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Our pick of the month's most delectable and wallet-bothering new gear

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Ooh, Gibson Double Cuts. Let me guess, they're top-end limited editions finished in unicorn lacquer?

Hang on one second because we think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Besides, everyone knows Gibson stopped using unicorn-derived finishes in 1959... No, in an age of stainless steel, graphite reinforcement and mirror-finished high-performance guitars, Gibson is seeing out 2025 by reissuing two models that punch right to the core of both rock and roll: the Les Paul Junior Double Cut and Les Paul Special Double Cut.

Right, I've seen a million Les Pauls and they don't look like this.

Well, Gibson first adopted the Double Cut design for the Les Paul Junior in 1958, so there have been a few of them. You might have seen them in the hands of Keith Richards. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is a fan, too, and most recently YouTube's walking, talking encyclopedia of musicology Rick Beato put his name on the Les Paul Special Double Cut. Which raises an interesting point: there have been no production-model Double Cuts in the Gibson USA catalogue - until now.

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