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Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ultra Light Aged Ebony Murphy Lab #732145
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Introducing: Your Dream Instrument from Gibson
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By the end of 1953, a more luxurious version was launched, probably at the express request of Les Paul himself, as he wanted a more luxurious and classy looking guitar. He requested a black guitar as he wanted it to "look like a tuxedo". The guitar, called “Black Beauty”, had a mahogany body and neck, an ebony fingerboard and mother-of-pearl block inlays on the fingerboard. The split diamond inlay on the headstock was taken from the carved Archtop Super 400. The pickups were a P-90 in the bridge position and an Alnico V pickup newly developed by Seth Lover in the neck position.
In mid-1957, Gibson began equipping the Les Paul Custom with the new PAF pickup developed by Seth Lover. Most Customs had three PAF pickups, although there were a few that had the traditional two-pickup configuration. The Gibson Custom Shop got inspired by these guitars and now presents you with a very special Custom Shop one-off that is modelled on a vintage Les Paul Custom.
The Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ultra Light Aged Ebony Murphy Lab is a classic single cut-style electric guitar with a mahogany body an a maple top. Mahogany was already used in the original Les Paul guitars and provides the basis for the perfect vintage sound. The mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard features a Authentic '68 Medium C-shape profile and a classic flat fretboard radius of 12”. The guitar is equipped with a classic H-H pickup combination of a Gibson 68 Custom Humbucker on the bridge and a Gibson 68 Custom Humbucker on the neck. Other features include gold plated Kluson Single Line tuners, black top hat knobs with silver reflecctors, an ABR-1 bridge with stop bar and a 3-ply black pickguard.
This model is finished in a classic ebony. It has been carefully hand-aged in Tom Murphy's famous Murphy Lab to give the guitar the feel and look of an instrument that has been played for years. The thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish ensures that the wood can vibrate particularly well and that the lacquer finish ages more beautifully. We all know the stories of old guitars that were found in grandma's attic and barely played. This is the Ultra Light Aged. It's in great condition with very little signs of use, but it has aged perfectly over time. A few light scratches adorn the finish, the plastic on the pickguard and pickups has begun to take on that unmistakable yellow tint, and there is minimal tarnishing on the hardware. The Ultra Light Aged gives you the feeling of playing a long lost treasure.
The Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Ultra Light Aged Ebony Murphy Lab comes with a certificate of authenticity in a luxurious original Gibson Custom Shop case, which you can use to transport your new dream guitar safely and protect it from external influences.
- Strings: 6 string
- Country of origin: USA
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Body shape: Single Cut
- Body Material: 1-Piece Mahogany
- Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple
- Binding: Aged White
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Neck: Solid Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Authentic '68 Medium C-Shape
- Neck finish: High Gloss
- Fretboard: Solid Ebony
- Fretboard radius: 12"
- Fretboard Inlays: Mother of Pearl Block
- Nut width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Frets: 22
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Neck construction: Set in neck
- Scale Length: 24,75" (629 mm)
- Pickup Configuration: H-H (2x Humbucker)
- Neck Pickup: 68 Custom Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: 68 Custom Humbucker
- Pickup Cover: Aged Gold
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3 way toggle
- Pickup type: passive
- Controls: 2x volume, 2x tone
- Hardware: Gold, Murphy Lab Light Aged
- Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line
- Translation: 1:15
- Pickguard: Black 3-Ply
- Pot Caps: Black Top Hats with Silver Reflector
- Bridge / Tremolo: ABR-1 (Wired), Stop Bar
- Color/ Finish: Ebony
- Finish: Nitrocellulose
- Aging: Murphy Lab Light Aged
- Includes: Case & certificate
About Gibson
Die US-amerikanische Gibson Guitar Corporation, gegründet 1902 von Orville Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan, wurde zu Beginn bekannt durch die Fertigung von Mandolinen und Banjos. Heutzutage befindet sich der Hauptsitz der Firma in Nashville, Tennessee und Gibson zählt zu den weltweit namhaftesten und renommiertesten Herstellern von E-Gitarren.
Das Modell Les Paul, benannt nach seinem Erschaffer Lester William Polsfuss, ist eine der bekanntesten und meistverkauften E-Gitarrenformen aller Zeiten und begründete die Bauform der Single Cut-Gitarre, die von zahlreichen anderen Herstellern kopiert, übernommen und neuinterpretiert wurde. Die Les Paul wird hauptsächlich für ihren als warm und druckvoll charakterisierten Sound geschätzt. Auch der dafür mitverantwortliche Humbucker-Tonabnehmer, in seiner heute geläufigen Bauweise, wurde von Seth Lover bei Gibson entwickelt.
Anfang der 1960er Jahre erschien mit der Gibson SG eine weitere Solidbody E-Gitarre aus dem Hause Gibson. Zunächst als Nachfolger der Les Paul gedacht, wurde sie, auch dank Angus Young von AC/DC, zu einer weiteren Ikonen der Rock-Geschichte und ist die Grundlage für den Typ der Double Cut-Gitarre.
Mit der Flying V und der Explorer zeichnet sich Gibson für zwei Korpusformen verantwortlich, die zwar zum Zeitpunkt ihres Erscheinens, Ende der 1950er Jahre, ihrer Zeit viel zu weit voraus waren, aber im Laufe der Jahre ebenfalls Legendenstatus erreichten. Bis heute dienen sie auch als Grundlage für eine Vielzahl von Heavygitarren, beispielsweise von Herstellern wie Jackson oder ESP.
Der Gibson Custom Shop fertigt Auftragsarbeiten, hochwertige Einzelstücke und exakte Replikate berühmter Modelle und legendärer Jahrgänge ihrer Instrumente an. Oft werden diese auch einem künstlichen Alterungsprozess, genannt Relicing, unterzogen.
Fast genauso lange wie das Unternehmen existiert, werden auch Akustikgitarren produziert. So zählen die J-45, die Hummingbird, die L-00 und die SJ-200 zu den beliebtesten Westerngitarren der Welt und waren das Instrument der Wahl für Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley oder John Lennon.
Neben den bereits erwähnten Instrumenten könnt ihr bei uns natürlich auch die Plektren, Taschen und Koffer oder Merchandise aus dem Hause Gibson kaufen.
Besonders stolz sind wir, in unserer Frankfurter Filiale einen Gibson Flagship Store zu beheimaten. Dort findet ihr nicht nur eine große Auswahl und exklusive Modelle zum direkt Ausprobieren, sondern profitiert bei der Beratung zur perfekten Gitarre auch vom Fachwissen unserer von Gibson geschulten und zertifizierten Mitarbeiter.
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