全球限量2013 Gibson Custom Shop Collector's Choice CC#8 1959 Les Paul “The Beast”

Collector's Choice 是 Gibson 於2010年推出的收藏家系列，當年原廠宣稱這是地球上最接近真正元年 Gibson的頂級復刻系列。該系列復刻的是依然存在於收藏家或玩家手中，具高度知名度或特殊意義的 50 至 60 年代 Les Paul。其用料與音色皆經過嚴格把關，原廠採用 3D 掃描技術，完整複製原琴的所有規格細節與使用痕跡。

CC系列亦被公認為Gibson所有量產琴中最具收藏價值的系列之一。

目前市面上最稀有且最受歡迎的CC莫過於前期的#1 #2 #4 #8，其中CC#8 "The Beast"是Gibson Custom於2013年發表的限量CC系列，全球限量300把，復刻Bernie Marsden所擁有編號9-1914的1959 Les Paul Standard。這是一把因其野獸般的音色而得名的Les Paul，藍調巨星Joe Bonamassa曾稱這把「The Beast」為有史以來最出色的Les Paul之一。Collector’s Choice #8 不僅是該系列的代表作，更被眾多玩家公認為前幾號中音色最為黏密、共鳴表現最出色的一款。

Gibson 原廠使用 3D 掃描技術，完整重現原琴所有細節，包括退色後的 Lemon Burst 漆面、零件老化痕跡與演奏磨損，就連原琴琴頸上的裂痕也被精準複製，力求外觀與手感都盡可能貼近原琴。琴身選用重僅3.66公斤的輕量桃花心木，這是極為罕見且能最大程度還原Vintage Les Paul 音色的理想重量。搭配玫瑰木指板與Late '50s Neck Profile琴頸，手感圓潤舒適。拾音器採用原廠特製的Burstbucker #2/#3 Alnico V，音色更貼近原琴所使用的PAF，呈現出豐富乾淨的中頻與俐落復古的音色。

Collector’s Choice系列向來是保值與增值的象徵，尤其前幾號更具高收藏價值。此琴為近乎全新的收藏品，證書、配件齊全，對收藏家與玩家而言都是難得的入手機會，敬請把握。

售價NT$540,000，附Gibson原廠Case、證書文件與Guitar Shop Taiwan專屬保固卡。本公司商品都經過嚴格檢驗與專業調整，一年保固、免費保養與完整的售後服務，安全有保障。歡迎刷卡、分期付款 (刷卡與分期服務僅限線上)。

2013 Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Collector's Choice CC#8 "The Beast" Aged. Limited to just 300 pieces worldwide, this model was released in 2013 by the Gibson Custom Shop. It features a lightweight body, weighing only 3.66kg (8.16lb), and delivers a stunning vintage look along with exceptional tone. The guitar is in mint condition with no visible fret wear, making it a perfect piece for collectors.

Weight: 3.66kg/8.16lb.

Comes with the original Gibson Custom Shop hard case, original paperwork and COA.

The shipping fee includes insurance. We usually declare a low value on the shipping invoice and the insurance will follow the full value of the goods.

From Gibson:

Gibson Custom’s Collector’s Choice series is devoted to painstaking replication of choice original vintage Les Pauls. As a result, these guitars bring players and collectors closer to owning a specific, existing vintage Les Paul than anything else available on the market. The latest in the series—Collector’s Choice #8 1959 Les Paul “The Beast”—embodies everything that made the 1959 Les Paul legendary in the first place, in the exacting image of a true workhorse ’Burst that has toured the stages and studios of the world in the hands of a legendary rocker. British guitarist Bernie Marsden is one of rock’s true road warriors. As a founding member of Whitesnake and guitarist with several other bands, projects, and notable solo artists, Bernie has laid down some of rock’s hottest riffs for more than five decades, and his prized 1959 Les Paul, serial number 9–1914, has been there through it all. Through the collaboration between the craftspeople at Gibson Custom and the generous cooperation of owner/artist Bernie Marsden himself, this hallowed ’Burst now comes to life in a strictly Limited Edition with a maximum of 300 guitars, all representing every detail of this road-tested veteran, from its faded “Dirty Lemon” finish, to its patina and playing wear—and most of all, its feel and tone.  

The process of creating a Collector’s Choice guitar involves detailed hands-on analysis of the original, along with intimate digital scanning and precise measurement of every output and specification. The exceptional accuracy used to craft Collector’s Choice™ #8 1959 Les Paul “The Beast” includes attaining similar lightweight, one-piece mahogany bodies and similarly figured carved maple tops, recreating the precise beefy ’50s neck to match the original’s distinctive and individual profile, and developing a custom-wound set of pickups that includes a Burstbucker #2 in the neck and a Burstbucker #3 in the bridge to recreate The Beast’s unique chimey-to-throaty tone range. To take it all further, Gibson Custom accurately matches every nuance of the finish aging and playing wear found on the original, with the result that the final guitars have been thoroughly approved by Bernie himself for adherence to the original’s look, feel, and tone.

In addition to being an uncannily accurate recreation of a legendary guitar, Collector’s Choice #8 1959 Les Paul “The Beast” also features Gibson Custom’s 20th Anniversary Historic Specifications, which bring the Custom Shop reproductions closer to the real thing than ever before. These specifications, introduced for 2013, include a single-layer rosewood fingerboard, hot hide glue neck joint, accurate fingerboard and body binding color, historically accurate truss rod assembly, and genuine aniline dye for the guitar’s back, neck, and sides. Further period-correct details are found in the neck’s nylon 6/6 nut, holly headstock veneer with pearl Gibson logo, reissue Kluson Deluxe tuners, ABR-1 bridge with lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece, Bumble Bee tone caps, and more. For player’s and collector’s seeking the look, feel, and tone of an exceptional original 1959 Les Paul Model guitar played and loved by a respected artist, Collector’s Choice #8 1959 Les Paul “The Beast” represents a rare opportunity.