The Gibson Duane Eddy Signature model was introduced in 2004 by the Gibson's Custom, Art & Historic division - marking Eddy's 50 years in the music business. The Duane Eddy Signature model had a highly figured maple top, back and sides. The body had the familiar shape of Gibson's classic L-5 model, with a rounded "Venetian" cutaway horn, but at 16 inches wide, it was an inch smaller than the L-5. The two single-coil pickups were custom-designed to Eddy's specs by pickup guru Seymour Duncan. An additional L.R.

The Gibson Les Paul Old Hickory guitars were made around 1998 from historic trees downed by a tornado at The Hermitage.  The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson (AKA Old Hickory), suffered extensive damage in the storm, especially the loss of a 275-year-old tulip poplar tree - a state record holder in age and size. This poplar tree was already an old tree when Andrew Jackson lived at The Hermitage from 1804 to 1845.