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Gibson Bets Big on Latin Music in Miami: Its Largest Garage Opens With 600 Guitars, Latino Stars and Live Performances

Gibson Garage Miami opens in Wynwood with nearly 600 guitars, Latin music stars, live concerts and the first permanent Gibson Gallery in the U.S.

Latin Times

“I hate the term relic’d guitars. We don’t relic guitars. We age guitars”: Mark Agnesi explains the difference between relic’ing and aging guitars – and Gibson’s vision for making the vintage guitar experience more accessible

Gibson’s Director of Brand Experience gives his take on aged guitars – and explains why Murphy Lab is closing the gap with bona fide vintage models

Guitar World

“We’ve had some progression in the case, thanks to all the tips you guys have been sending in”: Gibson has found an ES-345 that Michael J. Fox played in Back to the Future – but it’s not the one they’re really looking for

Gibson's Mark Agnesi says they have found the ES-345 from the Back to the Future Part Two, but that is helping them eliminate false leads in the hunt for the O.G. McFly guitar

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Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

The Guardian - UK

“I guess I’m buying a new Gibson”: Cesar Gueikian teases Custom Shop replica of Marty McFly’s “1955” ES-345 – but hunt goes on for original Back To The Future guitar

And could there be an Epiphone version too?

MusicRadar

“They are officially on our investigative team right now”: They found Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner 500/1 violin bass – can the Lost Bass Project find Marty McFly’s Gibson ES-345 from Back To The Future?

Gibson puts investigative journalists Scott and Naomi Jones on the Lost To The Future case. Despite thousands of tips the trail of the guitar – missing since '85 – remains cold

MusicRadar

“That’s how we’re gonna know we’ve found the right one”: Gibson steps up the search for the lost Back to the Future guitar – and its discovery hinges on one key spec

The guitar played by Michael J. Fox for the film’s famous school dance scene has been missing for 40 years – and Gibson is determined to track it down

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“I said, ‘I want to riff through all of my favorite guitarists –doing Jimi Hendrix behind the head, Pete Townshend’s windmill, the Eddie Van Halen hammer thing”: Michael J. Fox and others discuss the Back to the Future guitar – and a clue to its identity

The Cherry Red ES-345 has become a cultural icon since the film was released in 1985, but it hasn’t been since since

Guitar World

“No one has seen this guitar since 1985, and we need to find it”: Gibson teams up with Back To The Future cast to launch global hunt for Marty McFly’s lost ES-345

Gibson asks anyone who has information as to the whereabouts of the Cherry Red ES-345 that Marty McFly played in the 1985 blockbuster to get in touch

MusicRadar

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce that all store locations will begin store closing sales today”: End of an era for US gear retail as Sam Ash Music to close

The largest family owned gear retailer in the US is to shut all of its stores after 100 years of service

MusicRadar

“It is going to become a hangout place, a destination, and I truly want to make it the most welcoming place in music”: Cesar Gueikian on what guitarists can expect at the Gibson Garage London

Live music, a gallery, everything Gibson under one roof and a made-to-measure Custom Shop service. The Gibson president/CEO tells us why the new London Garage is an immersive experience retail experience like no other

MusicRadar

“The question was, ‘Where would you go to get the ultimate Gibson experience?’ The answer was it didn’t exist – we had to create it”: We went behind the scenes at Gibson Garage London to find out why it’s unlike any other guitar store

The guitar giant has opened the doors of its first flagship store outside of the US, and we’ve spent some time snooping around…

Guitar World

“The higher end the guitar, the more robust the demand is”: Why are guitars getting more expensive? We spoke to the world’s biggest guitar companies to find out

From $50k acoustics to eye-watering ‘premium offshore’ prices, the cost of big-name new guitars has felt like it’s spiraling. So how did we get here? And how do we get out of it?

Guitar World

“The Gibson Garage has become this Mecca in Nashville for guitar players. Bringing the London store to life is going to be equally as as gratifying”: Gibson’s first-ever flagship store outside of the US has announced its grand opening date

The firm’s first-ever flagship store outside of the US is preparing to open its doors on February 24

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“Some of the most-heard guitars in the history of popular music”: Gibson’s latest Certified Vintage drop raids the vault to offer some of the cleanest vintage Epiphones you’ll ever see

The vintage haul celebrates Epiphone’s 150th Anniversary with a host of rare, all-original finds – several of which come from Gibson’s own archive

Guitar World

“It’s a lower price point, but it’s not cheap and there’s no apologies with this guitar”: Gibson’s Les Paul Modern Lite offers a slimline take on the iconic LP – and the lowest priced all-mahogany, two-pickup build in the USA line

A new Gibson USA Les Paul (with two humbuckers) for under $1,500? We’re interested…

Guitar World

“What you’re about to see may shock you”: Jason Isbell shows off some of his most prized vintage guitars on Gibson TV’s The Collection

“The guitar nerd’s guitar nerd” has a vintage guitar haul that needs to be seen to be believed

Guitar World

Mary Ford’s 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom has just been tracked down… on Facebook Marketplace

The historic instrument – which Ford used in her collaborations with Les Paul – ended up in the most unlikely place after playing a formative role in rock ’n’ roll history

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How a Slash superfan ended up trading guitars with his hero… three times: “I was wondering if it was real life or if I’d died”

Guitar collector Todd Puma shares the surprising story of how he came to own a trio of the Guns N’ Roses legend’s personal Les Pauls – and why he bought two of Gibson’s ultra-limited Murphy Lab Greeny models

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