hdm3
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What I am refering to is the runs he does for dealers like wildwood. They also sell regular ML and regular gloss and vos. I am specifically curious about the Tom Murphy Painted series He does them for them in Gloss, VOS and aging. These are not Murphy Lab guitars, they are Tom Murphy painted/aged and many are just Gloss or VOS but still done by Tom .He was doing these runs before the murphy lab too. Heres a link to them:YES, this is always the case, per Gibson and Tom, the ML finish formulation is distinct, more brittle, and prone to accelerated aging -- even left untouched.
Yes, Tom painting/spraying is distinct from Murphy Lab as is any guitar that doesn't specifically cite Murphy Lab (and its unique finish formulation), regardless of aging or Tom's involvement -- although his involvement is pretty much exclusive to Murphy Lab since its founding as far as I've seen.
FWIW, apart from straight ahead 'VOS' which might count as a form of 'aging' there are VOS Aged, that are not Murphy Lab. I just picked one up.

Wildwood Spec by Tom Murphy Les Paul Standard | Wildwood Guitars
View the selection of Gibson Custom Shop Wildwood Spec by Tom Murphy Les Paul Standards currently available online at Wildwood Guitars.
