Truly custom and truly CME, our relationship with Gibson Custom Shop reflects a shared philosophy—individually crafted guitars, built by hand. Before each new batch goes into production, CME’s guitar gurus join forces with Gibson to select new top woods, finishes, fingerboard materials, neck profiles, pickups, hardware—you name it—all that goes into each CME-designed Custom Shop model. That means no automated decision-making. No passing the buck. It’s the old way. The slow way. The hard way. It’s the Gibson Custom Shop way, and when it comes to Gibson Custom Shop guitars it’s the Chicago Music Exchange way.
Gibson Custom Shop’s new Murphy Lab has one purpose: to take expert aging artist Tom Murphy’s proprietary techniques to the next level. Here, Tom and his personally trained team of artists use cutting-edge technology and Tom’s own processes, developed over years of careful testing, to produce perfect replicas of golden-age Gibsons, each dressed with Tom’s brand of authentic, hand-applied playwear, and scientifically reverse-engineered nitrocellulose lacquer, identical to that which the brand used in the 1950s and 1960s. Each Murphy Lab model corresponds to one of four distinct aging levels and features extra-rolled fingerboard binding for a broken-in feel and true-to-life look.
Model Number: SGSR61PSL17316
Serial Number: 010812
Finish Package: Ultra Light Aged – CL
Construction: All Hide-Glue Construction
Weight: 7lbs 4oz
Case: TKL Gibson Custom Shop Hardshell
Neck Material: One-Piece Mahogany
Peghead: SG Standard
Head Veneer: 2019 Reissue
Neck Dimensions: .8/.9
Neck Notes: Short Tab SG
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Scale: 24 3/4″
Fingerboard Binding: .04 Cream
Nut: Nylon
Inlays: 2019 Reissue
Fretwire: Authentic Medium-Jumbo
Top Material: Mahogany
Finish: Antique Pelham Blue
Routing: True Historic SG Stop Bar
Body Dimension: Short Tab Body
Hardware Material: Nickel Aged
Machine Heads: Grover Kidneys
Bridge: ABR-1 Non-Wire
Tailpiece: Lightweight Stop Bar
End Pin: Aluminum
Truss Cover: Hot-Stamp “Les Paul”
Pickguard: True Historic Reissue
Knobs: Black Top Hats with Silver Inserts
Switch Tip: Cream
Backplates: SG STD
Neck Pickup: Custom “S” Bucker
Bridge Pickup: Custom “S” Bucker
Pickup Covers: Nickel Plated
Mounting Rings: True Historic Black
Electronics: Black Beauty Caps w/2019 Vintage Taper Pots