To most guitar and blues aficionados, Mike Bloomfield was more than just a renowned, big-city blues guitarist. A session player who was weaned on Chicago's legendary south side blues, Bloomfield altered American blues forever with his strident and passionate guitar playing and he did it all with a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. His technique is without equal, and the tone achieved using his beloved Les Paul is one of the most recognizable guitar sounds of all time.
The master craftsmen at Gibson Custom are proud to announce the much-anticipated Michael Bloomfield 1959 Les Paul Standard, an accurate recreation of the instrument Bloomfield used to create the legendary guitar sound with the Butterfield Band, his work on Bob Dylan's classic Highway 61 Revisited album, or his mastery on the Super Session album, with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills.
The Michael Bloomfield 1959 Les Paul Standard faithfully captures that celebrated tone, along with every precious detail of the original. Starting with the Les Paul’s traditional hand-carved maple top and solid, non-weight relieved mahogany back, this instrument is pure Gibson, right down to such time-honored appointments like CTS pots and bumble-bee caps, holly headstock veneer, Grover kidney tuners and a rounded neck profile similar to those on the original Les Pauls from 1959. The Bloomfield Burst finish also replicates the finish on his original Les Paul, and was achieved through the careful examination of hundreds of photos of the original.
This special reissue is available in a limited release of only 300 guitars: The first 100 will be aged by renowned finish and restoration artist Tom Murphy, while 200 will receive the popular V.O.S. (Vintage Original Specs) treatment. All will come with a standard Gibson Custom case silkscreened with Mike Bloomfield's signature, a custom care kit and certificate of authenticity.
DV offer you a once in a lifetime opportunity to aquire what will become a true collectors' item; the Michael Bloomfield 1959 Les Paul Standard