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Rig Rundown: Here Lies Man

Les Pauls, high-headroom British brawlers, and pulverizing pedals push Marcos Garcia into the Masters of Reality Iommi-sphere.

During a Japan tour with his other band Antibalas, Garcia hit Tokyo’s “guitar-store alley” and scored this Orville by Gibson Les Paul Custom. (Orville by Gibson was a brand of guitars managed by the American company, but were produced in and geared for the Japanese market from 1988–1998.) This one was upgraded with Bare Knuckle Warpig humbuckers.


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