When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Joseph Branston/Total Guitar Magazine In the late 1950s, Gibson was in the last throes of ...
Alex Lifeson's legendary 'Whitey' ES-355 – his custom-built 1976 Gibson ES-355TD and “main guitar” for over three decades – was sold for $384,000 in 2022, well above its original $300,000 estimate.
In the late 1950s, Gibson was in the last throes of trying to make its flagship Les Paul solidbody electric guitar fly in a skeptical market. Adding a luscious sunburst finish in 1958 to the ...