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Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1942 Banner J-45 - heavy aged vintage sunburst

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The allure and legend of the Gibson J-45 lives on in the GIBSON Custom Shop Murphy Lab Acoustic Collection 1942 Banner J-45 Heavy Aged Vintage Sunburst (CSRS45VSHA). Inspired by the holy grail of vintage acoustic instruments, luthiers in Montana meticulously crafted a J-45 just like the most popular and celebrated version in structure and components.

The 1942 Banner J-45 includes a Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top hand-sprayed with a historic-style burst, hot hide glue top bracing for better tonal response, and a bone nut and saddle.
"Thermally-aged" is a special high temperature drying process which is commonly known as "baking" or "torrefaction". It makes the woods light and hard and provides stability and better resonance.

The GIBSON Custom Shop Murphy Lab Acoustic Collection 1942 Banner J-45 (CSRS45VSLA) acoustic guitar belongs to the Tom Murphy's Lab collection.
It is not just a tribute to the priceless original models -- it's a clone of them. From laser-scanned dimensions to chemically-recreated plastics to color-matched shades of sunburst, every element has been rendered in unbelievable detail.
It represents the culmination of decades of work by Custom Shop's expert team -- a tireless quest to bring accuracy and authenticity to the hands of fans.

Instruments built in Murphy Lab department are ultra accurate recreations of iconic Gibson models, that perfectly mimics the broken-in feel of Gibson from the Golden Era.
For 25 years, Tom Murphy has been replicating the vibe and character of vintage guitars. In partnership with the master luthier, Gibson scienfically reverse-engineered the original imperfect and brittle 1950/60s Gibson lacquer which was causing checks under the finish.
Every Murphy Lab aged creation takes a completely separate path through the Custom Shop, receiving the Murphy Lab special lacquer formula and hand-applied Murphy Lab techniques.
Each Murphy Lab artisan has been trained by Tom Murphy to become an aging expert.