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Juliens Auctions announces items included in the up-comming Les Paul memorabilia auction for the Les Paul Foundation
Les Paul Auction Logo Add to Outlook Calendar Julien’s Auctions is proud to present Property From The Estate of Les Paul. Les Paul not only revolutionized the sound of the electric guitar, but also the technology behind modern day sound recording. Les Paul pioneered innovative techniques with sound-on-sound recording and commissioned the first 8-track tape [...]
Profile on TC Ellis UK Luthier to Motorhead & Foo Fighters
TIM ELLIS’ business may be tucked away in an unassuming looking building in a quiet Welsh village. But it’s home to a rather loud enterprise because he’s the man who makes guitars for rock ’n’ roll royalty. The modest-sized shop in Dinas Powys, near Cardiff, is home to the founder and namesake of TC Ellis [...]
Billy Gibbons Gives Slash Rare Les Paul From Gibbons Custom Line As Wedding Present.
Zz Top star Billy Gibbons left pal Slash stunned when he sent the former Guns N’ Roses rocker a rare issue Les Paul guitar from his own new custom line as a wedding anniversary gift. The Pearly Gates axe arrived in the post for Slash on Friday (09Sep11) – a week after Slash and his [...]
How to Spot Fake Strats and Gibsons
Each guitar is forged in different ways, and counterfeit guitar makers are learning new ways to correct their mistakes every day. However, you can safeguard yourself from becoming the victim of a guitar scam artist by learning the most common tells of a fake Gibson, Fender, or Ibanez model guitar.
The $1500.00 Guitar “Coffee Table” Book- Give Me A Break
Three years in the making, The Guitar Collection, to be released in November, comes in a custom-made miniature leather guitar case and will sell for $1,500.
Gibson Factory Tour
A great peak into how a Gibson Les Paul is made from start to finish. Video shot at the Gibson Factory located in Nashville, TN. Nice to see how they are made and a nice sound track. The only part you don’t get to see is Gibson’s top secret painting technique.
Jimmy Page Talks About Tele’s And Les Pauls Dan Electros
It was basically whatever we could afford at that time. I didn’t really make any money when I was with the Yardbirds, so I was pretty broke in the beginning. I actually had to finance the first Zeppelin album with money I had saved as a session musician. What I had as equipment was very minimal. I had my Telecaster that Jeff Beck gave me, a Harmony acoustic, a bunch of Rickenbacker TransSonic cabinets left over from the Yardbirds, and a hodge-podge of amps-Vox and Hiwatts, mostly.
Up For Auction Eric Clapton signed Blackie Fender & Les Paul
Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premiere entertainment and celebrity auction house announces a two-day summer event representing the single most historic collection of music memorabilia ever to be offered to the public on Saturday, June 25, 2011 and Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Julien’s Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills.