The Goldtop Les Paul and the Les Paul Custom were a significant new direction for a traditional archtop guitar manufacturer like Gibson. The winds of change would soon blow through the company’s ...

Gibson had shifted from Orville’s idiosyncratic creations to produce reliable models such as the L-4 archtop (1912) and the ...

With so much history carried by these guitars that helped shaped music from 1922 Gibson L-5 onwards, it's a good time to take stock with ten of many potential tonal archtop highlights. 1. D-Natural ...

I n the late 1950s, Gibson was in the last throes of trying to make its flagship Les Paul solidbody electric guitar fly in a skeptical market. Adding a luscious sunburst finish in 1958 to the ...

Gibson Brands, the iconic guitar manufacturer, is threatening to take legal action against the company behind Trump Guitars over alleged trademark infringement. The 120-year-old maker of historic ...

If nothing else good came out of 2020, we can say that we at least have “Instrument of the People” — some 1967-era footage of Gibson Guitars’ “craftory”, which w… ...

“Pattie,” A 1913 Gibson Style O Archtop Guitar Once Owned by Both Eric Clapton and George Harrison, Can Be Yours—for $1 Million. by Nick Stockton May 15, 2025, 4:31 pm.

A century-old guitar with a storied history has been listed for sale on Reverb with an asking price of $949,999. The 1913 Gibson Style O Acoustic Archtop, dubbed “Pattie,” was played and owned ...