Specs:
• Model: 1956 Les Paul Standard Reissue
• Collection: Gibson Custom Murphy Lab
• Finish: Blue Sparkle
• Aging Level: Ultra Light Aged
• Finish Type: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body: Mahogany
• Top: Carved Maple
• Neck: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: ’56 Rounded
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
• Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoids
• Pickup Configuration: P-90 / P-90
• Neck Pickup: Gibson Custom P-90
• Bridge Pickup: Gibson Custom P-90
• Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone
• Switching: 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector
• Bridge: Historic Reissue ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminium Stopbar
• Hardware: Nickel, Murphy Lab Aged
• Case: Original Gibson Custom Lifton-Style Hardshell Case
• Certificate of Authenticity: Included
• Country: USA
• Year: 2025

Personal Thoughts:
This is a seriously striking take on the classic ’56 Goldtop formula. Blue Sparkle gives the carved maple top huge visual impact, while the restrained Ultra Light Aged treatment adds subtle checking and hardware patina without making the guitar look heavily worn. Paired with the rosewood fingerboard, cream plastics and aged nickel hardware, it feels both unmistakably vintage-inspired and completely individual.

The pair of Custom P-90s is central to the appeal, delivering the raw attack, strong midrange and touch-sensitive response that makes a great ’50s-style Les Paul so expressive. They clean up beautifully from the controls but have plenty of bite and harmonic complexity when pushed. The substantial ’56 Rounded neck, carved maple top and mahogany construction complete a traditional specification with real authority and resonance. A bold Murphy Lab build that combines classic P-90 Les Paul character with one of the most distinctive finishes Gibson Custom has offered.

Condition Report:
Mint condition beyond the original factory-applied Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged treatment. Any light lacquer checking, subtle finish wear, tarnishing or aged appearance forms part of the intended factory specification and should not be mistaken for subsequent damage. As-new overseas import supplied with its original Gibson Custom Lifton-style hardshell case and certificate of authenticity.

Part Exchange Welcome:
Part exchange welcome, video demos are available via our YouTube channel at Squealing Pig Guitars, personal consignment service available via our site at 10% rate.