Gibson Custom Shop Artist Series

When you sit down with a great signature model guitar, a special type of magic happens. You feel connected to the player through the instrument, and it gives you an insight into how they feel when they play. Feeling a neck profile based on a computerized scan of, say, Slash’s “First ’58” Les Paul gives you a remarkably clear picture of how Slash must have felt when he laid down those legendary solos on Appetite for Destruction because the wizards and warlocks of Gibson Custom have recreated the original so meticulously. Or, perhaps you will feel the heat emanating from the pickups of a Tony Iommi SG and understand how Tony Iommi built one of the mightiest tones in metal history. The point is that when you do a signature model the right way like our friends at Gibson, it captures the player’s “secret sauce.” As a result, when you sit down to play one of these spectacular Artist Series Gibsons, it feels like you’re stealing a little bit of that player’s mojo. This can provide a tremendous spark of inspiration deepen your vocabulary as a guitar player.