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Take a Tour of Ace Frehley's 'Budokan' Les Paul Custom Replica Guitar

Karen 'Gilly' Laney — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:00:57 +0000

Ace Frehley’s Les Paul was one of many guitars featured at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2012 Fair that took place last week in Germany, and Dr. Will Jones, the Professor of the Epiphone, was on hand to show it off to Music TV. Frehley’s ‘Budokan’ Les Paul Custom guitar has recently been produced in a very [...]

Guitar Owned By Les Paul Purchased By 'Pawn Stars' For $90,000

Dave Lifton — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A guitar that once belonged to legendary guitarist Les Paul was recently purchased for $90,000 by Rick and Corey Harrison, the proprieters of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas featured on the popular television show ‘Pawn Stars.’ The white 1961 Gibson Les Paul was brought into the the shop by [...]

Celebrate Les Paul's Birthday With Playable Google Doodle

The Hawk — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:59:51 +0000

Today, Google is paying tribute to the late guitar pioneer Les Paul with a guitar-themed doodle that allows users to play it and record songs of their own.

The doodle, which was designed by engineers Kristopher Hom and Joey Hurst and doodle team lead Ryan Germick, will be up for 24 hours, and was released to celebrate what would have been Paul's 96th birthday. (Paul, a leader in the development of the solid-body electric guitar, died of complications from pneumonia in 2009.)

The Gibson Classic Interview: Les Paul

Tommy B — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:00:36 +0000

Gibson.com is pleased to present “The Gibson Classic Interview,” where we open our archives and share with you interviews we’ve done over the years with some of the world’s biggest artists. And for Gibson, there has never been an artist bigger than Lester William Polsfuss, known to the world as Les Paul. This week, we [...]