My Gibson 1983 Les Paul Custom pearl white is the real deal!! Aged to perfection!! Little wear-n-tear sat in its chainsaw case most of its life!! 🤘😊

Love your t-shirt, mate. Tear the roof off!

8000$ would change my life if it fell into my lap right about now

Great video Benny and what a beautiful work of art. OK, firstly, it’s not a “fake” - it’s a recreation that gives you the authentic experience of playing a time-worn, vintage guitar for a fraction of the cost of a “real” one. As to whether it’s worth the price, that depends on circumstances. If you’re in your 30’s, busting your chops to pay a mortgage and put the kids through school then, no it’s a ridiculous frippery that can’t possibly be justified. But if, like me, you’ve worked your arse off for 45 years and paid for the house, set the kids up in their own lives and saved for a decent retirement then you deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labour. In those circumstances, eight grand is not a life-changing amount of money to put into something that will give you pleasure when you’re in the later years of life so yeah, it’s worth every penny.

I really enjoyed this video Benny. You explained to people why most of us will never own this type of guitar, an ES model or Les Paul. I feel very grateful that I own 2 custom shop guitars, a 59 reissue ES-335 & a 60 Les Paul. I'm older than probably most of your viewers at 69. I wasn't able to purchase those 2 custom shops guitars until I was way into my 60's. I would have never been able to own those in my 20's through my 50's. Why? Life is why. Most of us do not have that kind of money. We get married and raise a family. To me, that was worth any guitar. Well, maybe a Burst! So, I get to enjoy 2 custom shop guitars for a few years, but to me it was worth that cost. They are outstanding guitars and I'm very proud of both of them. I have 2 kids, they will get one each. Then they can fight over the other 14 that I bought over the years. Talk to you later Benny.

cool video ! . would probably never own a guitar like this but i enjoyed watching this !

That guitar is freakin awesome…bonus points for no binding on the neck👍

Great shredding at the end.

Bought one today, fantastic guitar!

What an amazing guitar!! Pickups sounded great in every position both clean and distorted. I like how even the pickguard has that hazy look to it like some of the PVC has evaporated from it. Benny… when are we gonna start our own Murphy lab of the guitar cases and the guitar straps? lol. Pre soak them in stale Coors lite beer for a week or so followed up by a week in a cigarette infested smoke house treatment plus a little sweat and grime. If I had the money I would totally by that 335. Would love to see that in the Watermelon

I'm very happy with my 2019 Standard 50s LP (no QC issues at all!) but part of me really wants to add a (non-Murphy) Custom Shop R0 to my collection. However there are many people suggesting a Heritage is a much better guitar for less money. How much value do we place on the headstock saying 'Gibson' compared to other expensive brands?

I just have to ask...did you cut off your sleeves and tear your jeans while working or bought that way? Relic'd or worn?

Yea Benny, I'm definitely in a quandary over my next guitar purchase. Its between a lightly aged R0 or a figured LP Modern. That instrument certainly sounds great..no question...

Time travel !...Love it Benny , I love traditional guitars and that ES-335 is a looker !...I feel the same way about ' aged' guitars yet that one isnt all beat up looking so um...uh...yeah I will take that one ! Thanks ! ( Dig yer T-shirt ! )

Sounds great

I do love the checking! I hate when an old guitar checked so bad that half the finish has fallen off and it is bare wood. Murphy checking is killer.

I was a bit taken aback when Paul kicked into Death Angel's "I'm Bored" @ 12:32 lol... was not expecting that at all lol 😎

As an old dude with disposable income the $8k doesn't offend me - but I get the raised eyebrows. Paul made that thing sing - he is always amazing on your videos. I'd prefer just the patina on the hardware as opposed to the aging they do to the wood but to each their own - and it does really look great. Always love your videos - UDAMAN!

I just noticed the Corvus or Futura! I have a Corvus in silver. I love it! Those tuner buttons on the 335 look old. They look like they're the color of ones old enough to be crumbling. The aging on the hardware looks like the aged nickel parts on my '82 Les Paul.

Is there any way to get close to the sound and feel of the Murphy lab ES on a moderately priced guitar?

Thank you Benny. Interesting what the relicing fashion is doing to the used market. Guitars that used to be undesirable are now cool ' naturally reliced ' with 'mojo'. Must be very confusing for collectors ! Will the term ' players grade ' become redundant?

Great channel - just subscribed! I’m lucky enough to be ‘able’ to afford an $8k guitar, but I couldn’t justify it to myself. I bought a Fender CS Jimi Hendrix for $5k and I love it but that was pretty much a once in a lifetime thing for me. I do respect the work that Gibson and Fender put into their aging, it’s more than just randomly beating up a stock guitar. No hate from me for people who buy and collect these guitars. But I do enjoy my beat up, finish peeling and cracking MIM strat almost as much.

Haha both your 335’s, Benny l own a Murphy Lab Les Paul, ultra light it’s fantastic love it plays a mean G chord, keep rocking Bro …

Hanging out to see this one mate. "Ultra Light Aged" please?

For $8000 it better be a fantastic guitar, but for someone like me who just wants a fantastic Gibson guitar, I’ll be saving the extra thousands of dollars and getting a regular production model or maybe if I wanted to spend a little more, a Custom Shop one. I will say the Murphy Lab is a much better option than most of the relic aged guitars out there. At least it still looks good and doesn’t obviously look like somebody damaged it on purpose. Honestly though, if I had $8000 to spend, it wouldn’t be on one guitar. I’d have at the minimum, 2 fantastic, brand new guitars, and be perfectly happy with that choice.

I couldn't justify spending that much on a guitar, but I'm also a hobbyist. Value is an interesting thing. The cost of production versus perceived value can be so far apart.

As someone seriously considering upgrading from Gibson USA to a Murphy Lab really curious and excited to hear your thoughts on this.

That drummer has some serious guitar skills!

To the person buying a Harley Benton: NO. To the person who values all the things that go into a Custom Shop guitar: YES.

Cheers to the Canada Dry buddy from Canada lol sweet guitar its worth almost as much as my truck haha

Would you be able to compare a murphy lab Gibson to the same model custom shop Gibson for a value test. I would love to buy a Gibson custom shop 1959 reissue but is it worth it to spend a bit more to maybe get a Murphy Lab ultra light aged 1959 reissue model.

With the Murphy Lab Les Paul's, the fact the price goes up £1000 every incriminate from - ultra light aged, light aged, aged, heavy aged, ultra heavy aged, just tells you how nuts it is, an extra £1000 for ultra light aged, an extra £5000 for an ultra heavy aged!!!!! Completely nuts.

How many truly vintage guitars do you have, Benny? I have a few, but you look like you have a killer collection of them.

Great video! Worth every penny to me! As I said in our group, Im contemplating selling two very fine Custom Shop guitars to be able to get a ML R9.

Murphy Labs just needs to get a broken Headstock down pat. Maybe one day. PS. Maybe they can charge for a broken Headstock.

If the price was closer to fender's custom shop prices then maybe someday..until then I'll enjoy my CS strat.

People get too upset about the things they cant afford to buy. Probably mostly young people Leave some room for upward motion later in life, and try to enjoy what you have, because comparison is a thief of joy. I’d love to have some absurdly nice guitars one day, but won’t stop me enjoying the guitars that I already have

If Murphy’s lab , was used for replicating just the limited replica runs , of old skool artists models . I wish they would also build guitars . And just focus on colours and pickup construction . And leave out the ageing process . Unless requested .

Love the hollow bodies Ted Nugent no's how to play them he makes them sound so good great video brother

I'd be interested if Murphy Lab made no-aged guitars.

Yes.

Benny, your friend Paul reminds me of the british actor Tim Curry

It's it's not all in Murphy labs to, Murphy lab walks through the Gibson factory picks up the guitars they want to modify. They get to pick the best of the best in the Gibson factory. EVERYTHING IN INVENTORY AT THE PREMISE BUILDING,

Love the video 👍🏻🤘🏻 But I’m very sorry to say I find it incredibly lame to spend 8k on something made to look like it’s been used for 50+ years. I don’t see the point at all. Gimmick. Keep killin it dude!

I never questioned the playability or sound. I will always have an issue with beating up the guitar and then charging thousands for it. I am anti fake mojo on a guitar. And of course you're going to change you mind since they just sent it to you.

Ive had a twang on a Murphy Lab LP Standard (you shd see Aust prices!!).. Like you said, you can ding ur own gear up, but they do feel, play and sound great. If l had the money, ld get a 335, theyre gd for anything, bar ultra gain.. thing's gorgeous!!

That’s Collings money. 470 JL anyone?

I’d be too scared to own it. I’d be a different story if I was a professional musician.

Not bad for 800 bucks.

If i bought a new guitar, I'd want it shiny

Without watching the video, the answer is no.

Ha ha ha ha Polling the opinion of a Drummer........................... To be honest, my old Drummer is one of my life-long friends. As a Practicing Guitarist I can't help but poke fun at Drummers and Bass Players. Very cool ES, I think the artificial aging is a good thing.

Ive just never got on board with the whole "relic" thing. Must be from my punk background. I can easily fk a guitar up on my own within a year. But to have a guitar that just looks old for the sake of just looking old? But then paying extra for it? To each man, i just dont get it. I mean whats the benefit? Fooling people that you got an old guitar. I guess there are people out there that think that old guitar look is cool. Then just buy an old guitar.

I was a little disappointed at the Andertons Murphy Lab video. Rubbing keys and old railroad spikes on a perfectly good guitar doesn't seem very "labbish" to me.

If theres any money left after I buy a car, house and wife, Ill pick one of these up!

If it replicates a particularly famous guitar, then ok. If just random aging, not ok.

I don’t even need to watch your video to answer NO.

I can afford a Murphy's Law guitar..

If people want time-worn, why not just sand the varnish off the neck a bit? No harm done, to each their own, but paying someone else to put wear on a guitar so as to appear/feel 'authentic', is at the very least, artistically dishonest. No doubt, the talent at Murphy Labs know what they're doing & I can't blame Gibson for cashing in, everyone wants the same model. For sure, the '59 Les Paul is the most sought-after guitar in history. I personally prefer pre-CBS Strats, but no question, everyone wants a copy/paste of the king. Fender does the same thing, adding wear to the already-vulnerable nickel frets & damaging the maple fretboards. There's the comfort & appearance of of 'distressed' furniture, and there' certainly a rustic charm. The driftwood effect. However - I've got to call B.S. on it being about the 'feel' of a Murphy labs Les Paul. Anyone can sand the varnish off a neck so it feels well-worn. If it was about feel, people wouldn't be paying ~$5k for 'hipster-wear'. They wish to pose with it. Like I said, sincerely, no harm done - but If it was about 'feel', people would have a boutique builder make one & sand down the neck a bit. As an investment, who knows if these things will retain their value. It all depends on how much the inbound generations appreciate the effort of a person paying someone else to add fake wear to an homage of a classic guitar, so as to appear 'authentic'. Didn't Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein teach us anything? An old Strat with an original color, maybe with a bullet hole through it - there's a signature. Rounding off corners with sandpaper though? Is that really worth the price of a two week vacation in Hawaii?

It’s easy to hate on “aged” guitars, comparing them to ripped jeans, and going “why are you paying that much for wear you’re gonna put on it yourself!” - but, there’s more to it than that. (Just cosmetics) Some of us like worn in instruments, the feel of them, and yes the sound; if you believe that years make a difference. People might say “just buy a vintage one!” But sometimes the case queen doesn’t feel right. Or the one that’s worn in just sooo right, simply has issues/problems. It becomes a unicorn hunt. I think the real point of the pre-aged instrument market, is to give you a vintage guitar, but without any of the negatives that might have occurred over its lifetime

"meant to be something it's not..." hmmm, so, is it worth what a genuine, original is worth...why not?

Gibson make’s guitars “As You Mentioned” for $2,000 they make guitars for $20,000 “Oh yes” they even make guitars like the “Greeny” for $50,000 which sold out before you could even strum a G Chord and then you have the “HolyGrails” those guitars sell for $350,000 to 1,000,000,000 Trillion Dollars in other words just enjoy the guitars you own and play, show them all some “AGAPE LOVE “ Yes AGAPE LOVE because at the end of the day a G chord is just a G Chord and needs to be strummed like any other Guitar…….

Hi, I call those "good relation purchase". my Buddy ordered one, hid it from wify who wanted new car at the time. She went to the studio and saw it.........80% chance of divorce, or he sells " New guitar in beat up shape" and gets her a new car. I would leave the wify......lol. be well

I don't see any point in aged guitars no matter how convincing they look.

Not to me, it is a brand new guitar, that got beat on to become 8grand so no not to me...

If you resold this guitar you would not get 1/2 that enouth already.

It's a heavy aged tax write off! Lol

The days gone by when people bought a guitar to play and hopefully join or form a band to play live gigs,How times have changed.Most of these high end guitars will never see a stage, yet alone leave the house.

Shouldn't pay for relics. My Les Paul Standard had two dings on the headstock. As a result I got it for more than $1000 less than the going price. That's how it should be.

just say no to aged guitars 🤣

I’m gonna sum this up for everyone: No, there’s no reason to spend $8,000 on a piece of wood with paint, metal parts, wiring and some strings that a guy beat to shit for me. I don’t care if Jesus Christ made it, I’m not paying that much for an instrument that I only play for myself. I’d rather spend that on parts and materials from StewMac and build it myself.

no

No

no, not ever.

No. Once you go over about 2-2.5k there's no improvement in playability/pickup quality/qc. i'm really a metal player but ive played some expensive guitars in that world and a 1.5-2k ibanez prestige is as good as anything costing twice or three times the price.

Seeing what the Murphy lab do to the acoustics actually upsets me. Should stick to electrics

I would say "NO"! Greedy Gibson. Pitiful.

Absolutely no guitar is worth $8000 and the mental gymnastics needed to make it seem so is staggering.

Playing an aged guitar is like playing a Chibson. Some people might think that it's real, but you still know that it's fake.

NO! Ridiculous prices...

No. Unless you are a professional musician.

No it’s not worth it.

Waste of money.

I have a Lemonburst 2023 VOS R8 LP. Not a Murphy Lab. SWEETWATER gave me a great deal before the latest price hike. Brand new 3700. Now they want over 5g. Is it a great guitar? Yes. Would I pay 5g for it? No. But I do own a killer guitar now.

NO

"I can buy something vintage" Well you wouldn't have put the dents and scratches on that either!