COME TOGETHER
Interacting with other musicians in person may be extremely challenging at the moment but the spirit of collaboration has never been so abundant in the guitar industry. The design process behind this month’s cover star saw Epiphone and Gibson Custom put their heads together to create an affordable take on that most holy of grails, the 1959 Les Paul Standard. Meanwhile, this year’s virtual incarnation of the NAMM Show saw a deluge of new signature models released into the world as brands and artists unveiled the fruits of the past 12 months of mood boards, 3D-printed mock-ups, colour swatches, prototyping and everything else that goes with it. On p8, we ask this question of our team members and contributors but I’m also going to throw it out to you, dear readers:…