TOOL has confirmed that Gibson Custom Shop is working with Adam Jones on recreating his original 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst guitar that can been seen live on stage on the band's tour in support of its acclaimed new album, 'Fear Inoculum'.
For many years Epiphone have been making stunningly accurate Les Paul's inspired by their parent company Gibson.
- Coming in finishes from the traditional Wine Red or Alpine White to the metal crowd favorite Silverburst, the Les Paul Custom is a holy grail for guitarists of any genre. The 2012 - 2018 Les Paul Custom features 490R/498T humbuckers and a Richlite fretboard.
- Coming in finishes from the traditional Wine Red or Alpine White to the metal crowd favorite Silverburst, the Les Paul Custom is a holy grail for guitarists of any genre. The 2012 - 2018 Les Paul.
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Jones told Guitar World last year about Silverburst Customs: 'I remember buying my first one and the guitar salesman really tried to talk me out of it. It was the early '90s on the Sunset Strip and it was like Guitars R Us or one of those shops where all the guys running it were very pretty, had hair-sprayed hair and jeans tucked into their cowboy boots.
'I have a true love for that color and that guitar in general, and I believe that particular metallic paint does something to the tone or the resonance or the polarity somehow.
'Right now, I have six actual vintage Silverburst Gibson Les Paul Customs and I have some others that people have given me that have been painted silverburst,' he continued. 'I bought a couple extra because I used to only bring two guitars on the road, but now we use drop B for 'Prison Sex' and then we tune the guitar down to drop C for 'The Pot', which is a little easier for Maynard [James Keenan] to sing and he can really let go every time.'
As for how he modifies his Silverbursts with specific pickups and frets, Jones said: 'I use the thickest frets possible because I pull off a lot and I also like to use kind of a sitar technique where if you push down really hard. The note will go sharp, and the big frets make that work.
'I still use just the original Seymour Duncan Super Distortion pickups. I buy those up whenever I see an old one from the '90s.'
Earlier in the month, TOOL has officially canceled its 2020 North American tour, after initially postponing the trek due to the global coronavirus pandemic. It called the jaunt off so that fans could get their money back in what has become an intensely challenging economic climate. TOOL said it will return to the road 'when the time is right.'
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Gibson has finally confirmed the highly anticipated signature Les Paul Custom for Tool’s Adam Jones! The Silverburst model has already become a collectors’ item, so this signature is going to be hugely popular – even without Jones’ name associated to it.
Adam Jones Silverburst
I think the new Gibson Custom Shop recreation of Tool’s Adam Jones’ 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst is going to be huge. After all, the guitar is synonymous with the man and his jaw dropping guitar skills.
I’m a fan of everything about this release. OK, I’ll stop gushing soon, but my main Gibson Les Paul is a black ’77 Custom and it is my favourite Gibson by far. I own a few Custom Shop and standard US models, but this old ’70s dinosaur is the best by a long way.
For me, not being a Gibson ’50s purist, I love the snap of the three-piece maple necks combined with the maple cap common for this era. Hand on heart, I’m also a big convert to the neck volute, which I know many players baulk at. But for me, this is what a rocking Les Paul Custom is all about. Plus, The Cult’s Billy Duffy rocks one and he knows the score.
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Yup, this new Adam Jones signature model has me squealing like a little girl, but we probably won’t see one until later in the year. But to have it officially confirmed is fantastic news and one that I am sure all Tool fans are looking forward to.
Gibson Les Paul Silverburst 1979
We know he likes old ’90s Seymour Duncan Distortion pickups and huge frets, so expect the specification of this new signature model to follow suit. After all, he owns six original Silverburst models all with similar setups. Roll on 2020! I can’t wait for the release of this little beauty. Until then, you can soak in the band’s FearInoculum album to tide you over.
Les Paul Silver Burst
I would suggest you all keep an eye out on Instagram, Gibson.com and Tool’s official site for further announcements on this one.
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