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Watch Mat Koehler, Vice President of Product at Gibson and Gibson President and CEO Cesar Gueikian talk about what it was like to start the restoration process of Irish guitarist Joe Staunton’s 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard – dubbed the Orphanage Burst.
Watch as they talk about the unique challenges of restoring a guitar that had been heavily and lovingly played for over 5 decades and how the frets and unique scratch marks posed their own challenges when restoring the guitar.
In the full video, available now on Gibson TV, watch the incredible story of the Orphanage Burst, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard that has remained with one player for over 50 years. Bought in 1969 by Irish guitarist Joe Staunton, this iconic guitar has never circulated among collectors, giving it a unique history all its own. Staunton, a left-handed blues-rocker who played alongside Phil Lynott and Brian Downey in Orphanage, gave this right-handed guitar its distinct wear patterns, telling a vivid story of passion and unique playing technique.
Watch the full video on GTV now to discover more about its restoration and its new home at Gibson in Nashville!
In the full video, join Gibson President and CEO Cesar Gueikian as he introduces the remarkable story of the Orphanage Burst, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard purchased in 1969 by Irish guitarist Joe Staunton, the left-handed blues-rock wizard who played in the band Orphanage alongside Thin Lizzy icons Phil Lynott and Brian Downey.
Because the right-handed instrument was played for so many years by a left-handed player, its vivid flametop has a unique wear pattern that tells its own story about the expressive and passionate way that Staunton played the guitar, and why he was a hugely respected figure in a Dublin scene that was the breeding ground for some of the most iconic rock music of the 1970s.
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