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2016 Gibson 59 Les Paul Murphy Painted Aged & Signed True Historic From Japan Mint

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2016 Gibson 59 Les Paul Murphy Painted Aged & Signed True Historic From Japan Mint

Oooh la la its Burst-A-Liscious with big laser like flames and perfectly book matched top. These Japanese special run guitars that are coming out of Gibson right now look amazing like real old 59 Bursts.


Japan always gets the best guitars Gibson Custom builds and this run was an exclusive Japan Special Run of only 12 guitars built for the top dealers in Japan only and not offered to any other dealers. These guitars were ordered back in March of 2016 under the direction of Edwin Wilson, Tom Murphy, Yasuhiko Iwanda, and Rick Gember, prior to the firing of Edwin Wilson and Rick Gember in 2017 for the top Japanese dealers in Japan only. This was the first of the last three projects that Edwin Wilson and Tom Murphy worked on prior to all the management changes at Gibson in 2017. The Japanese dealers gave Tom Murphy the freedom to paint this run any color of his choosing and Murphy selected the guitar on page 117 in the Beauty Of The Burst book by Yasuhiko Iwande. Murphy nailed the fade tea burst/honey burst color.

Edwin Wilson pick out all the tone woods for this run including the tops, backs, and finger boards for this run and also mixed up the back color and painted the backs. This one has a beautiful figured back too. Tom Murphy with the help of Yasuhiko Iwande worked together to get the Tea-Burst/Honey Burst color spot on and they simply nailed it. This color has never been done on any Murphy Painted True Historic ever before. If you notice you can see Edwin Wilson and Tom Murphy both on the COA.

https://reverb.com/item/5866304-201...-aged-signed-true-historic-reissue-from-japan
 
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