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“This guitar gives you a piece of me. In fact, I just used one of the Epiphones to do some recording, and I’ve played them onstage, too”: Adam Jones discusses the evolution – and future – of his signature 1979 Les Paul Custom

February 21, 2024
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“This guitar gives you a piece of me. In fact, I just used one of the Epiphones to do some recording, and I’ve played them onstage, too”: Adam Jones discusses the evolution – and future – of his signature 1979 Les Paul Custom
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With its striking silver-to-black (and, due to aging, sometimes green-hued) finish, the Les Paul Silverburst is one of the most distinctive-looking guitars in modern six-string history. 

But over the course of the past year, the eye-catching model has become even more unique – seven times over, in fact. The reason? A one-of-a-kind collaboration between Epiphone and Tool six-string sonic adventurist Adam Jones, which has resulted in the Adam Jones Art Collection of electric guitars.

Jones, of course, is the most visible and impassioned proponent of the Silverburst, and in 2020 he teamed up with Gibson on a limited-edition, note-perfect recreation of his Number 1 instrument, a 1979 Les Paul Custom with the distinguishing finish.

This was followed by a U.S. production-line Standard version of the guitar and, soon after, rumors – as well as appetite-whetting online teases – about a coming Epiphone iteration. 

When that guitar was finally unveiled in 2022, it was with a host of premium specs that has led many to call it the best Les Paul ever produced under the Epiphone brand name.

But there was another attraction: each release in the Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection, limited to just 800 examples, featured a unique piece of artwork personally selected by the Tool guitarist, a visual artist who worked on films like Jurassic Park, Batman Returns and Terminator 2: Judgment Day prior to becoming a prog-metal giant.

“The push was, how can we do something that really reflects me?” Jones tells Guitar World. “So I suggested, ‘Why don’t we do art on the back and make something really special?’ And then Cesar [Gueikian, Gibson CEO] said, ‘How about we make a whole line of them?’ I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’d be great,’ and I started making a list of my top choices. And you know, just like with music, I have really eclectic tastes when it comes to art.”

Indeed he does. The Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection launched with “The Veil of Bees” by acclaimed pop-surrealist Mark Ryden. “He just rips his guts out when he paints,” Jones says, “and his thought process and his journey from an idea to the execution is so involved. It was amazing to have him do the first one.”

From there, the Collection, true to Jones’ eclecticism, spotlighted a wide array of selections – fantasy legend Frank Frazetta’s famous The Berserker, originally created for the cover of the paperback novel Conan the Conqueror; contemporary artist (and Jones’ wife) Korin Faught’s bold Sensation; the mesmerizing ANTI-LAOKOON 1965 from late Austrian painter and School of Fantastic Realism co-founder Ernst Fuchs; a second Ryden creation, Queen Bee; and two striking “self-portraits” from American artist Julie Heffernan, who Jones calls “one of my favorite contemporary painters. I own a bunch of her paintings and I’m just obsessed with her. So it was a blessing to work with her and all the artists and their estates. Because these paintings mean so much to me.”

For Jones, incorporating artwork into a signature Les Paul design had special resonance. “Since I was a kid, music and art have been my way out of the wicked world,” he says. “That’s been my safety net.”

The paintings on the backs of these guitars (and, of course, the Antique Silverburst finish on the top) are just one graphic attraction of the new Epiphones. Each example in the Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection also sports a special back plate commemorating the featured artist and the name of the work, as well as a Korin-designed insignia on the back of the headstock.

And the exceptional visuals are matched by an absolutely spectacular spec sheet. While the Epiphone expression of Jones’ beloved Silverburst is more affordably priced than the two Gibson versions, it is loaded with many of the same premium features, including a mahogany body with a maple top, a three-piece bound maple neck with a Norlin-era volute (and special “Adam Jones Custom Profile”); an ebony fingerboard with block inlays; PosiLock strap buttons and more.

Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: Julie Heffernan’s “Self-Portrait as Not Dead Yet”

Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: Julie Heffernan’s “Self-Portrait as Not Dead Yet” (Image credit: Epiphone)

There’s also no shirking in the electronics department, with a reverse-mounted humbucker in the neck – just like Jones’ Number 1 – and a Seymour Duncan Distortion (again, reflecting Jones’ guitar) in the bridge position. It’s a heavy package, both figuratively and literally: the Epiphones themselves, much like first-run Silverbursts, weigh in at well over nine pounds.

“I like a heavier-weight guitar because I use tube amps, I use analog equipment,” Jones says. “So if you plug one of my heavy guitars into my setup, with a pickup that is responsive to that side of things, it sounds great. You get great tone. You get great feedback, but you can still control it. You get everything I love. This guitar gives you a piece of me. In fact, I just used one of the Epiphones to do some recording, and I’ve played them onstage, too.”

He continues, “So I hope we do another seven of these. I hope that, with Gibson and Epiphone, we do all kinds of things together. Because there’s nothing like music. Nothing compares to it. But the closest thing I’ve found is art. They’ve always gone hand-in-hand in my life.” And now, with the Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection, in his guitars as well.

For more information on the Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection, head to Epiphone.com.

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