The CME Collection | Gibson Collector’s Choice Editions

CME is Giving Collectors a Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance To Choose From Over A Dozen Gibson Collector’s Choice Editions

We may have seen a number of Collector’s Choice models come through CME over the years since this series debuted—but it’s safe to say we’ve never had this many at once! 

Based on individual instruments now associated with the names of iconic players who played them (or, names of collectors who owned them), the Gibson Custom Shop Collector’s Choice series took cues from the “Inspired By” series of extremely limited Custom Shop runs, combining decades of meticulous research begun by J.T. Riboloff and Tom Murphy after the creation of the Gibson Custom, Art, and Historic Division in 1993, plus the aging techniques Murphy pioneered from then onward.

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CME Collection Collector's Choice

Launched in 2010, the Collector’s Choice series recreates more than 40 models produced in extremely limited runs, offering instruments that are all but indistinguishable from the vintage collectibles that inspired each model.

All of the instruments that inspired these Collector’s Choice series editions have been recognized among collectors as the crème de la crème of the vintage guitar world, and the work that went into the series’ seven-year production run set the stage for Tom Murphy’s return to Gibson in 2017 with the establishment of the Murphy Labs division.

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Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14

Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #14 "Waddy Wachtel" '60 Les Paul Standard Reissue Sunburst

$ 144,417.00
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35
Gibson Collector's Choice #35

Gibson Collector's Choice #35 "Gruhn Burst" '59 Les Paul Standard Sunburst 2016

$ 185,708.00
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37
Gibson Collector's Choice #37

Gibson Collector's Choice #37 "Carmelita" '59 Les Paul Standard Reissue Sunburst 2016

$ 218,741.00
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44
Gibson Collector's Choice #44

Gibson Collector's Choice #44 "Happy Jack" '59 Les Paul Standard Sunburst 2017

$ 185,790.00
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45
Gibson Collector's Choice #45

Gibson Collector's Choice #45 "Danger Burst" '59 Les Paul Standard Lemonburst 2016

$ 185,708.00
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15
Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15

Gibson Custom Collector’s Choice #15 "Greg Martin" '58 Les Paul Standard Sunburst 2013

$ 175,385.00
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36
Gibson Collector's Choice #36

Gibson Collector's Choice #36 "Goldfinger" '57 Les Paul Reissue Goldtop 2016

$ 165,062.00
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24

Gibson Custom Collector's Choice #24 "Nicky" Charles Daughtry '59 Les Paul Standard Reissue Sunburst 2015

$ 185,790.00
The CME Collection
The CME Collection Collector's Choice

A History of Innovative Traditions

Whether electrifying archtops, developing the first set-neck solidbody electrics, perfecting the first PAF humbuckers, or experimenting with a slew of non-traditional body shapes, throughout Gibson’s storied history of making instruments, the brand has kept an eye towards innovation—with at least one foot firmly planted in history and tradition.

By the late 1950s, this delicate balance between tradition and innovation was brought to new heights with the introduction of about 1,400 or so PAF-equipped Les Paul Standard guitars—now affectionately known among collectors as the first ‘Bursts—which kicked off a collectors market of buying, selling, and trading instruments. 

Gibson Custom Shop Collector's Choice Guitars
Gibson Custom Shop Collector's Choice

These individual instruments were so revered in the decades that have followed, what amounts to only a relative handful of all the Gibson guitars ever produced have come to represent many of the most sought-after instruments on the vintage guitar market, today.

After nearly four decades of experimentation and tinkering since the early ’70s, Gibson returned to its Golden-Era roots with a renewed focus on its own now-traditional electric guitar designs. Starting with the first 125 replicas of Peter Greene’s “Greenie” 1959 Les Paul Standard, then owned by former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore (and now owned by Metallica’s Kirk Hammet), the Collector’s Choice series gave players and collectors a chance to own the most painstakingly accurate replicas that the Custom Shop ever produced in the years leading up to the creation of Murphy Labs. 

Gibson Custom Black Beauty Collector's Choice
Gibson Custom Collector's Choice

If you’re looking for a guitar that represents some of the most prized aspects of the instruments that helped launch the vintage guitar market in the first place, crafted with the innovative techniques that have given Gibson Custom Shop the world-renowned reputation it now enjoys today, come check out all the Collector’s Choice models you have to choose from in
The CME Collection!

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Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola

Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard Reissue Cherry Red VOS w/Maestro Vibrola

$ 97,014.00
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard

Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard "CME Spec" True Historic Red Aniline Dye VOS

$ 115,595.00
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst
Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst

Gibson Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1936 J-35 Vintage Sunburst

$ 103,208.00
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard

Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard "CME Spec" Golden Poppy VOS w/59 Carmelita Neck

$ 144,499.00
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard

Gibson Custom Shop 1964 SG Standard "CME Spec" LEFTY Antique Heather Poly VOS w/Maestro Vibrola

$ 121,789.00
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard

Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard "CME Spec" Heavy Antique Ebony Heavy Aged w/Maestro Vibrola

$ 156,886.00
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged

Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Cherry Teaburst Murphy Lab Light Aged

$ 169,274.00
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged
Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged

Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Light Aged

$ 169,274.00

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