Description
Description
Carrying on Orville Gibson’s historic pursuit of sonic excellence and aesthetic perfection, the Gibson Custom Shop combines traditional instrument-making techniques, innovative methods, and meticulous attention to detail to craft instruments worthy of its banner-era slogan, “Only a Gibson is Good Enough.”
This instrument exclusively features woods hand-picked by CME’s expert guitar-buying team at the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, paired with one of our favorite finishes, plus a thoughtful combination of preferred fingerboards, neck profiles, pickups, and hardware, to make this customized Gibson guitar.
Following decades of research for the Gibson Custom, Art, and Historic Division founded in 1993, Gibson Custom Shop established the Murphy Labs Division in 2017 to take Tom Murphy’s proprietary techniques to the next level.
Sporting a scientifically reverse-engineered nitrocellulose lacquer identical what was used on Gibson guitars of the ‘50s and ‘60s, this Custom Shop instrument has been meticulously aged by hand at Murphy Labs—with all the wear-and-tear of a well-played original, including an extra-rolled fingerboard binding for a broken-in feel and true-to-life look.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Gibson Custom Shop Historic |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | 21236016 |
| Product Color: | Vintage Sunburst |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Murphy Lab Light Aged |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Round Shoulder Dreadnought |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | No Cutaway |
| Body Material: | Mahogany |
| Body Finish: | Murphy Lab Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Top Material: | Thermally Aged Solid Sitka Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | Traditional Scalloped X-Bracing w/Hot Hide Glue |
| Body Binding: | Multi-Ply Top, Single Ply Back |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Murphy Lab Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Dark Stain |
| Neck Shape: | Rounded |
| Fingerboard Material: | Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.725" (43.815mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12" (304.8mm) |
| Scale Length: | 24.75" (628.65mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Compound Dovetail Neck Joint w/Hot Hide Glue |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Mother of Pearl Dots |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Dots |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Gibson Painted Logo |
| Neck Binding: | None |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Bridge: | Traditional Belly Up; Rosewood |
| Tuning Machines: | Grover Strap w/Cream Buttons |
| Fret Wire: | Standard |
| Saddle: | Bone |
| Pickguard: | '50s Style Large Tortoise |
| Truss Rod Cover: | Black Bell |
| Bridge Pins: | Bone |