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“Watching Tony Iommi play Iron Man to demo his signature pickup in person was a borderline biblical experience”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and is that a new Epiphone double-neck?

New launches from Boss, PRS, Fender and Third Man Hardware headline the biggest guitar gear drops this week

Guitar World · Aug 30, 2025

“It suffered a broken headstock, was completely refinished, refretted and had P-90s replaced with humbuckers”: Untangling the history of Jeff Beck’s Oxblood Les Paul, the most expensive Gibson Les Paul ever sold at auction

Will we ever know the true story of this fabled guitar? For some it’s iconic, for others it was simply a cobbled-together working tool for a master

Guitar World · Aug 28, 2025

“The first thing that springs to mind is the value for money when compared with their Gibson forebears”: Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue, 1960 Hummingbird Reissue and 1963 Dove Reissue review

Following on from the superb Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom instruments that wowed us, we look at have three from asextet of new historic reissues. Expectations are high...

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2025

"I've never played a PRS Silver Sky but that might be about to change": All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and I've just solved a problem I didn't even know I had

My favorite Silver Sky finish to date has been launched alongside new gear from Blackstar, Kiesel, Epiphone and more

Guitar World · Aug 9, 2025

“A fresh chapter for Epiphone acoustics”: Gibson brings some of its most sought-after vintage gems to Epiphone’s Inspired by Custom range for the first time

Rare vintage models get an accessible relaunch, with pre-war reissues and thermally aged tops making up the drop

Guitar World · Aug 6, 2025

“This launch marks a fresh chapter for Epiphone acoustics, and we can’t wait for players to experience them”: Epiphone resurrects a 1963 Dove and five other classic acoustics with some help from the Gibson Custom Shop

Epiphone's partnership with the Gibson Custom Shop just gets better as it adds a Dove, a pair of Hummingbirds, two stunning SJ-200s and a Banner-era J-45 to its Inspired By Gibson Custom series

MusicRadar · Aug 5, 2025

“All the coolest things Epiphone ever did packed into one guitar”: Unpacking the gnarly vintage magic of a very rare 1960 Epiphone Coronet

This transitional model has a rare and possibly unique combination of features and definitely has found its place in the hearts of countless players

Guitar World · Jul 19, 2025

“Makes you forget the fact that one of these will cost you a fifth of what you’d pay for something with the Murphy Lab moniker”: Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom 1962 ES-335 Reissue review

Ted McCarty’s finest creation gets the Epiphone ‘Inspired By’ treatment. Featuring Gibson USA Custombuckers, real rosewood fingerboard and top-notch hardware, expectations are high

Guitar World · Jul 18, 2025

“If these ‘Inspired By Gibson Custom’ Epiphones aren’t on your radar yet, they should be”: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Goldtop review

With a raft of recent high-spec reissue launches, is Epiphone now the home of affordable ‘vintage’ Gibsons? On paper, yes. But what about in the flesh?

MusicRadar · Jul 10, 2025

“Epiphone’s ’50s-style Flying V is a perfectly decent guitar that emulates the spirit of the real thing without being completely vintage-accurate”: Can we turn an Epiphone Flying V into a vintage Gibson unicorn? It’s easier than you might think

Using Chris Buck’s ’50s Epiphone Flying V, Huw Price demonstrates how you can take an affordable Epiphone and transform it into a relic’d Gibson. A little DIY Tom Murphy action, if you will…

Guitar World · Jul 3, 2025