In this episode of My Guitars & Me we sit down backstage at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire with blues phenomenon Jared James Nichols to find out the story of two very different but no less special instruments.<br />First we learn about 'Dorothy' one of the very first Gibson Les Pauls ever made from 1952, which was found almost completely destroyed amidst the wreckage and devastation of a tornado in Washington, Illinois in 2013. Jared was gifted what was left of the guitar by a fan several years later, and Jared set about having it restored to playing condition and giving the guitar its very appropriate name.<br /><br />The second instrument is Gold Glory – a goldtop version of Jared's Epiphone signature model, which has been with him for a significant chunk of his journey from Waukesha, Wisconsin to the world's biggest stages. He explains the power of a single-pickup guitar, and why a decade on this guitar is still holding its own amongst his prized vintage guitars.
