Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Plain Top BOTB #122 Light Aged

Some Guitars don't need to shout to be heard across the universe. The Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Plain Top Beauty of the Burst #122 Light Aged proves that with quiet, absolute authority. An exacting tribute to the legendary Burst documented on page 122 of Yasuhiko Iwanade's Beauty of the Burst, this instrument celebrates a different kind of '59 greatness — not the wildly figured tops that dominate the conversation, but the workingman's Burst: understated, battle-ready, and relentlessly powerful. While the figured top BOTB #78 announces itself with cosmic visual drama, the #122 lets its tone do every word of the talking. The plain maple top opens the voice up — raw, harmonically rich, and beautifully unfiltered — allowing every frequency to breathe and bloom without the distraction of flash or ornamentation. Beneath it, the fully cherry aniline-dyed mahogany back — finished with the same period-correct dye method used on the original 1959 instruments — glows like a dying star under stage lights, a deep, saturated beauty that rewards those who look closely enough to see it. Murphy Lab Light Aged nitrocellulose covers the entire instrument with the kind of honest, earned character that only Gibson's master artisans can deliver — making this #122 feel as if it has already lived a lifetime of late-night sessions and world-shaking performances. At the heart of this tone machine sits a matched pair of unspotted Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups — wired through CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers and period-correct Paper-in-Oil capacitors — delivering that unmistakable late-'50s PAF voice: warm, authoritative lows, vocal mids, and a top end that cuts through any mix without ever crossing into harshness. From the celestial sustain of Jimmy Page to the snarling grind of Joe Walsh, the haunting phrasing of Peter Green, the Texas heat of Billy Gibbons, and the arena-sized roar of Slash — this guitar taps directly into the cosmic source of rock history that plain-top Bursts helped define. The legendary Carmelita V1 neck carve fills the hand with perfect balance between comfort and authority, paired with Indian rosewood fingerboard, aged cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays, and historic medium-jumbo frets across its full 24.75" scale. Every period-correct appointment has been chosen with obsessive fidelity to the 1959 original — down to the smallest material specification. It arrives in the iconic Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch case with Certificate of Authenticity, Historic Reissue hang tags, and Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion. Not flashy. Not polite. Just pure, vintage Les Paul gravity. Welcome to orbit. Welcome to orbit. Model: CS GHII BOTB #122Body Construction: SolidBody: 1-Piece Lightweight MahoganyBody Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit Body Finish: Murphy Lab Aged Nitrocellulose (Light-Aging) Fully Cherry Aniline Dye BackBody Binding: Single-Ply RoyaliteNeck: MahoganyFingerboard: Indian RosewoodFingerboard Inlay: Aged Cellulose Nitrate TrapezoidNut: Nylon, 1.69"" Neck Profile: "Carmalita" (.860" - .975")Neck Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit Frets: Historic Medium-Jumbo 22 Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-TubeRadius: 12"Fingerboard Binding: Cream, Single Ply RoyaliteScale Length: 24.75"Headstock: Holly Head Veener, Ebony StingerBridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil CapacitorsPickup Selector: 3-Way SwitchcraftOutpuck Jack: 1/4" SwitchcraftBridge: No-Wire ABR-1 (Nickel-Plated Brass Saddles)Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop BarHardware Color: NickelPickup Covers: Authentic Profile Nickel SilverStrap Buttons: AluminumSwitchwasher: Replica Cellulose Acetate ButyratePickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate ButyrateTruss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply Switch Tip: Amber Catalin Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop BarTuning Machines: Grover Milk Bottle Tuners Mounting Rings: M69 Cellulose Acetate Butyrate Control Covers: Black Royalite Control Knobs: Gold Butyrate Top HatsCase: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch CaseString Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046Weight: 8lbs 13oz. Accessories: COA, Historic Reissue Hang Tags, Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion 9w/Historic Black Plastic Cover in Case) Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch