Here comes the sunburst: Chicago Music Exchange is selling three highly sought-after vintage Les Pauls

(Image credit: courtesy of Chicago Music Exchange)

Chicago Music Exchange appears to be on a vintage electric guitar roll these days.

Back in September, the shop put up for sale three stunning ‘50s Fender blackguards; now, they’ve unveiled a trio of authentic Les Paul Standard Bursts on offer.

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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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