Gibson 2022 Les Paul R9 Murphy Lab Sunburst Ultra Light Aged, Near Mint

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This Murphy Lab Les Paul is a really good one!  Look at that top! It isn't the lightest at 9 pounds 1.5 ounces, but it isn't one that strikes you as heavy when you pick it up.  It would likely weight exactly 9 pounds with the standard, plastic switch cover in place of the metal one.  It plays perfectly and set up for us with little effort.  

Tom Murphy was instrumental in the development of the original Historic Les Paul models introduced in 1993, having spent decades refining aging techniques at his own shop before Gibson brought the program fully in-house under the Murphy Lab designation. 

The Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged treatment is specifically described as "a prized possession that has spent most of its long life stored carefully in its case" — minimal lacquer checking, VOS patina hardware, hand-rolled fingerboard binding edges, and the scientifically reverse-engineered nitrocellulose lacquer formula originally used in the 1950s and 1960s. This is not a heavily distressed relic. It is a guitar that looks and feels like it has been carefully owned and lightly played for decades.

The unpotted Custombucker Alnico III humbuckers are the specific pickup chemistry of the original PAF — Alnico III magnets rather than the stronger Alnico V used in most modern humbuckers, producing a softer, more complex magnetic field with the characteristic bloom, warmth, and dynamic sensitivity that PAF chasers describe. Bridge reads 7.97k, neck reads 7.85k. The no-wire ABR-1 bridge and lightweight aluminum stop bar tailpiece are correct period specifications. One-piece lightweight mahogany body with two-piece figured maple top, solid mahogany neck in the '59 medium C profile at .892" at the first fret and 1.0" at the twelfth. Action set at 2/32" on both strings at the twelfth fret. 

There is a tiny bit of fret wear to show that the guitar has been played a little.  The neck is straight and the truss rod has room for future neck relief adjustments.  There are no changes, repairs, or issues, and all the original paperwork and COA are included in the original case.

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SPECS:

• Color: Sunburst
• Weight: 9lbs 1.5oz
  
• Top: 2-Piece Figured Maple
• Body: 1-Piece Lightweight Mahogany
  
• Neck: Solid Mahogany
  
• Neck Profile: '59 Medium C
  
• Fretboard: Indian Rosewood
  
• Inlays: Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
  
• Frets: Original
  
• Fret Count: 22
  
• Nut: Original
  
• Nut width: 1-11/16"
  
• Radius: 12"
  
• Scale: 24.75"
  
• Neck thickness at 1st Fret: .892"
• Neck thickness at 12th Fret: 1.0"
• Action 1st String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
  
• Action 6th String at 12th Fret: 2/32"
  
• Overall length: 38-3/4"
  
• Lower bout: 13"
  
• Waist: 7-1/4"
  
• Upper bout: 9-1/4"
  
• Body depth/thickness outside edge: 2"
  
• String gauge: 10-46
  
• Hardware Color: Chrome / Nickel
• Pickguard: Original
• Pickup Brand: Unpotted Custombucker Alnico III
• Original?: Yes
• Bridge Pickup Reading: 7.97k
• Neck Pickup Reading: 7.85k
  
• Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1 with Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
• Tuners: Original
• Knobs: Original
  
• Switch: 3 Way
• Pots/Codes: Original
• Case: OHSC
• Notes: 

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