RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson has teamed up with Epiphone for the new Les Paul Custom Axcess signature model. The guitar comes in a Ruby finish and in both left-handed and right-handed configurations.

The Alex Lifeson Lerxst By-Tor Drive guitar pedal is available via Reverb for $295. Below you can see a promo video featuring Lifeson and a close-up image of the pedal and its controls.

See the guitar and listen to Envy of None's " Liar," followed by the artwork and track listing for the forthcoming album, near the bottom of this post. The Alex Lifeson Axcess Standard Signature ...

“The first guitar I got was an acoustic guitar,” Lifeson said in a video announcing his new signature Epiphone Les Paul. “It was a cheap Japanese guitar; it was $10 and I got it for ...

As players progress, new and better gear usually takes its place. While that has certainly been true for Alex Lifeson, the Rush icon never gave up on his first guitar.

Alex Lifeson understands that all too well. The former Rush guitarist may be celebrated as one of the greatest players in prog, but he says that even at the height of his powers he felt inadequate.

Even with a place among Guitar World’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, ranked at number eight, Alex Lifeson admits that confidence was never something that came naturally to him.