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In spring of 2015 I was commissioned by producer extraordinaire Bob Rock to make a replica of Keith Richard’s handpainted late 50s Les Paul custom. We started the project with an Orville 2 pickup Les Paul custom and converted it to 3 pickup and inlaid a pearl Gibson logo. Next was an aged black nitro […]

Gord Meets Blackie and Lenny
In March of 2010 I was fortunate to be able to go to Frankfurt, Germany, to display my aged finishes at the Musikmesse exhibit. My good friend Drew Berlin manages the Hollywood Vintage store and he has the enviable job of being curator of two iconic stratocasters: Eric Clapton’s “Blackie” and […]

Washburn Time Traveller Series
GM Vintage is honored to have been picked by Paul Stanley and Washburn to be the exclusive painter of the new Paul Stanley designed Time Traveller models.

These very cool guitars sport features found on Paul’s favorite personal guitars and were picked by the editors of Guitar Player magazine as “must have” gear […]

On November 25th, 2012 the Paul McCartney band played in Vancouver… almost 50 years since Paul last played here with the Beatles. I was fortunate enough to become friendly with Paul’s guitarist Brian Ray after doing some work for him. Brian is a great songwriter as well as a very gifted player …grab his new […]

GM Vintage Meets Metallica
In 2012 GM Vintage met up with Metallica at Rogers Arena in Vancouver to show them our work. The concert was one of 2 dates the band filmed for their recently released live DVD. The stage was the biggest and most elaborate setup I have ever seen…absolutely incredible. The picture with Kirk […]

GM Vintage Meets KISS
Earlier this year we had the good fortune of spending 2 days with Kiss when they did some shows in the Vancouver area. Paul Stanley had contacted me about a year ago to purchase some Montreux parts and he decided to send a custom shop Les Paul up to GM Vintage to […]