Les Paul changed the sound of popular music when in 1941 at 26 ... and changing his stage name, first to Rhubarb Red and then to Les Paul. ... black slacks and a short black jacket over a ...

The crusade to find a home for an electric guitar is reverberating through the music world as Les Paul’s Black Beauty from the ’50s is going up for auction ...

The new range of Les Paul Supremes offers the model with a dual-humbucker configuration in a trio of transparent finishes – Transparent Ebony Burst, Dark Wine Red, Fireburst – and a triple-humbucker ...

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 ...

The Les Paul Modern Studio comes in four colour finishes. There’s Smokehouse Satin, Wine Red Satin, Worn White, and a Manhattan Midnight dark blue/black burst that’s available exclusively from Gibson.

The new 22-fret design, available in black, gold, and red, features a mahogany body and neck, a rosewood fretboard with “Make America Great Again” inlays, and, keeping in line with the brand ...

NEW YORK — 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.

Tom Doyle holds Black Beauty, which was given to him by Les Paul in 1976. (Steven D'Souza/CBC) Created in 1953 by Gibson, it was given to Les Paul in 1954, the third in a series he worked on with ...

The 1954 Les Paul Gibson guitar known as 'Black Beauty' has sold at auction in New York for $335,500 ($419,900 Cdn). Content. Skip to Main Content Accessibility Help. Menu.

If you're an avid collector of music history, you might want to consider emptying your piggy bank for this. On February 19th, the original 1954 Gibson Les Paul Custom -- better known as "Black ...

In doing so, the company honored Les (who died in 2009) by issuing decade-specific GLP Tribute guitars, along with a cherry-finish reissue of the 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG. 14.