NAMM 2025: In 1955, Gibson launched five custom-colour Les Pauls to exhibit on the show floor at NAMM. These electric guitars were bona-fide vintage unicorns, scarcely seen in the wild since, and were all but lost and forgotten, until Joe Bonamassa got his hands on a Copper Iridescent model.
Epiphone made a superlative replica of this 1955 Les Paul with Joe Bonamassa's name on it. And maybe its success had Gibson thinking, because the Nashville-based guitar giant has just unveiled a limited edition Custom Shop run of those NAMM ’55 models, each resplendent in their über-rare metallic custom colour finishes, and with the original P-90 pairing.
