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As an iconic axeman, beat cut offages guitars. So when his darling 1991 Gibson Les Paul "Goldtop" was stolen in 1998 and on no occasion recovered, he take uped to Gibson to recreate the for the presentless guitar, which he toughened on some of Guns N' Roses' most epic tunes. The guitar body obligated, and now the anyway thrash signature mould is being savingd for flagrant consumption from Gibson, carefully customized to thrash's well-definedations. (A more affordable Epiphone Les Paul mould is also available.) He'll extremity it in th e coming months as he and Velvet six-gun succeed up some new substantial and take up searching for a replacement for departed chorus-member Scott Weiland.

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tems2

I asked Gibson to make me a reissue of the 1991 Les Paul Goldtop that I had been using on tour for "Sweet Child O' Mine," "November Rain" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." This was probably the best guitar that I ever heard for playing those kinds of solos. In 1998, I had my studio ripped off and all my guitars were stolen. Slowly but surely I got them all back — but the one I didn't get back was that particular Goldtop. Finally, I got to the point of asking Gibson to build me a reissue. It's amazing: they built me this guitar and it sounds exactly like the 1991 stolen guitar, which somebody out there still has

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