but Marc Bolan et al were rocking out in style long before Spielberg’s digital monster-lizards made an appearance. In honour of Mr Bolan’s legacy, Gibson has recreated the front man’s stunning Les ...

Onstage was Marc Bolan, the enigmatic singer of T. Rex, in a shiny purple jumpsuit unzipped to his navel, wailing on a Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar. A halo of bushy hair swung around his face ...

That later became the legendary and instantly recognisable Gibson Les Paul, played by everyone from Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton, Marc Bolan, Keith Richards, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck ...

IN THE winter of 1974, Marc Bolan and T. Rex were on the comeback ... Bolan talked knowledgably about his favourite guitar, a 1947 Gibson Les Paul, and in the next breath, told fans where he ...