The Gibson Custom Shop and Murphy Lab are proud to introduce a new limited run incorporating Tom Murphy's deep knowledge of vintage guitars, passion for his craft, and inspired creativity to bring his vision of the ultimate 1959 Les Paul™ Standard reissues to life. These extraordinary guitars utilize handpicked materials of the highest quality, including Brazilian rosewood fretboards, super lightweight mahogany bodies, and AAAA-figured maple tops that were cherry-picked and set aside specifically for this release. Their Murphy Lab aging is unique and distinct from other Murphy Lab offerings and completely exclusive to this distinguished limited run, with a heavy treatment and notable touches like custom-aged plated and plastic parts. Each finish option was developed and selected by Tom Murphy as well. A total of six colors, with 50 guitars in each color, will be a part of this very special limited run, and a leather-bound certificate of authenticity and an aged Lifton™ hardshell case are also included with each one of these exceptional instruments.
The Gibson Custom Shop and Murphy Lab are proud to introduce a new limited run incorporating Tom Murphy's deep knowledge of vintage guitars, passion for his craft, and inspired creativity to bring his vision of the ultimate 1959 Les Paul™ Standard reissues to life. These extraordinary guitars utilize handpicked materials of the highest quality. including Brazilian rosewood fretboards, super lightweight mahogany bodies, and AAAA-figured maple tops that were cherry-picked and set aside specifically for this release. Their Murphy Lab aging is unique and distinct from other Murphy Lab offerings and completely exclusive to this distinguished limited run, with a heavy treatment and notable touches like custom-aged plated and plastic parts. Each finish option was developed and selected by Tom Murphy as well. A total of six colors, with 50 guitars in each color, are part of this very special limited run, and a leather-bound certificate of authenticity and an aged Lifton hardshell case are also included with each one of these exceptional instruments.
Body
Shape - Les Paul
Material - Super Lightweight Mahogany
Top - Hand Selected AAAA Figured Maple
Binding - Single Ply Cream Royalties, Top and Fretboard
Neck
Material - Solid Mahogany
Profile - 50’s Rounded Medium C
Nut width - 1.69” / 42.85mm
Fingerboard - Brazilian Rosewood
Scale length - 24.75” / 628.65mm
Number of frets - 22
Nut - Nylon
Inlay - Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Hardware
Bridge - ABR-1 Historic Reissue
Saddle material - Nickel-plated Brass
Tailpiece - Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar; 1950’s style Bigsby B7 on Tom’s Tri-Burst
Tuners - Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
Plating - Nickel; Murphy Lab Aged
Electronics
Neck pickup - Custombucker, Alnico 5 Magnet, Zebra Coils (Unpotted)
Bridge pickup - Custombucker, Alnico 5 Magnet, Zebra Coils (Unpotted)
Controls - 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-oil capacitors.
Case - Aged Brown/Pink Lipton Reissue 5 Latch Case
