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“It’s like if you found out Harry Potter’s scar wasn’t from battling Voldemort but done under anesthetic on Harley Street”: The case for and against guitar relicing

Sure, you can get the visual mojo of a heavily-played instrument – but some players insist you’ve gotta earn it…

Guitar World

Wildlife photographer Tom Murphy’s work has appeared everywhere from Nat Geo to on a postage stamp. But his biggest advice boils down to just three words

I sat down with wildlife photographer Tom Murphy to talk about his work – and his biggest advice

Digital Camera World

“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

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'Kindness Is Costless But Also Priceless,' Warren Buffett Urges Decency In His Annual Address

Warren Buffett published his last annual address as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK, BRK.B)) earlier this week, urging the company's "unusually generous" shareholders to act kindly and decently in an increasingly greedy world.

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“I put the headstock on the buffing wheel. It threw it out of my hands. That day I learned how to fix a broken headstock”: Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases

The Gibson CEO on his guitar-making journey, from early missteps to making the SG Hammett rocked at Back To The Beginning, and the Ghost Burst finish that's coming soon to the Gibson lineup

MusicRadar

How big data and an A-list board turned struggling NYU Langone into a $14 billion hospital powerhouse

CEO Robert Grossman and board chair Ken Langone have turned NYU Langone into a top-performing health system, and multiplied revenue seven-fold.

Fortune

“I say to people: ‘I’m sorry to tell you, but in 20 years, your finish will crack because it’s gonna get thinner. But it’ll sound better – so look forward to it!’” How Gibson brought relic’d finishes to its iconic acoustic guitars with the Murphy Lab

Senior product development manager, Robi Johns, tells us why playing Gibson’s new Heavy Aged Acoustic Collection is like stepping into a time machine

Guitar World

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“Peter Frampton messaged me, ‘I don’t understand, this sounds better than my ’39!’” How Gibson’s Murphy Lab acoustics fooled a seasoned guitar connoisseur

The relic’ing masters, led by Tom Murphy, entered the acoustic guitar space in 2023 – and have since gained fans among even the top guitar players

Guitar World

“It’s extremely wrong to put, ‘Gibson, Made in the U.S.A.,’ on the headstock of a guitar that is not either of those things”: Joe Bonamassa, Gibson’s Tom Murphy and all-star gear specialists reveal how to spot a fake Les Paul

YouTuber Robert Baker put a fake Les Paul on the workbench, and let the guitar experts have their say

Guitar World

“It’s just heartbreaking to see someone spend so much money on something that is fake”: YouTuber assembles team of guitar experts including Joe Bonamassa and Gibson's Tom Murphy to show you how to spot a fake Les Paul

Robert Baker puts a lot of guitar knowledge in one room to run the rule over a cheap and nasty counterfeit Gibson

MusicRadar

How to make a garden smell nice – six ways to create a fragrant garden

Garden designers share how they curate a fragrant outdoor space

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“It’s the higher-profile artist associations that tend to attract the big money – things like your Pearly Gates and your Jimmy Pages”: Why Gibson’s replicas of famous Les Pauls are commanding almost as much as vintage guitars

Gibson’s highest-tier replicas are seriously sought after on the collector's market. We find out what all the fuss is about and examine a rare recreation of Jimmy Page’s fiendishly complex #2 Les Paul Standard

Guitar World

“We determined, ‘Boy, with that checked finish, the acoustic guitar – which is a box that vibrates – really rings’”: Gibson's Tom Murphy on how Murphy Lab acoustics are taking aged guitars into new sonic territory

Gibson’s master artisan Tom Murphy has reinvented the process of guitar aging. Now he’s turned his eye and – perhaps, more importantly – his ear, to the firm’s acoustic line

Guitar World

Gibson launches Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard limited run reissues with Brazilian rosewood 'boards and Tom Murphy exclusive finishes – in a vintage market running hot, is $20k good value?

Yes, it's big money, but this is the Gibson and Tom Murphy breaking out the Brazilian for "the ultimate 1959 Les Paul Standard" reissue and they are a bargain compared to vintage counterparts

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“Tom Murphy’s magnum opus”: Gibson has handed the Murphy Lab man its stockpile of Brazilian rosewood for these ultra-exclusive, $20k Les Paul ’Burst reissues

The models promise the ultimate showcase of the firm’s craftsmanship in 2023 – and, in the process, pay tribute to Gibson’s prized luthier

MusicRadar

Tom Murphy reveals his guitar relic'ing toolkit: including a bunch of keys

"Some of those were my old truck keys"

Chicago Sun-Times

Crowds, signs help runners push through second half of Chicago Marathon

Loud whoops and clever signs kept runners going around the halfway point of Sunday’s Chicago Marathon.

Tribune News Service

Max Kepler sparks Twins over Mariners with his bat and legs

SEATTLE — The ball really flies at T-Mobile Park, Max Kepler said approvingly after hitting a home run on Monday. He repeated the feat on Wednesday, but when it really mattered, Kepler practically flew, too.

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Matt Calkins: Mariners deserve the boos aimed at them after dismal series loss

SEATTLE — Boos rain down from the T-Mobile Park stands every time the Mariners play. Sometimes it's after an errant call — real or perceived — from an umpire. Other times it's on a failed pick-off attempt from the opposing pitcher throwing to first base.

Tribune News Service

After rough start, Logan Gilbert rights himself to help Mariners beat Braves

ATLANTA — Logan Gilbert’s second pitch of the game — a 96-mph fastball — was dumped into center field for leadoff single by Ronald Acuna.

ABC News

Asherman's syndrome can affect fertility. But many women say they struggled to get diagnosed

These women had never heard of Asherman's syndrome before they were diagnosed with it. They're calling for greater awareness of the rare condition that can affect fertility.

Tribune News Service

Mariners' Cal Raleigh chases dreams one grueling workout at a time

PEORIA, Ariz. — As large raindrops fell somewhere between a downpour and deluge, soaking the Phoenix valley, the early morning blackness somehow seemed darker in contrast to the handful of streetlights in the largely empty parking lot of the Mariners' spring training complex.

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Colm Tóibín’s cultural highlights

The Irish writer on New York’s hidden music scene, poetry and the wonders of Peru

Liverpool Echo

'Ghost town' high street where one business is worth billions

Stalled regeneration projects mean the area has faced derelict, vacant and unfinished sites

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Mariners catcher Tom Murphy to miss rest of the season after shoulder surgery

OAKLAND, Calif. — When rest, rehab, a platelet-rich plasma injection and everything else he tried didn’t get his damaged left shoulder strong enough to return to the field, Tom Murphy was left with no other choice but the last option he wanted — surgery.

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