Les Paul Classic, TransPerformance
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.In 1990, Jimmy Page became the first endorser of Les Paul's TransPerformance self-tuning guitar system. He played this guitar on the 1993 Coverdale-Page tour, the 1995 Page-Plant tour, and the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion at London’s O2. It remains in active use today.
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and neck, carved maple top, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; metallic magenta finish with cream binding; set neck with pearloid trapezoid inlays and cream binding; truss rod cover inscribed “Classic,” inlaid mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo; two humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; TransPerformance bridge, nickel-plated Grover tuners, clear and black plastic barrel knobs, black plastic pickguard; digital self-tuning bridge system with locking nut installed, controls mounted on upper bass bout with digital display on player side
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and neck, carved maple top, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; metallic magenta finish with cream binding; set neck with pearloid trapezoid inlays and cream binding; truss rod cover inscribed “Classic,” inlaid mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo; two humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; TransPerformance bridge, nickel-plated Grover tuners, clear and black plastic barrel knobs, black plastic pickguard; digital self-tuning bridge system with locking nut installed, controls mounted on upper bass bout with digital display on player side
Artwork Details
- Title: Les Paul Classic, TransPerformance
- Artist: Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902)
- Artist: TransPerformance, LLC
- Artist: Jimmy Page (British, Heston, born 1944)
- Date: 1990s
- Medium: Mahogany, maple, rosewood, metal, plastic
- Dimensions: Length: 38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm)
Width: 13 in. (33 cm)
Depth: 1 7/8 (4.8 cm)
Weight: ~9-11 lbs. - Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
- Credit Line: Collection of Jimmy Page
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments