What’s rarer than a Burst, rarer than a korina Flying V, and even rarer than a korina Explorer? A vintage guitar that Kirk ...

Its Explorer and ... way pickup switch. For Gibson’s master luthier Jim DeCola, the humbuckers are central to the guitar’s resurrection. “The pickups utilize black mounting rings topped ...

But Gibson had less control against this foe, which went by the name segregation. Jackie Robinson played in the major leagues (1947) before a black was permitted to play tennis at the U.S ...

Gibson is often referred to as the black Babe Ruth for his ability to hit tape-measure homers, and he also hit for incredibly high averages. "He hits the ball a mile," Hall of Famer Walter Johnson ...