Before Les Paul lent his name to Gibson's iconic solidbody electric guitar, his trio of Klunker guitars were vital guinea pigs in his guitar-making experiments. Now luthier Tom Doyle has completed ...

The crusade to find a home for a sacred electric guitar is reverberating like a thundering encore through the music business as innovator Les Paul’s Black Beauty from the ’50s is going up for ...

One deep-pocketed bidder will get a chance to own a piece of rock and roll history when the iconic Les Paul guitar known as “Black Beauty” goes up for auction in New York next month.

"Black Beauty" is one of the first prototypes created by famous guitar maker Les Paul, but a week before it goes up for auction, a debate is stirring about the guitar's real value. The guitar ...

Two historic electric guitar prototypes will go up for auction next month in New York, including the original “Black Beauty” model of Gibson’s Les Paul guitar that became one of the most ...

Material things are becoming less and less relevant to me, so I'm not contingent to buy guitars.” Old Black, Young's modified 1953 Gibson Les Paul, is famous for having the mini-humbucker from a ...

Will you ever be able to play guitar ... A 1988 Gibson Les Paul that the former Beatle played during a TV tribute to the legendary guitarist and inventor will be sold by Heritage Auctions next ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- "Black Beauty," the prototype of Gibson Guitar Co.'s Les Paul guitar sold for a handsome price at auction Thursday in New York City, but not for nearly the amount expected.

“The Gibson ‘Black Beauty’ Les Paul Custom. I was one of the first people in England to have one, but I didn’t know that then,” Page explains in an interview with Ultimate Guitar.

And now he's added a super rare guitar to his collection, tracking down a 1959 Les Paul Standard in Factory Black with a Bigsby vibrato. Hammett shared his new guitar acquisition on social media ...

There’s a new Epiphone guitar on the market and it’s a Guitar Center exclusive that applies the “Black Widow” treatment – and a whole lot of colour – to the Les Paul Custom. Just look ...