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Gibson 1955 NAMM Show Commemorative Edition Les Paul Samoa Beige
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the five custom color Gibson Les Pauls displayed at the 1955 NAMM Show
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is a not-for-profit global trade association dedicated to the music products industry. Their annual trade shows, dating back to 1902 in Baltimore, MD, are pivotal events where companies like Gibson unveil new models to dealers, the press, and visitors. Occasionally, Gibson also showcases unique models made specifically for the NAMM Show. At the 1955 NAMM Show in Chicago, IL, Gibson displayed five distinctive Les Paul™ models, each finished in custom metallic nitrocellulose lacquer car finishes: Samoa Beige, Copper Iridescent, Nugget Gold, Platinum, and Viceroy Brown. These guitars featured no-wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridges and Stop Bar tailpieces, first introduced on the Gibson Super 400 in 1953 and appearing on a standard Les Paul model for the first time with these guitars. Made in extremely limited numbers, only a few of these iconic Les Pauls are known to exist today.
In honor of this milestone, Gibson Custom introduces the 1955 NAMM Show Commemorative Edition Les Paul. This special run is limited to just 70 guitars in each of the five custom colors, with the metallic finishes expertly recreated for the first time. These guitars are built to historically accurate 1955 specifications, including a lightweight one-piece mahogany body, a hide glue-fitted two-piece plain maple cap, and color-matched Speed knobs modeled after the originals. The one-piece mahogany neck features a long neck tenon, a 1950s Chunky D-Shape profile, and an Indian rosewood fretboard with 22 historic narrow/tall frets, a 12” radius, and aged cellulose nitrate trapezoid inlays. The headstock boasts a period-correct “low logo” holly veneer, a nylon nut, and single-line, single-ring Kluson® tuners, along with a historically accurate 1955 serial number on the back.
The pickups are a pair of cream-covered Custom Shop P-90 Soapbars, hand-wired to 500k CTS® potentiometers and paper-in-oil capacitors. Each of the 350 guitars in this limited edition (70 per color) features Light Aging by the Murphy Lab, giving them the authentic character and feel of an original Gibson Golden Era instrument. Paired with lightly aged hardware, the Murphy Lab Light Aged finish treatment simulates decades of light play wear. To complete the vintage experience, every guitar includes a brown/pink Lifton™ five-latch case.
Key Features
- Lightweight one-piece mahogany body and a hide glue-fitted two-piece plain maple cap
- Mahogany neck with a 1950s Chunky D-Shape profile and a long neck tenon
- Period-correct "low logo" holly headstock veneer
- Custom Shop P-90 Soapbar pickups
- Available in five rare custom colors: Samoa Beige, Copper Iridescent, Nugget Gold, Platinum, and Viceroy Brown
- Murphy Lab Light Aging
- Limited edition, with only 70 guitars made in each of the five custom colors
Specifications
Body
Body Style: Les Paul
Body Shape: Les Paul
Body Material: One Piece Lightweight Mahogany
Top: 2-Piece Plain Maple, Hide Glue Fit
Binding: One-Ply Cream Royalite, Top and Fretboard
Body Finish: Murphy Lab Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Weight Relief: None
Neck
Profile: 1950s Chunky D-Shape
Scale Length: 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8 mm / 12 in
Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
Fret Count: 22
Frets: Historic Gibson Narrow/Tall
Nut Material: Nylon
Nut Width: 42.85 mm / 1.687 in
End Of Board Width: 56.89 mm / 2.239 in
Inlays: Aged Cellulose Nitrate Trapezoid
Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
Hardware
Finish: Nickel; Murphy Lab Light Aged
Bridge: No-Wire ABR-1
Saddle Material: Nickel-plated Brass
Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
Tuning Machines: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
Pickguard: Cream, Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Truss Rod: Authentic 1950s No-Tube
Truss Rod Cover: Authentic Stepped 2-Ply
Control Knobs: Speed, Color-matched to Body
Switch Tip: Amber Catalin
Switch Washer: Cream, True Historic Silkscreened Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Jack Plate Cover: Cream, True Historic Laminated Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
Control Covers: Brown
Strap Buttons: 2, Aluminum Historic - Bottom and Upper Bout
Pickup Covers: Cream Soapbar
Electronics
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop P-90 Soapbar
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop P-90 Soapbar
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone; CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
Pickup Selector: 3-way Switchcraft
Output Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
Miscellaneous
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch
Accessories: Gibson Custom Switchplate Medallion (with Historic Brown Plastic Cover in Case), 1955 NAMM Show-inspired Certificate of Authenticity Booklet which Includes a Photo from the Ledger in the Gibson Archives, Historic Reissue Hang Tags
