Collectors Choice aging

[andersozzy]

Is the aging of the Collectors Choice gibson aged by Tom Murphy?

Anders

 

[Duane_the_tub]

Not unless it says so on the COA.

 

[ClashCityRocker]

Check for the TM in the finish under the knobs

 

[Torshalla]

I guess not all models do... but some do. Which ones are you after?

 

[andersozzy]

I have the CC#8

 

[dc007]

I have the CC#8

Pics please

 

[andersozzy]

It is this one I Bought:

夢幻逸品Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Reissue Collector's Choice CC#8 "The Beast"

Collector's Choice是號稱地球上最接近真正Vintage Gibson的系列，將依然存在於收藏家手中的50-60年代Les Paul包括外觀、傷痕、音色、規格等完整復刻。CC琴款是多數Gibson收藏家們最夢寐以求收藏的型號，也是Gibson最頂級的復刻系列，用料與音色都經過嚴格檢驗，原廠採用3D儀器檢測，從使用痕跡、傷痕與木材和拾音器等都完全複製，音色可說是完全沒有缺陷，也是Gibson量產琴中收藏性最高的系列之一。 CC#8

www.guitarshoptaiwan.com

 

[freebyrd 69]

Not unless it says so on the COA.

And in some cases, not even then

 

[Torshalla]

I have an aged Perry from 2013, same year as your Beast CC. The Perry is aged by TM and his ”mark” is visible by the control knobs, see attached picture. Do you also have the TM marks there?

 

[andersozzy]

Thanks, for the pictures,
No I can´t se any TM "mark" there
So I guess it is not aged by him

 

[Torshalla]

I am not sure it means he did not age it himself... (not sure he marks them all) but i understood that if the mark is there it is a sign that he did it...

 

[framos]

... however its the absence is not an indication that he did not. I've had ones with and without the "mark".

 

[Clint]

I was not aware that any of the CC series were aged by TM. If they were, it would have been indicated on the COA and priced accordingly.

 

[strat1701]

They said CC2 was supposedly aged by TM, as was CC1 IIRC. There was no 'TM' mark on my CC2, but there was the' 'TM' on my S/A JP 59. The only other known Murhy aged artist guitar I owned which did NOT have the 'TM' was Page #1, and I don't think the aged PG had it either, but I never owned that one, but id play an aged one once.

Wether or not Murphy did indeed age CC2, I dunno, it's aging 'feels' different than the latter CC aged guitars so maybe he did, or maybe the CS actually took more care with the aging process, but then when HJ made em crank out aged CC models ever month, something was bound to suffer......

I seem to recall Ed King saying his CC16 model at the time woul dbe agd by TM, but that was pretty much misinformation. CC7, 8, 15, 16 were all aged models that I've had and probably the second best aging job was CC8 and CC7, those felt 'legit' 15, 16 those felt very contrived. YMMV

 

[moreles]

The "aged by Tom Murphy" phrasing is commonplace, so no offense intended, but the more accurate verbiage is either "fake aged by Tom Murphy" or "age faked by Tom Murphy" becuase what is being done is absolutely not an aging process. Age is the passage of time. Cosmetic and other effects are not aging. I'm not arguing whether the approach is good or not, as that's totally free personal preference, but the lingo creates a phenomenally wrong false equivalence.

 

[strat1701]

well that's really nitpicking it isn't it we all know it's contrived no matter what but we can all agree the FAKE aging by Murphy is better than the FAKE aging that is done in-house.

 

[mudface]

well that's really nitpicking it isn't it we all know it's contrived no matter what but we can all agree the FAKE aging by Murphy is better than the FAKE aging that is done in-house.

I wouldn’t entirely agree that Murphy is better in all cases..... the in house process can be really good. Though as with all things Gibson there are a few that don’t meet the mark. In particular with the CC models, there are a large number of them,.... as few as a 150 aged models of each run.... out of 50 more or less models.... there are gonna be more than a few less than great that were done in house.

Murphy has not produced that many himself..... therefore more artistic attention can be given to each one.

Just my observation.

 

[GearHo]

http://imgur.com/ejbGDV0

aged #28

 

[mudface]

My CC28 a 2014 R8 Montrose STP burst.

Outside of the chips,dings,buckle rash,.. and neck wear.... all the “checking” is subtle and is only really visible at certain angles and lighting.

It may not be truly convincing to the expert vintage guitar handler and it’s not supposed to,.... it does pull off the replica look of a real existing instrument. Which is the point of the CC models.

 

[L96A1]

I hate the way those headstocks are aged.