After some considerable time, the Les Paul Custom returns to Gibson USA’s production line-up in classic 70s style, while the lesser Marauder is celebrated with a limited throwback design. Time to investigate!

Gary Moore’s SG-shape Les Paul is in remarkably clean, original condition

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Almost 15 years on from his death, the last of Gary Moore’s guitars are set to go under the hammer. We join Claire Tole-Moir of Bonhams and Neville Marten, former Guitarist editor and friend to Gary, to examine his extraordinary collection of instruments

AN ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE all electric guitarists should strive to master is the art of string bending, which can be used to create personally expressive, vocal-like sounds in unique ways. String bending

It’s double trouble this month as we examine a pair of twin-necked 60s Gibsons