This beat-up '59 Les Paul has not only been owned by one high-profile artist, but three! The guitar was initially purchased by blues guitarist extraordinaire Peter Green – that's where the Greeny ...

Here’s how it works. When it comes to electric guitars, few models evoke as much excitement, drool and if we listen to Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel, sustain as a genuine ’59 Gibson Les Paul. Indeed, the ...

The 1959 sunburst Les Paul electric guitar - an instrument used by Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Michael Bloomfield, Billy Gibbons, Peter Green and many other knights of the rock round table.

It’s unusual for an instrument to become as famous as the players who have made music with it. In that respect, Peter Green’s Les Paul is in an extremely select group. Originally seen on stage with ...

A faithful recreation of the crucial component in Peter Green's fabled Les Paul 'Greeny' tone ... he reveals he had access to the original '59 Les Paul that was owned by Green and then Gary Moore. He ...

Greeny is one of the holiest of holy grail ‘Bursts, having been owned by Peter Green, Gary Moore and now ... what was like a secret alternate voice for the Les Paul, an out-of-phase tone that became ...

Here’s how it works. Last week, Metallica dropped Hardwired, a breakneck three minutes chock-full of palm-muted machine-gun riffery - and it turns out Kirk Hammett's guitar solo was played on Peter ...

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler wrote, “Sad to hear of Peter Green passing- one of the greats. RIP.” Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett — who currently owns Green’s ‘59 Les Paul ...

CREDIT: Mark Holloway and Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Noel Gallagher once bought one of Peter Green’s Les Paul guitars, and intentionally removed the signature from it to get ...

Fleetwood Mac co-founder and influential blues rock guitarist Peter Green has died aged 73 ... seeing him with the Bluesbreakers. He had a Les Paul, his fingers were marvellous.