Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Review Not interested in ageing to replicate the oldies? Then this gloss finish Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue should be on your shortlist. By MNJ | Wednesday November 16, 2011 0
Get the Blues for Under £500 The constraints of a budget when you’re dreaming of a guitar and amp set up that you hope is going to change your world can sometimes be a bit depressing, especially if the money you’ve got has t By MNJ | Sunday June 13, 2010 0
Jimmy Page Les Paul No 2 gets limited edition It’s always a thrill when Gibson announces a new replica to celebrate an iconic guitar owned by an iconic guitarist, and the announcement that Jimmy Page’s Number Two Sunburst Les Paul was going By MNJ | Tuesday December 22, 2009 1
Gibson Dusk Tiger – Ferocious Capability! It’s interesting that the Gibson Dusk Tiger, although Les Paul shaped and with the same basic configuration of two pickups, bridge and tailpiece, pick up selector and three aside machine heads, i By MNJ | Tuesday November 24, 2009 2
Gibson Buckethead Les Paul – Going For The Kill The Gibson Buckethead Signature Les Paul is yet another example of how far Gibson can push the envelope when it comes to tailoring it’s legendary model for specific artists. We’ve seen Zakk Wylde By MNJ | Sunday November 22, 2009 0
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Transblack – Limited Edition This 2010 model Epiphone Les Paul Standard Limited Edition in Transblack is a striking looking guitar by anybody’s standards. Essentially it’s a mahogany body, maple capped Les Paul in the tradit By MNJ | Wednesday November 18, 2009 0
Gibson AJ Custom 20th Anniversary – Top Score This Gibson AJ Custom 20th Anniversary is a one-off, special edition acoustic from Gibson. They are only making 20. Look again, that’s right, only a score of these guitars will be made – for the By MNJ | Friday November 13, 2009 0
Gibson Flying V – Due for a Revival? This iconic guitar, the Gibson Flying V, has now been around for 50 odd years. However, it hasn’t been in continuous production for all that time like the ES-335 or Stratocaster. In fact it was By MNJ | Friday November 6, 2009 0
The Gibson Strat! Some ideas are so surprising and unexpected, you have to check you’re not dreaming. Imagine if Aston Martin announced they were going to manufacture a vacuum cleaner or Dyson were designing a sp By MNJ | Sunday October 18, 2009 0
Valve Combos: How Small Can They Get? When I saw this Laney Cub 8, naturally I thought that it was just another practice amp. You know – 10W or so with built in gain/master volume and distortion, that sort of thing. But when I looked By MNJ | Thursday October 15, 2009 2
Guitar events, prizes and beer – Free! You’re a Guitar player. You like Guitars. You like prize giveaways. You like free beer. You’ve got spare time on Saturdays and the odd midweek evening? Well, no excuse then. Get your riff jamming By Paul Dakeyne | Thursday October 8, 2009 0
Hans Briikx in Camden Meet Ed Jack, our returns manager, in his natural state, (he wore a tie for the job interview but threw it away soon afterwards), fronting his rather fine neo-punk realist rock and roll band call By MNJ | Wednesday September 2, 2009 0
The First Viable Gibson Les Paul Born out of a collaboration between Gibson and Les Paul, and in answer to Fender’s introduction of the first solid electric, the Telecaster, the first Gibson Les Pauls with the distinctive gold f By MNJ | Friday August 14, 2009 0
Les Paul: A Tribute There are dates in history that become milestones in music, and some special events that will be remembered for a lifetime; like the deaths of Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and more rece By MNJ | Thursday August 13, 2009 1
Legends of the Gibson ES335 The Gibson ES335 is often overlooked as a guitar to be seen with in a ‘look at me, I’m a rock star’ context. It’s far too conservative looking and being a semi, has the inevitable ‘jazz’ connota By MNJ | Friday August 7, 2009 1
