Murphy Lab is aptly named because it is basically the musical equivalent of what happens when you give a mad scientist a laboratory fully stocked with warp drives and flux capacitors. With a plethora of resources behind them, Tom and his team have been able to create guitars that are essentially carbon copies of vintage Gibsons. They look, feel, and sound so close to the originals that it's downright scary.
This particular Murphy Lab marvel is a reissue of a 1958 Les Paul Standard, one of the coolest and most historically-significant guitars in Gibson’s history. In 1958, the Standard model received a makeover as Gibson swapped the finish from an opaque gold to a more transparent burst that highlighted the grain of the wood. The spirits of those “first bursts” are alive and well in this reissue! It has an uber-comfy chunky C-shaped neck profile and historically-correct narrow-tall frets, and that combination makes for a wonderful playing experience.
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Serial Number: 82274
Specifications:
Brand Gibson Custom Shop
Model Murphy Lab Wildwood Spec by Tom Murphy 1958 Les Paul Standard
Finish Color Tom's Tea Burst Hand-Painted By Tom Murphy Himself
Finish Type Gloss
Weight 8.76 lbs.
Top Wood 2-Piece Hand-Picked Maple Attached with Hot Hide Glue
Body Wood 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Neck Wood Solid Mahogany
Neck Shape Chunky C Profile
Neck Dimensions .900 1st - 1.000 12th
Neck Joint Long Tenon with Hide Glue Fit
Fingerboard Indian Rosewood attached with Hot Hide Glue
Fingerboard Radius 12"
Inlays Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Scale Length 24.75"
Width at Nut 1.687"
Frets 22 Historic Narrow-Tall
Binding 1-Ply Royalite
Pickups 2 Wildwood Spec Custombuckers
Controls 2 Volume, 2 Tone and 3-way Toggleswitch
Hardware Nickel
Bridge ABR-1 with Aluminum-Plated Brass Saddles
Tailpiece Lightweight Aluminum Stopbar
Tuners Kluson Single-Ring Single-Line
Pickguard Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Case Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Case
COA Yes