The earliest approved model of the Gibson Les Paul — owned by Les Paul himself and known affectionately as “Number One” — is headed to auction. The lot will be part of the upcoming ...

The guitar, known as Les Paul’s “Number One,” is being put up for sale by the inventor’s son, Gene Paul, and Tom Doyle, Paul’s long-time guitar builder, engineer, and producer.

Les Paul helped develop Gibson's solid-body guitar in the 1950s, and his signature models have been played by bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. It's MORNING EDITION.

“Les brought his idea to Gibson and they initially dismissed it outright, but Les was dogged,” says Tom Doyle, who was Les Paul's guitar tech from the 1960s onwards. "He held strong to his ideas and ...

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 ...

The 1954 Les Paul Gibson guitar known as "Black Beauty" has sold at auction for $335,500. Guernsey's auction house says the six-string instrument with gold-plated hardware set the standard for ...

The 120-year-old maker of historic instruments such as the Les Paul electric guitar sent a cease-and-desist letter to 16 Creative, the agency that is marketing specially branded Trump Guitars.

Luxury auction house Christie's announced Wednesday that the earliest approved model of the pioneering Les Paul Gibson guitar will be part of its "Exceptional Sale" on Oct. 13 in New York, where ...

Most recently, Activision licensed nine different Gibson guitars to appear in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as well as modeled its controller after the company's popular Les Paul.

The 1959 Gibson Les Paul is the world’s most expensive guitar. It can also be one of the hardest to authenticate. Some of the most famous guitar players, including Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin ...

There, nestled in the pinkish plush lining was a 1953 Goldtop Les Paul Standard, virtually unplayed, it looked like. It was his uncle's guitar, the owner told me.

For a Gibson loyalist with a resume as action-packed as Warren Haynes’, it seemed obvious that the rock guitar veteran eventually be honored with a signature guitar. After some Les Paul ...