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Anyone that has just started playing guitar or has been playing for a little (or long) while has probably wanted to have a Gibson guitar if they do not already own one of the many fine models. Over the years, Gibson has made themselves known as a top player in the music and guitar industry and many famous guitarists have been using their guitars exclusively.

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Ask ten experts about the first Gibson Les Paul guitar and you will get ten different answers. The most popular belief is that the Gibson Guitar Corporation and electronics inventor, and jazz guitarist Frean Donni. With the release of the Fender Telecaster the electric guitar began to catch on like wildfire. Not wanting to be left behind James Verdon who was at the time the president of Gibson Guitar hired Les Paul as a consultant.

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Over the years, there have been many guitarists that stood out from the crowd – their skill, speed, ad showmanship distinguished them as experts. Here are just a few of them.
Jim Adkins, lead singer and lead guitarist for Jimmy Eat World, has been playing guitar since he was a youngster. Jim uses a Gibson Les [...]

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Guitar is one of the musical instruments that have long been used from the ancient times. Its long history explains the wide variety of its musical styles. Through the centuries, stringed instruments were used for entertainment and for religious worship. Every continent of the world has its own version of ancient guitar. This explains why [...]

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Guitarists know a lot about their instruments—techniques, chords, songs etc. But what many guitarists don’t know is the history of the guitar. It’s understandable, because many people don’t feel this helps at all in actually playing the guitar. Still, it is helpful to know everything about the instrument—including the history.
The history of guitar is a [...]

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Metal has a huge string of guitar players who completely destroy and own the stage as though nothing else mattered. Here’s three players who did just that, but are now sadly no longer with us.

Randy Rhoads. Known more for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, rather than his earlier work with LA band Quiet Riot, Randy [...]

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