Trading guitars with Guns N’ Roses legend Slash is the kind of thing many of us would dream about doing just once. For New Jersey-based guitar player and collector Todd Puma, however, it’s something that’s been happening fairly regularly over the last few years – having now exchanged three instruments in total with the iconic cat in the hat.
Some Guitar World readers may already be familiar with the @gibsonmurphylab Instagram account Puma uses to showcase his rare and collectable instruments, which has a disclaimer in its bio to confirm that it’s not an official Gibson page but rather a Murphy Lab fan page centered around Puma’s personal collection. The fact that he’s followed by the Gibson Custom Shop account, Brand President Cesar Gueikian and Director Of Brand Experience Mark Agnesi – on the other hand – is enough to prove Puma is the real deal and an authority on both Tom Murphy-aged and ’90s-era Les Pauls.
