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Pages in category "Guitar parts and accessories" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Les Paul playing his customized 1971 Les Paul Recording guitar. The Les Paul Recording was produced from late 1971–1979 (the first models shipped in 1972). It was a slightly modified version of the Professional model, and featured the same low-impedance pickups and same body, though with a lighter-colored stain. [40]
In the late 1950s, McCarty knew that Gibson was seen as a traditional company and began an effort to create more modern guitars. In 1961 the body design of the Les Paul was changed due to the demand for a double-cutaway body design. [28] The new body design then became known as the SG (for "solid guitar"), due to disapproval from Les Paul ...
The Kossoff Burst is a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard that was played by Free guitarist Paul Kossoff from 1970-1976. The guitar was broken during a concert when Kossoff threw it in the air. The guitar is currently owned by guitar collector Kris Blakely aka “Fried Okra” and was purchased in 2016 through a private sale with Arthur Ram for an ...
[citation needed] In 1993, three historic Epiphone acoustic guitars, the Texan, Frontier, and Excellente, were produced by Gibson Acoustic in Montana. [ citation needed ] The Paul McCartney Texan was produced in 2005, and in 2009, the Epiphone Historic Collection was created, beginning with the 1962 Wilshire, built by Gibson Custom.
The Paul Standard had a single sharp cutaway Les Paul-style walnut body, [2] set walnut neck, 22-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, walnut headstock with gold Gibson logo (1978–1981), three-per-side tuners, Tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, two exposed humbucker pickups, some models had "T" top pickups, four knobs (two volume ...
The guitar had only been in Armstrong's shop for a few days when it was purchased by Eric Clapton. [3] Clapton did not play this instrument much, his principal guitars in 1966–1968 being his psychedelic 1964 SG called "The Fool", a 1964 ES-335, a 1964 Gibson Reverse Firebird I, and a sunburst 1960 Les Paul he bought from Andy Summers.
Heritage Guitars is a boutique manufacturer, making semi-hollow guitars, large jazz boxes, and solid-body electrics. [3] Heritage makes guitars that are said to have been similar to Gibson's products, [3] [10] which the company's advocates and fans would say are constructed in a much more "handmade" fashion and with more attention to detail. [11]