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 ...

Osbourne died on July 22, and tributes quickly poured in from fans, fellow musicians, and colleagues following the news of ...

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 ...

The crusade to find a home for an electric guitar is reverberating through the music world as Les Paul’s Black Beauty from the ’50s is going up for auction ...

Much like Young's discography and creative arc, the story of how Old Black became the rugged, howling sonic beast that it is ...

The 1954 Les Paul Gibson guitar known as 'Black Beauty' has sold at auction in New York for $335,500 ($419,900 Cdn). Content. Skip to Main Content Accessibility Help. Menu.

But its story doesn’t stop there. As per Gibson, in 1979 Clapton gifted the Les Paul to Albert Lee, who remains the ’58 Les Paul’s custodian to this day.He also returned the guitar to its ...

“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 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." ...