Tool has confirmed that Gibson Custom Shop is working with Adam Jones on recreating his original 1979 Les Paul Custom Silverburst guitar for a signature model. The axe has most recently been seen on the band's tour in support of its latest album, Fear Inoculum.
Tool fans and guitar aficionados got an inside look at the process last week when the band shared an image on social media that showed some of the instruments in production at a Gibson factory.
Jones told Guitar World last year about Silverburst Customs, “I remember buying my first one and the guitar salesman really tried to talk me out of it . . . I have a true love for that color and that guitar in general, and I believe that particular metallic paint does something to the tone or the resonance or the polarity somehow.”
Jones added that he has a total of six actual vintage Silverburst Gibson Les Paul Customs, several of which he uses on the road. The price and release date of Jones' Gibson signature model has yet to be unveiled.
Tool officially canceled its 2020 North American tour earlier this month, after initially postponing the trek due to the global pandemic. The band said it will return to the road “when the time is right.”
