Gibson Custom Shop

Give the right instruments to a genius and you will get unmatched results. A simple sentence to describe what Tom Murphy and the Gibson Custom Shop have been able to create with the new Murphy Lab project. The new Gibson management decided to...

Under the leadership of Master Artisan Tom Murphy, Gibson Custom Shop's Murphy Lab performs one specific function: to craft artfully aged instruments using the most cutting-edge tools available. These guitars are targeted to one of four distinct...

There are times that even us, despite being used to handle wonderful instruments on a daily basis, remain speachless when we open a case containing something unique and rare. This is the case of the Gibson Custom Murphy Lab 1963 Les Paul SG Custom...

Gibson’s SG Special is the classic rock machine that drove the powerful sound of Woodstock-era bands like Santana and The Who. The Gibson Custom 1963 SG Special Reissue Ultra-Light Aged celebrates an earlier incarnation of this lean, mean...

How do you make the most authentic re-creation of a vintage ES-335? To create the Gibson Custom 1964 ES-335 Reissue Ultra-Light Aged semi-hollowbody electric guitar, Gibson's master luthiers studied, scanned, and listened to rare examples of...

Gibson’s SG is an undisputed rock icon. Immortalized by Santana at Woodstock and brutalized onstage by Pete Townshend, the venerable SG has seen its share of front-line action. The 1964 SG Standard, in particular, has been seen in the capable...

Gibson’s SG is an undisputed rock icon. Immortalized by Santana at Woodstock and brutalized onstage by Pete Townshend, the venerable SG has seen its share of front-line action. The 1964 SG Standard, in particular, has been seen in the capable...

The second version of the Firebird carried the offset platform into new sonic territories. With its lightweight set-neck construction and the flipped orientation of the neck and body, the '65 Firebird V became beloved and revered for its...

In the summer of 1968, Gibson did something new. By popular demand, it introduced the first "Reissue" in its catalog: the Les Paul Custom, which had been discontinued almost ten years earlier, was put back into production. The 1968 Les Paul Custom,...

Today’s Les Paul Custom is based on the model from the mid-1950s, but with several modern appointments. The body is crafted with a hand-carved maple top, which is fitted to a body made from a solid piece of mahogany with strategically routed holes...