This Panorama Print features 7 detailed illustrations of famous Gibson Les Paul guitars, from George Morgan.

Produced on 250 gsm silk art paper this Panorama Print is suitable for framing with or without a mount and will be supplied inside a sturdy cardboard postal tube. This Panorama Print is not supplied with a frame.

We don't sell frames but the Panorama Print, size 50cm x 23cm (19.75" x 9") has been carefully chosen to fit conveniently into an off-the-shelf frame available from IKEA stores. The RIBBA frame provides a professional, ready-made and inexpensive framing solution in a choice of black, white or wood finishes. The IKEA article numbers are, Black 501.325.26, Wood 101.429.28 and White 400.783.32. An image of the RIBBA label for the black frame has been provided in this listing for your convenience.

The Gibson Les Paul guitars illustrated on this Panorama Print are, from left to right:

The 1959 Tobacco Sunburst Gibson Les Paul illustrated here was used by Slash in the Guns N’ Roses video for November Rain. Brought to Slash’s attention in the late eighties, it had apparently been stolen from Joe Perry and sold a few times before Slash received a call asking if he was interested in buying it. Ascertaining it was the real thing Slash bought it, keeping it for a number of years before returning it to Joe on his 50th birthday.

Pete Townshend uses numbers on his Les Paul’s to identify guitars with different tuning settings. In 1975 he settled on a number of Deluxe models, mainly Gold Top and Cherry Sunburst and had them numbered 1 to 9. The prototype number 8 Deluxe illustrated here shows the familiar DiMarzio dual sound humbucker pickup in the middle position and two additional switches providing a two-way coil-tap for the Dual Sound and three-way pickup selection.

Produced originally with it’s traditional Black Beauty finish, Mick Ronson had the top taken back to natural in his search for high-end response after learning that stripping the top off an acoustic served that purpose well. Mick applied the same logic to his 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom, also removing the gold-plated nickel covers from his humbucker’s for the same response.
Mick and this Les Paul shot to stardom in the early 70’s when he was lead guitarist with David Bowie’s band The Spiders from Mars who launched his Ziggy Stardust character.
Mick played his Les Paul Custom in live performances and in the studio all through the Bowie years then later with Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter and every other project until he retired it to the Hard Rock Cafe in 1982. It also features on the cover of Mick’s solo album Play Don’t Worry.

Zakk Wylde names his Les Paul's after New York Yankee greats and his trademark bullseye custom painted black and antique white Gibson illustrated here is known as The Grail. Finding success in playing lead guitar with Ozzy Osbourne as well as in his own band, Black Label Society, Zakk made his debut with Ozzy in 1988 on album with No Rest for the Wicked.  Zakk quickly became a big name in the guitarist community due to his recognizable sound and style. The custom paint scheme came about when Zakk decided he needed something to distinguish himself visually from former Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Duane Allman played this 1957 Les Paul Goldtop in the studio and live performances for the first 18 months in The Allman Brothers Band including recording the first two albums, which feature the original versions of Whipping Post, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Midnight Rider and Revival. Duane also used it on numerous sessions with other artists, including Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. While recording Layla he’d seen Eric Clapton’s cherry sunburst and now he wanted one of his own. Duane didn’t have long to wait as a few weeks later The Allman Brothers Band played a show where he saw another guitarist playing a 1959 cherry sunburst Gibson Les Paul. Duane offered a swap but the deal was only done when he threw in an extra $200 and a Marshall 50 head, but Duane kept the pickups from his Goldtop for his new cherry sunburst. Duane’s original Goldtop passed through several owners and years later the instrument was restored to its original condition and placed on display at The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House, Macon, Georgia.

Jimmy Page purchased this 1959 Sunburst Gibson Les Paul from Joe Walsh in the 1970's and refers to it as his #1.

This 1954 Gibson Les Paul Custom was presented to Peter Frampton by a generous fan at a Humble Pie concert at the Fillmore West in 1970. 
Frampton borrowed Mark Mariana’s guitar for the performance and afterwards offered to buy it from him but he wouldn’t sell it, instead insisting on giving it to him.
Peter played the guitar exclusively on Humble Pie’s Rock On and Rocking the Fillmore albums and his own Frampton Comes Alive! where it also features on the cover.
Frampton was reunited with the guitar in 2012 after it was thought to have been destroyed in a plane crash en route to Panama in 1980. 
The weatherbeaten Les Paul surfaced thanks to some Frampton fans who located the guitar on the island of Curacao. It carries a few scars now and has lost it’s gloss finish, the binding needed a little attention and the electronics needed replacing but Frampton limited repairs to whatever needed to be replaced just to make it playable again.

The illustrations of these famous Gibson Les Pauls are original and have been produced by George Morgan following extensive research. They are not photographs.

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