Top Ten Guitars of all Time
11. Neil Young’s “Old Black” Gibson Les Paul. Neil Young’s “Old Black,” originally a Goldtop Gibson Les Paul, has been with the musician for over forty years, and was used as his main electric guitar on nearly all of his studio albums.
Brian May’s “Red Special” The instrument responsible for most of Queen’s guitar riffs comes with a nice backstory to it. Brian May designed and built the Red Special with his father, in 1963, mostly using wood from an old fireplace mantel.
The new instrument was a bold design for Gibson back in the day, and it’s a bold performer 48 years later. Known today and forever after as the SG Standard, the guitar that replaced Gibson’s biggest endorsement model in 1961 was a complete redrawing of the blueprint.
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Here are the top 10 guitars of all time - instruments that shaped the guitar industry and revolutionized music. Skip to Navigation : ... Gibson Les Paul.
Gibson, what happened? There’s been talk of bankruptcy swirling around Gibson, the venerated Nashville-based guitar company, which takes in more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue but is more than $500 million in debt. Buzzards are circling. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the private equity giant, is a bondholder. Blackstone is also a major lender.