Gibson’s debut solidbody electric guitar line got off to a great start following the release of the Les Paul Model/Goldtop in 1952. By 1957, however, Les Paul sales had tailed off significantly.

In one of the most unlikely cases of electric guitar recovery we’ve ever come across, Mary Ford’s historic 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom has just been found… on Facebook Marketplace. Gibson’s ...

On Sunday afternoon, Gov’t Mule descended upon Chattanooga, Tenn., to play at Riverbend Festival, following Saturday night’s display at Lakeview Hullabaloo in Birmingham, Ala. The band delivered a ...

The joke in This Is Spinal Tap about an amp that “goes to 11” has particular resonance for anybody who’s ever picked up a solid-body electric guitar. The history of rock music is a gloriously loud one ...

The 1973 theft of George Harrison’s Gibson Les Paul, Lucy, sparked a days-long chase that spanned two countries, aired on television, and led to the divisive sale of what historians would later call ...