Writer John Foyston bought his first Les Paul guitar 40 years ago. Following Les Paul's death earlier this week, Foyston explains the allure of the guitars that bore his name. Forty years ago ...

Gene Paul, and longtime guitar builder, engineer and producer, Tom Doyle. In a statement, Doyle recalled, “Les brought his idea to Gibson and they initially dismissed it outright, but Les was ...

Before Les Paul lent his name to Gibson's iconic solidbody electric guitar, his trio of Klunker guitars were vital guinea pigs in his guitar-making experiments. Now luthier Tom Doyle has completed ...

The original Les Paul Gibson guitar is going, going, gone — selling for $930,000 through Christie's "Exceptional Sale" Wednesday in New York. That was about nine times higher than the initial ...

the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, a beast of an instrument that has endured through the years whether the band on stage was Led Zeppelin, the Sex Pistols or Green Day. The six-string became ...

Music legend Les Paul has died, succumbing to complications from pneumonia a week after his 94th birthday. Best-known today for the electric guitar that bears his name, Paul was a major star in ...

“Lana Del Rey could come in and sing with Mary Ford, or she could sing ‘A Fool to Care’ with the original Les Paul guitar parts,” Rosenthal said. Camuso says a number of famous musicians ...

Then you have the familiar favourites, the Les Paul Custom – the archetypical tuxedo-wearing electric guitar – and the Junior, wearing dungarees, and the Les Paul Standard, the house special. The ...

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.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: David Warner Ellis/Redferns In this feature, we are taking an in-depth look at some ...