Gibson Celebrates Marshall History With A New Guitar
50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop introduced in a limited run of 50 pieces worldwide 17-Sep-12
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To celebrate 50 Years of the most iconic amplifier brand in the history of rock, Gibson Custom and Marshall Amplification has introduced the very Limited Edition 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop. Here's the full details in Gibson's own words:
Based on the highly sought-after Gibson Custom Shop 1957 Les Paul Reissue Goldtop, this guitar will be produced in a strictly limited run of 50 pieces worldwide, each one hand-aged by Tom Murphy. The 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop will be available only through an exclusive network of 50 Gibson Custom and Marshall dealers, alongside the Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Bluesbreaker amplifier by Marshall Amplification. From select tonewoods, to PAF-style pickups, to trim details and playing feel, the 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop captures one of the most desirable vintage Les Pauls of all time, and adds commemorative details that make it a must for any true collector and the perfect partner to Marshall's Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Bluesbreaker.
Under the surface of this celebration showpiece, the 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop is first and foremost a player's guitar. It begins with the iconic combination of a premium select lightweight one-piece mahogany body and a two-piece carved maple top for the perfect marriage of depth and clarity. The look of an original '50s Goldtop is captured in Gibson Custom's hand-sprayed nitrocellulose finish, and the entire guitar is then hand-aged by Tom Murphy to perfectly replicate the gently aged appearance of an original 1957 Les Paul Model guitar. Vintage-correct cream body binding is matched by a commemorative cream plastic pickguard hot-stamped with a "Marshall 50th" badge and a two-ply black-white truss rod cover hot-stamped with Jim Marshall's signature. The one-piece, quarter-sawn mahogany neck is glued in with a long tenon for enhanced resonance and sustain and carved to a rounded '50s profile that measures .900" at the first fret and 1.000" at the 12th. One of several period-correct details, the rosewood fingerboard carries 22 vintage reissue frets, tortoise side dots, a nylon 6/6 nut, and is trimmed with .004" cream binding and inlaid with nitrocellulose trapezoids, plus the iconic "Marshall" script logo gracing the 12th fret position. To make the 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop supremely playable, the neck is Plek'd at the factory for optimum action and playing feel.
With the look of a rare original 1957 Les Paul fully assured, Gibson Custom goes all out to give the 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop all the tone and performance of a prized vintage guitar. The BurstBucker 1 in the neck position and BurstBucker 2 in the bridge are made with genuine Alnico II magnets and wound with 42 AWG wire, with slightly mismatched coils, just like the legendary PAF humbuckers of the late '50s, for a characteristic edge and complexity that is unmatched by modern humbucking pickups.
Between them, these pickups yield the throaty warmth and crunchy sting that has made late-'50s Les Pauls legendary. Another subtle feature is the incorporation of Marshall's proprietary input jack that is mounted to a cream Les Paul reissue jackplate. A lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece and Tune-o-matic bridge are plated in nickel, also gently aged, and offer the optimum combination of sustain and adjustability. A set of vintage-style tuners with green keys completes the look. Each 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop will be sequentially numbered from 1 to 50, and comes protected in a brown pleather hardshell case with a 'Marshall' silkscreen and red-fur interior. Each guitar includes a leather-bound Gibson and Marshall Certificate of Authenticity, an owner's manual and adjustment literature, and is covered by Gibson Custom's Limited Lifetime Warranty and 24/7/365 Customer Service.
Features
- Tom Murphy hand-aged one-piece Mahogany back with Maple top
- Rosewood fingerboard with nitrocellulose trapezoids inlays
- Powerful Burstbucker #1 and Burstbucker #2 pickups in the neck and bridge
- Lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece and ABR-1 bridge
- Gotoh Nickel Reissue Green Keys with 12:1 tuning ratio
- Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity
$20,000msrp (Guitar only) More information:
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