Gibson Custom Shop Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom - murphy lab ebony

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The Murphy Lab is the section specializing in the “Aging” process of the Gibson Custom Shop. Like Lloyd Loar, Les Paul or Ted McCarty, Tom Murphy is an inseparable figure in the history of Gibson. After a brief stint at the Nashville sawmill, which he joined in 1989, he joined the paint department where he acquired fundamental knowledge to become a specialist in finishing and more particularly in nitrocellulose varnish.
In 1994 he established his own company. He will devote several years to analyzing the characteristics of vintage Gibson guitars, and developing exclusive techniques for varnishing and early maturation of instruments. Impressed by this unequaled expertise, Gibson decided to collaborate with the master builder and introduced the “Aged” models in 1999. The plebiscite was unanimous. To meet exponential demand, Gibson is opening the Custom Shop Murphy Lab division in Nashville Tennessee in 2021. Each craftsman on the team is trained in person by Tom Murphy for complete mastery of the sophisticated tools and procedures needed to craft these guitars. exceptional.

The Murphy Lab offers four levels of aging:

Ultra Light reproduction of an instrument that would have spent most of its existence carefully stored in its case. The rate of wear is very subtle, with a discreet V.O.S. style patina. (Vintage Original Specs).
Light presents more frank but nevertheless discreet marks (scratches of pick, small shocks).
Heavy presents the appearance of a guitar having spent several decades on the road, with many marks on the varnish at the level of the friction zones (belt buckle, forearm, back of the sleeve). Metal parts are oxidized by Murphy Lab.
Ultra Heavy is the ultimate stage of aging. You will have in your hands the replica of a Les Paul or an SG having been the subject of intensive use since its acquisition in the late 1950s. but naturally arranged on all the surface of the instrument, significant oxidation and patina.

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Limited edition of 150. The GIBSON Custom Shop Murphy Lab Custom Shop Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom solid body electric guitar (CSECB8MLAEBGH1) is the perfect replica of the original 1958 Les Paul Custom (serial number 8 6320) that the legendary musician bought for The Cream's first American tour. He played it on the Disraeli Gears album, multiple concerts (Delaney & Bonnie), and intermittently throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In 1979, he gave the instrument to another iconic guitarist, Albert Lee, who still uses it to this day. Eric Clapton's personal 1958 Les Paul Custom was analyzed using state-of-the-art 3D scanning technology, and then machined by the luthiers at Murphy Lab, whose anticipatory aging procedures are second to none. Every technical and visual detail has been meticulously reproduced.
It features a one-piece body in ultra-light mahogany, a solid mahogany neck (Medium C profile cloned from the original) and a hand-selected Ebony fingerboard. The 22 frets are Historic medium-jumbo, the hardware similar to the vintage model in "Aged Gold" finish, and the three pickups are Custombuckers whose sonic characteristics are perfectly faithful to Clapton and Lee's Les Paul. The Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom thus belongs to the Murphy Lab collection inaugurated in 2021, for which a dedicated space has been created within the Custom Shop. The instruments created in this new department are incredible recreations of iconic Gibson models, true clones of the Golden Era. For 25 years, Tom Murphy has practiced reproducing the look and temperament of vintage guitars. Based on this expertise, Gibson collaborated with the master luthier to invent a new varnish formula that perfectly mimics the imperfections typical of 1950s/60s nitrocellulose, and to develop special manufacturing techniques. Each craftsman working in the Murphy Lab has been personally trained by Tom Murphy to become an expert in the anticipated aging process. Sold with Custom Shop case, Goodies (second pickguard autographed by Clapton and Lee, photo by Chuck Stewart, Black Leather Archive Series strap) and certificate of authenticity.

Technical sheet

Color Black
Custom shop Yes
Custom shop type Custom shop murphy lab
Electric Guitar Style Single Cut
handle with head yes
Number of strings 6 strings
Right-handed / Left-hand Right-handed

GIBSON Custom Shop Murphy Lab Custom Shop Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom
SKU Gibson CSECB8MLAEBGH1
Solid body electric guitar
Made in the USA
One-piece body Ultra-light solid mahogany
Solid mahogany "Long Neck Tenon" set neck, Medium C profile
Ebony fretboard, 22x Historic Medium-Jumbo frets
24.75" scale
Radius 30.38 cm / 12"
Neck width 1st fret 4.28498 cm / 1.687"
Neck width 12th fret 5.6896 cm / 2.24"
Gibson Custombucker humbucking pickups (Unpotted)
Volume for each pickup
Tone for each pickup
3x position pickup selector switch
CTS 500k Audio potentiometers
Paper-in-Oil capacities
Gibson ABR-1 bridge
Gibson Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar Tailpiece
Grover Milk Bottle tuning machines
Nylon nut
Murphy Lab nitrocellulose varnish
Hot Hide Glue
Sold with Gibson Custom Shop Duck Brothers hardshell case, goodies and certificate of authenticity.
Recommended String gauges 010.046