Did Gibson steal the Les Paul design?

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Did Gibson steal the Les Paul design? Well, it certainly looks as though they were influenced by O W Appleton and his original guitar design from 1943, 9 whole years before the Les Paul came to market in 1952. Did Gibson steal the Les Paul design? Well, allegedly the little-known luthier named O.W. Appleton claimed that in […]

Bones, mannequins, toilet seats: The weirdest guitars you’ve never seen!

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Weird, bizarre or just wrong on so many levels: there are some very strange guitar-like instruments out there. Some are custom guitars made by experts. Some are obviously… not. But the all have the ‘car crash’ factor. They’re like a traffic accident that you can’t help slowing down to take a peek at.  The models […]

Gibson are being sued by Tronical for $50million!

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It has hit the news today that Tronical, the company that invented the robotic tuners that Gibson re-branded are taking the US guitar company to court and suing them for £50 million!  Tronical issues Gibson started using the automatic tuners on their electric guitars and have branded the models as Min-ETune and G-Force. Tronical is the actual company […]

That headless Gibson SG meme is actually a real guitar!

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If you play the guitar and have ever been on the internet, then there is a high chance you will have seen the infamous ‘Headless Gibson SG’ meme that has floated around the web for a few years. Turns out: it is real and not a Photoshop mockup! Headless Gibson SG I’ve seen this headless SG […]