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“Every artist that has played it goes crazy about it – it has been owned by two legends for a reason”: Up close with the Les Paul Custom that both Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton owned

Dubbed the ‘Fretless Wonder’, the Les Paul Custom waltzed onto the scene in 1954. This particular mid-’50s model found its way into the hands of two guitar heroes

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Billie Joe Armstrong’s punk rock riff machine, Orange’s mighty micro-amp, and the $150 acoustic that gives us serious John Mayer vibes – it’s MusicRadar’s monthly guitar gear roundup, the July 2026 edit

Featuring hot new gear from Harley Benton, Epiphone, Bad Cat, Shergold, IK Multimedia, Mooer Audio, Gibson and more

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“The very guitar Ace played at Kiss’s legendary four night residency at Japan’s Nippon Budokan arena”: Ace Frehley’s iconic ‘Budokan’ Les Paul Custom sells at auction for $512,000

The 1975 Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Custom was the late Kiss guitarists go-to electric in the late '70s and was all over Love Gun

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"Tired of run-of-the-mill guitars? Well, this may be the six-string for you": Epiphone Futura RD Custom review

Epiphone drags a ‘70s cult classic kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a tight modern build

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“Always a pleasure to host BFG in my office, and even better when he decides to take one of my CEO builds on tour!” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has made a stunning custom Explorer – and Billy Gibbons is playing it onstage with ZZ Top

And the Gibson CEO also given us a sneak peak of the forthcoming DES lineup in the shape of a Ghost Burst SG?

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BMW Is Racing An Insane R1300 R Superhooligan at Daytona 200, Please Let Us Buy It

BMW designed a custom R1300 R Superhooligan to compete at the 2026 Daytona 200. The project celebrates the 50th anniversary of the brand's race win at the first Daytona 200 superbike race.

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“I think Mick would be totally astonished that he’s still being talked about in such a positive way. This guitar just adds sparkle to an already legendary life”: Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Mick Ronson’s Bowie-era 1968 Les Paul Custom

With the ebony finish stripped to reveal its two-piece plain maple top, mismatched controls, custom-wound pickups, this limited run reproduction is the spitting image of Ronson's original

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“Demonstrates just how extreme Gibson’s custom division was prepared to get in order to make a customer happy”: When is a Gibson Barney Kessel not a Gibson Barney Kessel? This 1967 unicorn explains all...

It looks like a Kessell and almost sounds like a Kessell, but upon closer inspection we have a custom order that’s a “total freak”…

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Leo Fender’s favorite amp, recreated? Fender ’62 Super Amp review

The original, ’62-era Super was said to be Leo Fender's favorite amp. Let’s see if this exacting recreation captures the original magic

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Three shining examples of brilliant PC game development in 2025

…and three not-so-shining examples. Oh dear.

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“This guitar is simply too cool to not be released”: Noel Gallagher’s internet-breaking Oasis reunion Les Paul has been brought to the masses with a Standard launch

Months after the Custom Shop Murphy Lab reissue sold out, Gibson has brought back one of 2025's most talked about guitars

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“At the push of a button, the legendary roar thunders through the amp”: Fender wrangles Godzilla for a monster guitar collaboration – featuring two company firsts

As well as an otherworldly $36,000 Custom Shop Stratocaster with a Godzilla roar button, two Made in Japan models are also packing some flashy new tech

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“The next morning, I got an email that had a receipt for a 1957 Gibson Custom goldtop”: Jam band and Southern rock prodigy Bella Rayne was bereft when her Les Paul was stolen – then came an answer to her prayers

Rayne explains how she turned to guitar during the pandemic but found her mojo onstage – and why her fate seams intertwined with the Grateful Dead

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“Making its long-awaited return to the lineup”: For the first time in 20 years, Gibson is offering the Custom Les Paul ’70s as a standard run USA model

The hugely sought-after design, previously available only as a Custom Shop model, arrives as part of the regular line with period-correct touches and throwback finishes

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“The big thing was the neck shape that Clapton wanted. We made about a dozen neck samples for him to play”: From Slowhand’s Strat to “tongue-in-cheek” relics, this is the hidden history of the Fender Custom Shop

Fender’s Custom Shop had a precarious start in the mid-1980s, but the story of its formative years is full of big ideas, some bizarre instruments, and a queue of famous guitarists

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“I of course fully endorse ANY mods done to any of my designs, let alone from the great Hammett”: Kirk Hammett orders up custom Thinline version of Jack White’s Fender Triplecaster – and gets one for White, too

Jack White's been giving out his Triplecaster to all and sundry and now Hammett returns the favour, with a "cool mod" that White hopes will duly upset Telecaster purists

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It was the era of the Superstrat, but along came an all-new high-end guitar that found fans in Al Di Meola and Ted Nugent – celebrating 40 years of Paul Reed Smith’s first production model, the PRS Custom 24

Birthed amid the Superstrat mania of the 1980s, the Custom 24 bucked the trend with a set-neck build –and hit a spot with players that wanted timeless looks and modern, high performing upgrades

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“I must’ve played hundreds of Les Pauls, and I can safely say this is up there with the best sounding of them – it even gives my own Gibson Les Paul Standard a run for its money”: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Goldtop review

Epiphone has struck gold with this ambitious recreation of a pivotal guitar in the Les Paul history books

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“One of my favourite forgotten Gibson designs of all time”: The cult-classic RD Custom is officially back (in black)

Gibson president and CEO Cesar Gueikian loves them, so too the Nameless Ghouls of Ghost, and this oft-slept on model becomes the first core Gibson Custom electric with a 25.5" scale length

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“The Custom 24 has been our flagship design. Updating the 24-08 version for our 40th anniversary allows it to ‘sing’ in a beautiful voice of its own”: PRS's new semi-hollow stunner brings enticing updates to one of the company's very first models

Keeping its 40th birthday party going, PRS has added both visual and sonic upgrades to one of its foundational designs

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“The response from the collecting community was incredible”: Sell-out Skip Maggiora auction raises more than $2.4 million for music and youth charities, with an O.G. ’54 Strat selling for $300,000

Lots included a stunning 1953 Fender Telecaster ($75,000), a super-rare Metallic Green '55 Strat ($143,750) and an '80s Kramer prototype that was smashed by Eddie Van Halen

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Why Choose Custom Silicone Molds? Insights from Leading Silicone Manufacturers

Manufacturing complexity demands fresh solutions. Custom silicone molds represent the pinnacle of precision engineering. The industrial production landscape keeps evolving. Silicone manufacturing near me tag is emerging. It is now a critical ...

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“Since the Sphere, we have begun using iso cabinets for the speaker cabinets and the Leslie, leading to all the amps and speakers being off-stage”: Trey Anastasio’s tech, Justin Stabler, reveals all about the Phish frontman’s new live guitar rig

What do you use when you are playing the most tech advanced venue in the world? As Stabler explains, this is a rig less ordinary, custom-tailored for one of the most challenging sets in live music

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