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The Extraordinary Les Paul Lineage of Peter Green, Gary Moore and Kirk Hammett
By Rod Brakes, Guitar Player Staff published
The torch of 'Greeny' has been handed to guitar luminaries since 1959.
“You Pick Up a Les Paul and It's Heavy and It Really Means Something – It Means Business”: Jeff Beck on His Les Paul Love Affair
By Guitar Player Staff published
Video Watch His Matchless Technique Up Close in this Jaw-Dropping Performance of the Beatles’ “She’s a Woman.”
“I Have a Problem. I’ve Got to Make My Guitar Louder”: Les Paul on His Eureka Moment
By Art Thompson published
Video Learn the truth about Les’s fledgling idea in this Musicians Hall of Fame interview and discover how his tenacity and vision became Gibson’s greatest success story.
Listen to Mike Bloomfield’s Powerful ‘Burst-Fueled Electric Blues from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
By Rod Brakes published
Video Remembering the late, great guitarist on the anniversary of his passing.
Watch Eric Clapton Playing a ’Burst in Some of Cream’s Earliest Footage from 1966
By Rod Brakes published
Video Before moving to an SG Standard this Holy Grail Gibson was the guitar prodigy’s main squeeze.
Here’s Why the Allman Brothers Band’s ‘At Fillmore East’ Still Holds Up 50 Years Later
By Jim Campilongo published
The classic album that gave southern rock a home.
How to Write a Hard Rock Classic in Five Minutes: Billy Gibbons Tells the Incredible Story of ZZ Top’s “Tush”
By Rod Brakes, Richard Bienstock published
This 12-bar blues banger was recorded using the Pearly Gates Les Paul and a Marshall Super Lead… But what’s a Cooper Time Cube?!
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