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Chad From Nickleback Gibson Les Paul Signature guitar?

I thought Chad Kroeger was a PRS man! guess Gibson are recruiting whoever they can.

Another Slash signature? - Gibson Les Paul Appetite Guitar

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Gibson have teamed up with their favorite rockstar once again to bring you the Slash Appetite guitar. How many signature Les Pauls has Slash got now, at least 4 or 5. The original Les Paul that Slash used at the start of Guns N' Roses for the Appetite for Destruction album was actually a copy Les Paul, Slash couldn't afford a real Les Paul in those days and wanted a reissue which Gibson didn't make back them. The Les Paul however was a good copy and gave a unique tone and remains Slashes favourite studio guitar. How ironic that Gibson are now trying to replicate a copy Les Paul. The new Gibson Slash Appetite Les Paul tries to replicate the original by tone woods, looks and pickups, and Slash claims that they done a good job.

Sammy Hagar Interview - Gibson Les Paul Red Rocker Sammy Hagar signature

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Sammy Hagar releases his own signature Les Paul at last. Sammy Hagar was formerly singer of Van Halen and more recently lead singer of the new super band Chickenfoot with Joe Satriani. Although Sammy Hagar is normally over shadowed by his lead guitarist in the bands he's been in namely Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani, he is also a good guitarist in his own right.

The new Gibson Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul looks nice red flamed maple top, overless black and beige pickups, gold speed knobs, and cream binding. Reminds me a bit of Slashes Gibson Snakepit signature Les Paul released many years ago. The guitar has '57 Classic pickups at the neck and burstbucker 3 at the bridge for classic Gibson tones. The headstock has the Chickenfoot logo.

This guitar's not gonna sell millions thats for sure, even Sammy admitted it in his video, but Sammy deserves a cool signature guitar and what other company to do it with than Gibson.

Jimmy Page Gibson Les Paul No 2

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Jimmy Page is probably the most famous Les Paul player in history. Gibson have now replicated his No.2 Les Paul. Jimmy Page has 2 1959 Les Paul's, 2 holy grails, and not only that, only he had the balls to modify them both, but the value of a Les Paul owned, played and modified by the grand master himself is definitely worth more than an original Gibson Les Paul 1959.

Gibson being the company they are have done it again, now having replicated both of Jimmy Pages Les Paul's.

"the artist's hallowed "Number Two" Les Paul is available to mere mortals"

Even though this Les Paul is amazing Gibson as always get criticized again for it's through the roof prices, and claiming that its available"mere mortals" has been received with negativity, as the cheapest VOS version comes to a whooping $11,176. Well, I like many are still just dreaming about getting a Les Paul full stop, let alone this masterpiece, and when I do get a Les Paul maybe dare to get the pickups looking like Page's and some Grovers.

Jimmy modified both his guitars to have push and pull knobs and extra switches to enable coil splitting and phase-reverse options, the fact that these kind of knobs are available is due to Jimmy Pages informativeness for search of tone through his favourite guitar. Other mods include Grover tuners, Page claims that they are more sensitive and stable, and with the extra weight on the headstock it gives a bit more sustain.

After seeing Gibson's new release I found a clip of Jimmy talking about his No 1 1959 Gibson Les Paul, theis video has been around for a while dunno how I missed it before:

Gibson Dusk Tiger - Marble Wood?

Gibson are stepping it up with their robot guitars, and seem like the only company that's releasing new ones relentlessly, Gibson guitars are definitely trying to get the market for robot guitars before everyone else jumps on board. Has anyone seen the new Gibson Dusk Tiger Les Paul!!!! Without even knowing about what it can do, it looks gorgeous!!

ToneWood
The choice of wood that Gibson chose for the Dusk Tiger Les Paul is no doubt due to it's looks, marble wood top, not commonly used on guitars, it reminds me of a tiger that's for sure, it must be able to give a decent tone aswell, Gibson wouldn't be that stupid to use that wood just for looks would they? Luckily the back is mahogany(more of a traditional tonewood) to retain the more tried and tested tone you would expect from a high quality guitar.

The rest of the updates apart from the looks are electronics, from a quick read of the Gibson website the tweaks are hard to judge without playing it and knowing what the previous robot guitars can do, I predict a slow and steady progress for the usability and function from the electronics and eventually when looking back at the first gen models we'll be wondering how we did without these new features. Just like when I got the original Zoom 505, I thought it was the most amazing thing ever (and it's still good), but now technology has developed so much that the original Zoom 505 is obsolete. Well anyway congratulations to Gibson for developing the way guitars are made.

1959 Gibson Les Paul: Various artists talk about the "HOLY GRAIL"

The 1959 Gibson Les Paul featured in the previous post showed it's great tone and why vintage guitars can't be matched. Due to my recent fascination and search for clips of the 1959 Gibson Les Paul, I thought I'd post another cool video I've seen.

This clip features famous guitarists including Slash and Billy Gibbons talking about why they love the 1959 Les Paul, everyone loves it, enjoy the video.

The Tone difference 1959 Gibson Les Paul - AKA The Holy Grail

The 1959 Gibson Les Paul is known as the holy grail of electric guitars by guitar lovers and collectors, they are worth a fortune, and you'll be lucky to find one for sale. This guitar made countless guitar heroes famous...(continued after the video)

The Tone
Why is the 1959 Gibson Les Paul so valuable, it's due to one word - TONE. Vintage guitars always have their own character to them but the 1959 Gibson Les Paul is something else, Les Pauls already have the reputation for being sustain monsters giving a rich fat tone, and a vintage Les Paul will give that and more. The pickups fitted on the 1959 are also one of the sweetest sounding pickups ever made. Gibson are constantly trying to recapture the tone and specs of the 1959, that's why every year there seems to be a new 1959 VOS reissue released.

Tone is a very subtle and subjective thing, but every guitarist that cares about how their guitar sound knows about it. One thing about a vintage guitar is the wood has aged and has adjusted to the vibrations of strings, this is what gives it more tone and sustain. I found a video from guitar world with Paul Riario playing Larry Dimarzio's all orginal 1959 Gibson Les Paul and comparing it with his 2002 Gibson Les Paul Historic reissue. The difference is, to say the least, noticable, so noticable infact that I had to share it with everyone. He plays it acoustically first and you can here the sustain and warmth, not many reviewers do this, I think all guitar reviews/comparisions should follow this example whether it's an acoustic guitar or not, to hear what the guitar sounds like unplugged is essential.

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Billy Gibbons talks guitars and his Gibson Les Paul Pearly Gates

Billy Gibsons talks about his first guitar, a Gibson Melody Maker, and his Fender and Gibson years. The most famous Gibson that Billy owns is probably his 1959 Gibson Les Paul "Pearly Gates", he tells the story of how he got it and how it got it's name. Gibson Custom shop recently replicated and reissue the iconic Les Paul played by Billy Gibbons. They done the standard 50 exact copies which cost a fortune, then an aged copy, then a standard VOS version.

Billy Gibbons also plays a Firebird like Gretsch, I'm still trying to find his comments on this guitar.

A great interview by Guitar Universe with Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. Some interviewers are over excited fans, or try to get too technical, but this interview is spot on, asking simple questions, the things we wanna know. Thanks for the video.

Les Paul RIP

I'm sad to hear the news today, that Les Paul has died at the age of 94. This man is a legend, he invented the electric guitar, he made one of the most loved guitars in music with Gibson, he was the innovator of record multi-tracking and sound engineering.

Everyone knows Les Paul, because of the Gibson Les Paul, but his music was also amazing. His music had so much soul, tone, speed, and most importantly it was meldolodically brillant. Les Paul had a great personality, drawing in millions of fans even when he was in his 90's.

Les Paul RIP thank you for the music and thank you for your legendary guitar. Les Paul is the greatest guitar hero, and his gear he invented will be used for ever.

Theres so many Les Paul videos I could post, I start with part of this documentary, Chasing Sound.

Gibson Les Paul Axcess - Floyd Rose Trem with Dave Amato

So Gibson released a Les Paul with a Floyd Trem in 2008, the Gibson Les Paul Axcess, it's got the tone qualities of a Les Paul with the added fun and functionality of a Floyd Trem.

I have to admit I'm a Les Paul fan, when I was younger my brother bought a Ibanez RG with a Floyd Rose I wished my guitar had a Floyd Rose aswell, I didn't like the neck and feel of the Ibanez but wanted that Floyd Rose on my comfortable Les Paul, I dreamt that one day I'll get a Gibson Les Paul and mod it with a Floyd Rose, I think I've seen Eddie Van Halen with one before aswell. Now Gibson has done the job for me and released the guitar.

The Gibson Les Paul Axcess, apart from having a Floyd Rose has a few other differences, the neck joint with the body has cutaway in it for easier access to the higher frets (I guess thats partly why they call it "Axcess"), and the body is a bit thinner to allow the Floyd Rose to be fitted better.

On the Gibson Youtube Channel, Dave Amato from R.E.O Speedwagons demonstrates the guitar and some features he likes about it. Check out the video

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Gary Moore gear Gibson Les Paul BFG Gary Moore Signature

Gary Moores BFG has been released for nearly a year now and I read great reviews on it. In case you didn't know the Gibson Les Paul BFG is a stripped down raw version of the Gibson Les Paul Standard, the first BFG was released in 2007, the Les Paul "stripped down to it's bare essentials", the Gibson BFG has moved the pickup toggle to near the volume and tone knobs, and the old position of the pickup toggle switch has been changed to a kill switch. The BFG stands for "BAD F***ING GUITAR", damn! Gibson know how name guitars and make it sound cool.

So what's special about the Gary Moore Gibson Les Paul BFG signature? Well as usual with some minor differences but unique to suiting Gary Moore, such as different pickup's, finishes etc

- Surface Texture and Satin Nitrocellulose Lemon Burst Finish
- Gibson's Burstbucker 3 and P-90

I've yet to find a clip of Gary Moore actually with the guitar and giving his own review, but at least we know he uses it, check the clip below:

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