THE HYPE.Byline: - Fred Shuster WORKING THE BUGS OUT: This is a guitar with ears. That's Gibson's new Rabbit Head model electric, built in the shape of Playboy magazine's instantly recognizable rabbit-head silhouette trademark. The custom-built, playable guitar is limited to a run of 50 instruments and costs a breezy $10,000. It was unveiled at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and appeared on the cover of Playboy's music issue in April. Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corp., a longtime maker of stringed instruments, also recently introduced its 2001 Playmate of the Year model Les Paul This article is about the musician. For the guitar, see Gibson Les Paul. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. , complete with pink glitter finish and rhinestone rhine·stone n. A colorless artificial gem of paste or glass, often with facets that sparkle in imitation of a diamond. [After the Rhine (translation of French caillou du Rhin : rabbit head profile on the headstock headstock substantial wooden or metal fixed apparatus for restraining a cow by the neck in a crush, milking parlor or feed stalls. There is a bar or tongue which is swiveled at the bottom and can be opened at the top. . That limited-edition guitar, also available in a run of 50 and created in conjunction with Playboy, retails for $8,000. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Rabbit Head) |
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