NAMM 2017: new Gibson Custom and Memphis guitars - in pictures

Introduction

NAMM 2017: This year's Gibson stand at NAMM featured a bevy of Les Pauls in new Axcess and Class 5 models, while Custom builds like the Johnny A / Joe Bonamassa Spruce Top and Peter Frampton "Phenix"-inspired Les Paul Custom VOS remind us why the firm can command those price tags.

One product notable in its absence was Gibson's brand new body shape, teased by the firm at the recent CES Show in Las Vegas. We can't quite get our heads round why it wasn't brought out for NAMM, but in the meantime, there are plenty of other interesting additions to the line-up to whet your appetite.

Les Paul Axcess Custom

New features for 2017
Apex neck, new contours throughout
Comfort-carve belly scarf

Les Paul Axcess Custom with Floyd Rose

New features for 2017
Apex neck technology
Comfort-carve belly scarf

Johnny A / Joe Bonamassa Spruce Top

Brand new model!
Inspired by Joe Bonamassa's 1959 EMS-1235 spruce-top doubleneck guitar
Ultra lightweight and resonant

Dave Amato Les Paul Axcess

Solid white ebony fingerboard
Single '57 Classic with coil-split
Rounded '58 neck profile

Modern Class 5 Les Paul Figured Top

Brand new model
Apex neck technology
Long neck tenon, nitrocellulose lacquer

Modern Class 5 Les Paul Figured Top

Brand new model
Long neck tenon, nitrocellulose lacquer
Apex neck, chambered body and more

1964 ES-345 Frost Blue VOS NH1

1964 body shape finished in striking custom color accented by multi-ply binding
MHS humbuckers offer the tone of early PAF pickups added to the versatile Varitone circuit
VOS treated hardware and finish give an hardly used, vintage appearance

Collector's Choice #19 Dave HInson '59 Junior Doublecut

Replica of rare Factory-Black 1959 Les Paul Junior Doublecut
Hand-aged to match original guitar
Historically accurate thin tortoiseshell pickguard

Peter Frampton "Phenix"-inspired Les Paul Custom VOS

Brand new model
One-piece solid mahogany body, Frampton "Phenix" neck profile
Based on Peter Frampton's long-lost-then-rediscovered Les Paul Custom

ES-Les Paul Blue Stain

Semi-hollowbody construction with mahogany centerblock
Titanium saddles and lightweight tailpiece

ESLP Hollow/Bigsby

Semi-hollowbody construction with mahogany centerblock for enhanced harmonic richness
Special design MHS bass humbuckers offer fat vintage tone
Short-scale fretboard for easy playability

ES-275

Classic Gibson jazz guitar look in a slightly smaller, thinline body style
Rounded cutaway provides easy access to the 22 fret fingerboard
Pinned bridge with titanium saddles for increased clarity and sustain

ES-335 Figured

Classic ES appearance and construction in a lighter, smaller body shape
Calibrated Burstbucker pickups give PAF tone with extra clarity and balanced output
ABR-1 bridge with titanium saddles and locking tailpiece