This isn't your average Goldtop. This isn't even your average Murphy Lab. The Gibson Custom Shop M2M Murphy Lab 1957 Les Paul Standard Reissue Ultra Heavy Aged in Shell Pink is a Made to Measure commission so visually explosive and tonally extraordinary that the Interstellar Tone Traveler had to stop mid-mission just to take it in. It looks like something that has drifted through a wormhole from a universe where vintage guitars come in cosmic hues and wear the battle scars of every stage they've ever lit up — Shell Pink nitrocellulose subjected to Gibson's most extreme Murphy Lab Ultra Heavy Aged treatment, checking, fading, and wearing until every square inch of this instrument tells a story of decades that never actually happened. The result is equal parts historic tone machine and visual shockwave — a color that shouldn't exist on a 1957 Les Paul Standard and yet somehow feels like it was always meant to be there, aged to a depth and character that no new guitar can approach and no photograph can fully capture. These leave orbit fast. Snag one while you can.

Built on a 1-piece lightweight mahogany body with a 2-piece maple top fitted with hide glue — the same obsessive historic construction that defines every great Custom Shop reissue — the '57 specification brings something no '58 or '59 can offer: the 50's Chunky "D" neck profile, the most substantial and hand-filling neck carve in the entire Historic Reissue lineup, substantial and commanding in ways that inspire long sessions of deep tonal exploration. Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall frets, an authentic 1950s no-tube truss rod, and a long tenon hide-glue neck joint complete a construction spec of uncompromising period accuracy. Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups — wired through CTS 500K audio taper potentiometers and Paper-in-Oil capacitors via 3-way Switchcraft toggle — deliver the warm, open, harmonically complex voice of late-'50s PAF magic in its purest form. The nickel hardware itself carries the Murphy Lab Ultra Heavy Aged treatment — oxidized, worn, and beautiful in the way only genuine aging can produce. A no-wire ABR-1 with nickel-plated brass saddles, Kluson Single Line Single Ring tuners, and every period-correct material from Royalite binding to Cellulose Acetate Butyrate plastics complete an instrument of extraordinary authenticity at 8 lbs 12 oz. 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. A tone beast. A visual shockwave. A once-in-a-mission find.

Model: 1957 M2M Murphy Lab Les Paul Standard Reissue Ultra Heavy Aged 
Body Construction: Solid
Body: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Body Top: 2-Piece Maple, Hide Glue Fit 
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose VOS (Vintage Patina)
Body Binding: Single-Ply Royalite
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Nut: Nylon, 1.69"" 
Neck Profile: 50's Chunky "D"
Neck Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit 
Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall 22 
Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
Radius: 12"
Fingerboard Binding: Cream, Single Ply Royalite
Scale Length: 24.75"
Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
Outpuck Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1 (Nickel-Plated Brass Saddles)
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Hardware Color: Nickel, Murphy Lab Heavy Aged 
Pickup Covers:  Authentic Profile Nickel Silver
Strap Buttons: Aluminum
Switchwasher: Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Pickguard: Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply 
Switch Tip: Amber Catalin 
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring 
Mounting Rings:  M69 Cellulose Acetate Butyrate 
Control Covers: Black Royalite 
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch Case
String Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Accessories: COA, Historic Reissue Hang Tags, Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion 9w/Historic Black Plastic Cover in Case) 
Weight: 8lbs 12oz.  
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch