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UNBELIEVABLE: Gibson - Caught on Camera

Gibson has just made a forensic Custom Shop replica of Billy Gibbons’ Pearly Gates Les Paul – and if you buy one you’ll be treated to an exclusive performance from the ZZ Top frontman

This Collector's Edition replica is limited to just 30 instruments worldwide and Gibbons is launching it himself with an exclusive event on October 16 at the Gibson Garage Nashville

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“I was a session guitarist for a bit, which is unbelievable because I can’t read music. I used to pretend to flip the music sheets during sessions!” Dan Hawkins says it’s a miracle The Darkness have survived so long

His most prized Gibson was made for Jimmy Page and contains an Angus Young pickup. He knows the difference between opening for Metallica and Iron Maiden. He knows kids hate AI. And there’s one thing that he can’t tell you for legal reasons

Guitar World

“It rocks!”: Hear Tony Iommi's new single World Alone as the Black Sabbath icon announces his solo album

From The Dark will be released on October 23 and features Jorn Lande on vocals. Riffs guaranteed or your money back

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Jack Doohan on his first Le Mans, driving LMP2 cars, and life away from F1

Just over a year on from his Alpine Formula 1 demotion, Haas reserve driver Jack Doohan is participating in his first Le Mans 24 Hours, as part of a full-time LMP2 programme with Nielsen Racing. In his only media appearance so far this Le Mans week, Doohan told Motorsport –…

Motorsport

14 ways to improve your Telecaster: tried and tested methods to get more out of Fender’s original mod platform

Players were already modifying their Telecasters in the 1950s, and a thriving aftermarket parts industry provides countless ways to enhance playability, reliability and tone

Guitar World

“They’re built to move, pushing feel, sound and style forward”: Epiphone’s Futura Series reimagines Gibson classics with Chromashift finishes, all-new ProBucker Ignite humbuckers – and stainless steel frets as standard

Unveiled at NAMM 2026, the unashamedly bold Futura Series comes replete with a host of player-friendly updates, including compound radius fingerboards and expanded electronics

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“Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m

On any other night, $6,907,000 for Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang and $11,560,000 for Jerry Garcia's “Tiger” would have been world records. But this wasn’t any other night...

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“Why an SG? Perhaps he was fed up that his two Les Paul ’Bursts had been stolen”: The history and preservation of Eric Clapton’s The Fool SG

With its psychedelic paint job, Clapton’s iconic Cream-era Gibson SG is a guitar like no other. As it goes under the hammer as part of the Jim Irsay Collection, we take a closer look at The Fool SG

Guitar World

Record-breaking Ireland humble woeful England in Twickenham demolition job

Ireland crushed England’s Six Nations hopes with a stunning 42-21 bonus-point victory as they scored their most points at Twickenham

The Guardian - UK

England player ratings vs Ireland: George Ford errors 'unforgivable' as centurion Maro Itoje disappoints

Red Roses captain suffered brutal defeat after winning hundredth cap

Evening Standard

“When I was a child, I had a poster on my wall of BB King playing his signature Lucille… I just wanted to be a part of that world”: Gary Clark Jr channels the King of the Blues for limited edition Gibson Custom Shop collab

The 21st-century blues king pays dues to his hero with a stunning limited edition Cobra Burst ES-355, fresh from the Custom Shop

MusicRadar

Google Missed Key Deadline in Suit Alleging Google's AI Libeled Business, Court Holds

A federal district court rules that the case should go back to Minnesota state court, rather than being in federal court.

Reason

“I knew relic’ing was coming. I did it myself, to my own guitar, very crude and primitive. I put it on a stand at a guitar show, with no strategy. And it changed everything”: How relic’ing conquered the guitar world

The not-so-gentle art of relic’ing has enjoyed arenaissance since its maligned roots in the mid-’90s. We asked scene godfather and Gibson Custom Shop guru Tom Murphy how the tide turned

Guitar World

Confused by baby goats, having car nightmares, struggling to move from LA to Miami Beach — Robots are just like us, exec says

"Robots have nightmares about cars," Serve Robotics co-founder MJ Burk Chun told Fortune Brainstorm AI. "Cars are also very scary for robots."

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Guitar World

“A true gift, 2 years in the making”: Brian May gifts Tony Iommi a custom Red Special replica – but it’s taken some inspiration from his legendary 'Old Boy' SG

It stays faithful to the original recipe, save for two important changes

The Independent UK

The best hotels near Dublin airport for a convenient pre-flight stay

Have to catch an early flight? Book these hotels near Dublin Airport for a practical and comfortable start (or end) to your holiday

Guitar World

“My one came from a little old lady in Pennsylvania. The family didn't realize it was a very special”: Joe Bonamassa’s ultra-rare 1959 ‘Black Beauty’ Les Paul Custom is one of 20 in existence – now it’s been recreated as an Epiphone signature guitar

Unique for its twin humbuckers and Bigsby vibrato, Bonamassa’s unicorn Les Paul has been recreated for under $1K

Guitar World

“Reshaping the nut to look more like a Gibson from the ’50s is too tempting not to do”: How I made the Epiphone Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul a little more Jeff Beck

After quite a few playing hours under its belt, Dave Burrluck gets the Epiphone Oxblood Les Paul back into the garage for a bit of a tinker and a tune-up

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Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas

When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited the school library to check out a copy of “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, it wasn’t in its Dewey decimal system-assigned location.

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“Robin opened up the case, and there was a 1957 Fender Stratocaster. He said, ‘Do you like it?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ And he said, ‘Take it’”: Robert Fripp on that one time Robin Trower gave him a highly coveted Strat – and why he never ended up using it

Fripp proves he’s Gibson (and Fernandes) through and through...

Guitar World

“Eruption with one hand”: This guitar prodigy plays Eddie Van Halen's legendary two-hand tapping part – with only one hand

Filipe Rosset has been blowing minds with his insane handspan

Guitar World

“I can't help but question why Gibson decided to label this model as a Les Paul”: Gibson Les Paul Music City Special 50th Anniversary review

Has Gibson gone in too deep with its Marauder-esque take on the Les Paul?

Guitar World

“I asked Olivia, ‘I’d love to play one of George’s guitars.’ She just said, ‘Of course – which one?’” How a Gypsy jazz guitarist came to play George Harrison’s iconic Beatles guitars on a new tribute album

Recorded in Harrison’s home studio using his most famous instruments, Robin Nolan’s Gypsy jazz covers reimagine the quiet Beatle’s best moments – andfinally completes Harrison’s ‘lost’ song…

Guitar World

“Every other Strat I picked up at the time didn’t have the same feeling to me”: Warren Haynes on why the theft of a Custom Shop Strat convinced him to change to Gibson Les Pauls

The loss of the guitar broke his heart, so Haynes decided to venture into new realms

Guitar World

“I sold it to Bob Rock for the same amount I paid for it. Just after that, the ‘Slasheffect’ happened… he sold it for 15times what he paid”: Billy Duffy on the Les Paul ’Burst he sold on the cheap – and why player-grade beats all-original every time

Think of Billy Duffy and it’s Gretsch White Falcons, Les Paul Customs or maybe an LP Junior. Here he explains why these three iconic six-strings have been the tools of his trade for over 40 years

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