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Gibson Les Paul

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Who uses it

• Alex LifesonSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…right lifeson played his gibson les paul in the 'heritage cherry sunburst'. this guitar has been modified to incorporate a floyd rose tremolo.…” Wikipedia: Alex Lifeson ↗

• Billy GibbonsSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…guitars. his first guitar was a sunburst 1962 gibson melody maker. in 1968, gibbons acquired a sunburst 1959 gibson les paul standard guitar from a farmer in houston, texas, for $250 ( inflation us 250 1968 r 0 fmt eq cursign $}…” Wikipedia: Billy Gibbons ↗

• Brad PaisleySignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…d musicians, he lost a number of instruments and other gear in the 2010 flood in nashville, including a 1970s gibson les paul and the prototype for a z wreck, one of the signature paisley dr. z amplifiers. the insurance money, how…” Wikipedia: Brad Paisley ↗

• Brian MaySignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…. *july 1973 – may 1974: fender stratocaster cbs era (thought to be 1972) *october 1974 – may 1975: gibson les paul deluxe, and the stratocaster from the previous tour. *november 1975 – may 1976: same two guitars as…” Wikipedia: Brian May ↗

• Dave GrohlSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…shaped sound holes on what was otherwise an es-335. onstage during early foo fighters tours, grohl played two gibson les pauls, then relied primarily on a pair of black gibson explorers while touring for the colour and the shape…” Wikipedia: Dave Grohl ↗

• Eric ClaptonCream psychedelia: The Fool and Lucy 1967–1968

  Gibson Les Paul, 1957 'Lucy': Community report, unconfirmed. Bought at Dan Armstrong's shop; later given to George Harrison. GroundGuitar (fan archive): Eric Clapton's guitars, amps and gear ↗

• Jeff BeckSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…eased in 2004. left beck playing a fender telecaster in 1979 beck also played fender telecaster and gibson les paul instruments, and continued to play these for special occasions even after the 1990s, when he had transit…” Wikipedia: Jeff Beck ↗

• Jerry GarciaEarly Dead: Guild, Les Paul, SG + Twins 1965–1972

  Gibson Les Paul (P-90s): 1967–68. Dozin.com fan archive: Jerry Garcia guitar history ↗

• Jimmy PageLed Zeppelin 1968–1980

  His signature instrument. Wikipedia: Jimmy Page ↗

• Joe PerrySignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…(right) on july 2, 2017 perry has a collection of about 600 guitars. he prefers gibson guitars, particularly the les paul, with a few models even recreated by the manufacturer as part of their signature series. one of those, a 19…” Wikipedia: Joe Perry (musician) ↗

• Keith RichardsSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…eor richards's main guitar in the early years of the rolling stones. it was retired in 1964 when he acquired his les paul standard. 1959 gibson les paul standard richards acquired this instrument, fi…” Wikipedia: Keith Richards ↗

• Noel GallagherSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…lectric guitars * epiphone les paul – gallagher played a cherry sunburst model in the early years of oasis. * gibson les paul – a sunburst les paul was given to gallagher by johnny marr, formerly of the smiths, in the early days o…” Wikipedia: Noel Gallagher ↗

• Paul McCartneySignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article: “…electric guitar left alt mccartney holds a guitar while performing on stage. mccartney playing a gibson les paul in concert, 2018 mccartney played lead guitar on several beatles recordings, including what macdonald…” Wikipedia: Paul McCartney ↗

• Pete TownshendSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…that townshend had been using previously, and he began using other guitars. for much of the 1970s, he used a gibson les paul deluxe, some with only two mini-humbucker pick-ups and others modified with a third pick-up in the "midd…” Wikipedia: Pete Townshend ↗

• Randy RhoadsSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…*ovation tornado *1974 gibson les paul custom alpine white (rhoads' main and most recognizable guitar.) *1957 gibson les paul black beauty (while mainly used for photoshoots, rhoads possibly recorded some rhythm tracks on diary of…” Wikipedia: Randy Rhoads ↗

• SlashGuns N' Roses / signature years 1980s–present

  Signature models with Gibson. Wikipedia: Slash (musician) ↗

• Dave NavarroSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…nez rg guitars (like his rg with the nothing's shocking cover photo custom paint or tele styled gold top) and gibson les pauls, all of which were used for the first two jane's addiction albums. since late 2008, he has been seen bo…” Wikipedia: Dave Navarro ↗

• Dickey BettsSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…playing guitar and analyzed his work. the column was popular among readers. betts was a notable fan of the gibson les paul, relying primarily on a 1954 model and a 1957 goldtop. the goldtop—used on songs like "ramblin' man" and…” Wikipedia: Dickey Betts ↗

• Freddie KingSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…he befriended the younger generation of blues musicians. in his early career he played a solid-body gold-top gibson les paul with p-90 pickups. he later played several slimline semi-hollow body gibson electric guitars, including…” Wikipedia: Freddie King ↗

• Johnny MarrSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…recorded by the smiths were in fact done with john porter's 1954 telecaster, including "this charming man". *gibson les paul – marr owns several, including a rare 1960 model. his cardinal red les paul was acquired in 1984 and was…” Wikipedia: Johnny Marr ↗

• Keith UrbanHigh and Alive tour 2025

  Gibson Les Paul, 1952: PG 2025: 'original-year-of-issue', trapeze tailpiece. Premier Guitar Rig Rundown: Keith Urban (High and Alive tour, 2025) ↗

• Kim DealSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…he prefers to amplify acoustic guitars through marshall electric guitar amplifiers. * seagull acoustic * 1958 gibson les paul goldtop reissue – also played by joey santiago up through surfer rosa (before he acquired his own) a…” Wikipedia: Kim Deal ↗

• Mick JonesSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…late 1977 or early 1978, and after that as a backup and studio guitar. around the same time he also owned another les paul junior, all black (formerly red) with a black pickguard, which was smashed at a performance in 1977. he the…” Wikipedia: Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist) ↗

• Peter FramptonSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…ved and frampton was able to recover it in 2011 after a collector spotted it in curaçao. he continues to play the les paul now known as the "phenix". frampton is generally known as the artist who made the talk box famous. a talk b…” Wikipedia: Peter Frampton ↗

• Steve JonesSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…to using gibsons, but has still been seen playing his burny. in 2008, gibson put out a "steve jones signature les paul model" to the exact specs of his original white 1974 les paul custom. while jones typically, since the 1980s, p…” Wikipedia: Steve Jones (musician) ↗

• Tom DeLongeSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…g it that fall. he still owns the guitar today. during the touring of dude ranch in 1998, he began to use gibson les pauls with a seymour duncan invader at the bridge. he used the les pauls on select tracks of enema of the s…” Wikipedia: Tom DeLonge ↗

• Vince GillEagles 2017–2023

  Gibson Les Paul (Clapton 1960 'Beano' reissue): GW: 'a reissue of Eric Clapton's 1960 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst'. Guitar World: Vince Gill on the Eagles and vintage gear ↗

• Brad WhitfordSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…line gold painted (stratocaster style) [http://melanconguitars.com/models/pro-artist/ melancon pro artist], a gibson les paul goldtop along with a wide variety of fender stratocasters. whitford continues to tour primarily with vin…” Wikipedia: Brad Whitford ↗

• Lee RanaldoSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…out his career, but is mostly associated with the fender jazzmaster, and telecaster deluxe models, as well as gibson les pauls sometimes, usually with radically alternative tunings, and modifications. one of his jazzmasters has a…” Wikipedia: Lee Ranaldo ↗

• Robert FrippSignature gear (career overview) career

  Named in the article's equipment section: “…of tears and the gates of paradise .) during the early years of king crimson (1968–74), fripp used two gibson les paul guitars from 1957 and 1959. the '57 guitar featured three humbucker pick-ups (with one volume control on…” Wikipedia: Robert Fripp ↗

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• Epiphone SG Special Electric Guitar~$199 new approx.
• Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Les Paul Standard '50s Electric~$699 new approx.

Budget clone

Epiphone Les Paul Standard '50s

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Gibson Custom Historic R9 / Heritage H-150

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