Pay attention...this is not your everyday ES-355. It is from 1962 and is nearly unique in that it has the ebony block tremolo that was mostly limited to 1962 SG Standards and Customs. I believe it had to be special...

The best ES-335's ever made by Gibson are late 58's (and a few 59's). The PAFs are a big factor but the biggest factor is the thin top. The thin top allows for more vibration and thus more resonance. That feature was...

If you're old enough to remember George Gobel, you're as old as I am (and that is old). I barely remember my father watching "Lonesome George" on the old Admiral (don't remember Admiral, either, do you?) in glorious...

Conversions aren't for everybody. To someone with a lot of disposable funds, it's not something to consider as it's not what it is trying to be. A burst is a burst and all of the mystique and history and legendary tone...

You don't see a lot of copies of George Harrison's Les Paul known to all as "Lucy". You can read about the original on my ES-335 blog at www.es-335.com. There are lots of ways to make a Les Paul conversion. One of the...

There are about a dozen different ways to convert a Les Paul of any type to look like a burst. The range in prices is as wide as the techniques for doing the conversions. If you simply want a guitar that looks like a...

Epiphone guitars have been built in Asia for the past 55 years so it's hard to convince Gen X, Y, Z and Millennials that once upon a time Epiphone was a revered name among guitar makers. Even after they hit serious...