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 ...
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 ...