Gibson Custom builds 60 Gustavo Cerati ES-335 replicas for Miami-only release
The Murphy Lab model recreates Cerati’s 1965 ES-335, a guitar heard and seen across landmark Soda Stereo and solo-era performances.
· Edited by Peter Luha
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Gibson Custom has created a Gustavo Cerati ES-335 limited to 60 instruments, available from September 18 exclusively through Gibson Garage Miami. The model is based on Cerati’s 1965 ES-335 TD, bought in New York in the mid-1990s and used through major moments including MTV Unplugged, El Último Concierto and the Me Verás Volver era.
The Murphy Lab-aged guitar uses a ’60s Cherry finish, factory double pickguards, Grover tuners with kidney buttons and a B7 Bigsby vibrato. It ships with a dedicated hard case, the characteristic leather back protector and a certificate of authenticity.
This is Gibson’s first official instrument tribute to Cerati, making the project unusually significant in Latin American guitar culture as well as a highly restricted collector release.
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Why it matters
Cerati’s guitar sound shaped generations of Latin American rock players. Gibson formally recreating one of his defining instruments gives that legacy rare recognition from a major global guitar maker.
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