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 ...
D’Angelico guitars have always been rare beasts. John D’Angelico and his various apprentices completed approximately 30 guitars per year between 1932 and his death in 1964. From company ledgers, it’s ...
"We considered purple and even red," says Scott Chinery, owner of 1,000-plus guitars, the world's biggest and best such collection. "But blue was the perfect color to jolt people out of the old, staid ...