List of Gibson Players - M

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• Lonnie Mack has used a 1958 Flying V fitted with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece since the first year the Flying V was manufactured. He refers to it a "No. 7", as he was told that it was the seventh guitar off the production line. In the mid-1990s Gibson issued a limited-edition "Lonnie Mack" model of the guitar.
• Ian MacKaye always played Gibson SG with Minor Threat, Embrace and Fugazi.
• Frank Marino used a 1961 Les Paul throughout his entire career.
• Bob Marley (Bob Marley and The Wailers) used a Les Paul Special. The guitar is buried with him in his mausoleum. Gibson has released a Bob Marley Signature Les Paul Special.
• Pat Martino uses a Pat Martino Signature model. He formerly used an L5S.
• Tak Matsumoto (B'z/solo) uses his own Les Paul signature model issued in 1999, which made him the first Asian artist to be bestowed with the honor. A number of other Gibson models comprise his collection, including a number of custom-issued Gibson DC's designed solely for him.
• Paul McCartney owns a rare left-handed 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Like many players, McCartney has replaced the fragile original tuning machines with a more modern sturdy set. He uses a left-handed 1960 Les Paul Standard (one of three known examples) as his main stage guitar. He also uses a C-5 in the studio.
• John McLaughlin has used many different Gibson models over the years, including Les Pauls, an EDS-1275, ES-335s, Byrdlands, a sunburst dual-pickup Johnny Smith model, an ES-345 and Hummingbird acoustics.He also used an SG on "Bitches Brew", Miles Davis' breakout fusion album from 1969.
• Ralph McTell uses a J-45.
• Pat Metheny uses a humbucker-equipped ES-175, both live and on many of his mainstream jazz recordings. Metheny has also used a Les Paul on occasion, notably on Zero Tolerance for Silence.
• Bill Monroe, the "Father of Bluegrass," used a Lloyd Loar-signed Gibson scroll-top F5 Mandolin, making it the reference standard for bluegrass mandolinists. Monroe's F5 is now in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• Wes Montgomery used an ES-175 early in his career as well as an L5 CES. Gibson currently produces a Wes Montgomery Signature model L5 CES.
• Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy/Skid Row/solo) used a Les Paul Standard and had two separate Les Paul signature models released by Gibson. Moore formerly owned the famous 1959 Les Paul used by Peter Green during his Fleetwood Mac tenure. and had his own personal Les Paul model reconfigured to match the unusual modification of the Green original. He was also vocal about his fondness for the Explorer, which he used in his later solo career.
• Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley's original lead guitarist) initially played an ES-295, before switching to an L5 CES and subsequently a Super 400 CES. In 1999, Gibson reissued the ES-295 as the Scotty Moore Signature model.