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Joe Bonamassa and Gibson’s Tom Murphy explain how to tell a real Gibson Les Paul from a fake
Gibson has been notoriously possessive of its headstock shape and sued Ibanez over the headstock shape on its budget Les Paul ...
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Gibson’s 1965 Firebird Platypus was the oddball model that marked a moment of transition for the guitar giant – now it’s been revived
While its predecessors’ headstocks were given a two-layer holly veneer and banjo-style tuners, the Platypus has a flat headstock and six-in-line tuners. Throughout the ’60s, Gibson’s ...