunburst Jr, in the ...

“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 .

As for Hammett's new purchase, Carter Vintage Guitars recently offered a bit more history on the instrument. "This original 1959 Les Paul Standard was custom ordered with a black finish and a ...

The Vertigo also includes a handful of what Gibson's calling "custom-style appointments," including "7-ply top binding, 5-ply back binding, and multi-bound headstock with acrylic inlays." ...