Exceptional Guitars

Gibson Custom Shop Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom

Description

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Its safe to say that Eric Clapton is one of the most successful and respected guitarists of all time. His playing with the Yardbirds, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, Delaney and Bonnie, and as a solo artist has inspired countless players. He has won 18 GRAMMY awards, received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, four Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and was awarded a CBE for services to music. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. He has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He is the co-founder and a patron of the Crossroads Centre, a substance abuse rehabilitation facility on Antigua that has helped countless people overcome substance abuse.

During Creams first American tour, Eric purchased a 3-pickup 1958 Les Paul Custom, serial number 8 6320, which he used on Disraeli Gears, multiple tours, including with Delaney & Bonnie, and on and off throughout the rest of the 1960's and 70's. In 1979, he gifted the guitar to fellow legendary guitarist Albert Lee, who continues to be inspired by it and uses it to this day. Now, Gibson Custom is proud to introduce the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom, an exacting replica of Eric's original 1958 Les Paul Custom. This special limited run of replications uses new 3D scanning technology and ultra-precise Murphy Lab aging techniques to aid in handcrafting an effective clone of this legendary guitar. Every detail has been thoughtfully replicated, from the exact playing wear to the sonic character. It features a hand-selected, ultra-lightweight, one-piece, all-mahogany body, a mahogany neck with an ebony fretboard with Custom mother of-pearl block inlays and 22 historic medium jumbo frets, and the same neck profile as the original guitar.

The hardware is aged gold, including the Grover tuners, ABR-1 bridge, Stop Bar tailpiece, and pickup covers. The three pickups are unpotted Custombuckers, with the middle pickup mounted with the screws oriented towards the neck, just as they are on the original guitar. The volume and tone controls use CTS 500k audio taper potentiometers that are hand-wired to paper-in-oil capacitors, while the Murphy Lab aging replicates the exact aging and wear patterns that Eric and Albert created.

Only 150 of these exceptional guitars have been handcrafted by the expert luthiers of the Gibson Custom Shop and Murphy Lab in Nashville, Tennessee. The custom Duck Brothers-inspired case includes the guitar, along with a second pickguard, signed by both Eric Clapton and Albert Lee in a collectible wooden display case, a Certificate of Authenticity booklet with a photo by Chuck Stewart, a black leather Archive Series strap, and a Gibson Custom switch plate medallion. Here is your opportunity to own a piece of music history that is directly tied to two of the worlds foremost guitarists.

Specifications

Body
- Shape: Les Paul
- Material: One-Piece, Ultra-Lightweight Mahogany
- Binding: Multi-ply Top,Back,and Headstock, Single-Ply Fretboard

Neck
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: Medium "C"
- Nut Width: 1.69 in., 42.86mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Scale Length: 24.75 in./628.65mm
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut: Nylon
- Inlay: 1950s Pattern Mother of Pearl Block

Hardware
- Bridge: ABR-1; Screws Towards Neck
- Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Baar
- Tuners: Grover Milk Bottle
- Plating: Custom Murphy Lab Aged Gold

Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Custombucker Unpotted
- Middle Pickup: Custombucker Unpotted, Screw Side Towards Neck
- Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Unpotted
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone; CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers,Paper in Oil Capacitors

Misc.
- Case: Custom Duck Brothers Hardshell