16-year-old Ted Nugent was on top of the world. In 1965, his band, the Lourds, had won the Michigan Battle of the Bands, beating out 60 other Detroit-area combos. To seal their win, Nugent jumped on ...

The Goldtop Les Paul and the Les Paul Custom were a significant new direction for a traditional archtop guitar manufacturer like Gibson. The winds of change would soon blow through the company’s ...

Gibson has revealed an new addition to the Midtown range, the Kalamazoo. Similar in looks and build to the Byrdland, the Midtown Kalamazoo is an archtop in the grandest Gibson tradition and features a ...

Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories about Kalamazoo's guitar-making heritage. Go here to read the full series. KALAMAZOO, MI -- Mark Sahlgren recalls looking a bit out of place when he ...

Rottweil, Germany, August 28, 1976: Guitarist Ted Nugent, also known as “The Motor City Madman,” strikes a pose backstage with his signature Gibson Byrdland guitar during the Rottweil Rock Circus ...