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: SGC60THPSL17692
Serial Number: CME01386
Finish Package: Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged
Construction: All Hide-Glue Construction
Weight: 8lbs 9oz
Case: Black/Yellow SG
Neck Material: Mahogany
Peghead: Les Paul Custom
Head Veneer: Custom Holly
Dimensions: ’61 SG Custom
Fingerboard: Ebony
Scale: 24-3/4
Fingerboard Binding: .062 White
Nut: Nylon
Inlays: Mother of Pearl
Side Dots: Black
Fretwire: Reissue
Top Material: n/a
Top Finish: Antique Ebony
Top Carve: n/a
Top Binding: n/a
Back Material: Mahogany
Back, Neck, Rims Finish: n/a
Routing: SG Custom 3 Pickup Sideways Vibrola
Body Dimension: SG Custom 3 Pickup Sideways Vibrola
Hardware Material: Gold Aged
Machine Heads: Grover Kidneys
Bridge: ABR-1
Tailpiece: Sideways Vibrola
Jackplate: n/a
End Pin: Brass
Truss Cover: True Historic
Pickguard: White 3 Pickup “Long Guard”
Knobs: Black Top Hat with Gold Inserts
Switch Tip: Cream
Switch Washer: True Historic Black
Backplates: White 60th Anniversary
Neck Pickup: Custom “S” Bucker
Bridge Pickup: Custom “S” Bucker
Pickup Covers: True Historic
Mounting Rings: Black
Electronics: Vintage Taper Pots, Luxe Black Beauty Capacitors