This is not the first time that Gibson has unplugged the Les Paul on the luthier’s table. In 1969, it launched an acoustic Les Paul, but that was a jumbo-sized cutaway, and a little weird.

Gibson is synonymous with guitar-making, especially its Les Paul model: The solid-body electric guitar is what everyone from U2’s the Edge and Slash from Guns N’ Roses to Jerry Garcia of the ...

The guitar that helped revolutionize rock ‘n’ roll is going up for auction this fall. In October, Christie’s will auction off the first Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. Dubbed “Number One,” the ...

Armstrong has had signature Les Paul Juniors before. Most recently, in November 2021, Gibson’s more affordable brand Epiphone released a Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior in Classic White. That, ...

Gibson Brands, the iconic guitar manufacturer, is threatening to take legal action against the company behind Trump Guitars over alleged trademark infringement. The 120-year-old maker of historic ...

(Image credit: Gibson) There is of course the aforementioned Brazilian rosewood, which is a holy grail spec option for the fingerboard – it is the first time we’ve had Brazilian on a Murphy Lab ’59 ...

Now, if you have a Les Paul Special at home, you could of course mod it and try this out for size. A Gibson mini humbucker retails for $129 and it is an easy installation on a Special – or ...

Gibson Les Paul Special with Mini Humbucker and P-90 Tobacco Burst. Unlike the Junior, the Special has a bound fingerboard, though it still has the dot inlays on its 12” radius rosewood fingerboard.