Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

250 guitars

Lon Wagner: Man, Greg Sipe can't just start off with his best guitar story.

Stories are like rock songs, man, every layer's important. You need the drums and bass to push that baby forward, and the guitars… Dude, don't even start.

Greg loves guitars, especially Gibson guitars. Loves them so much, he's got 250 of them stashed in his Chesapeake house, and they're worth a few million bucks.

When a friend asks to see Greg's collection, his wife, Susan, warns: "There's a story for every one, and it takes a while to see them."

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