LATTER-DAY LESTERS
As senior director of product development at Gibson, Mat Koehler is behind the company’s drive for maximum vintage authenticity in its reissues, from Epiphone Coronets to Custom Colour Firebirds. But he says the Les Paul – and the man who put his moniker on one of the most iconic electrics of all time – was the guitar that sparked his interest in working for the Nashville company and it remains one of his ruling passions.