The manor · Special exhibitions

The Music Salon.

An invitation to look a little closer.

Victorian Vinyl · Special exhibition The Music Salon

Objects in conversation

Strings, keys, skins and circuitry. The tools behind the music, gathered in one room.

Artifact 01 / 10 · Instruments

My Wine Red Epiphone Les Paul Studio: gold hardware and a Guitar Center limited edition.

Catalogue details & story

My Epiphone Les Paul Studio is Wine Red with gold hardware—a limited-edition Guitar Center exclusive.

Model details

Guitar Center lists this Studio Gold model with:

A mahogany body and neck, with a slim 1960s-style D neck profile.
A 24.75-inch scale, 22 frets and an Indian laurel fingerboard.
An Alnico Classic neck humbucker and Alnico Classic Plus bridge pickup.
Separate volume and tone controls for each pickup and a three-position selector.
Gold hardware, a Tune-O-Matic-style bridge and a stopbar tailpiece.

The build year and any changes to the original components are unconfirmed.

Catalogue references

From the archive

Songs and recordings from the adjoining rooms.

Recording

A recording by Caprica, a Salt Lake City three-piece indie / emo-ish band.

Recording

An indie-electronica song about the past selves we carry with us. Dreamy synths, chopped beats, and a bittersweet look back.

Recording

A song about Phoenix, New York, and the places that shape a life.

Recording

Track 3 from Evasion’s three-song demo EP. Original CD-version MP3 from my archive.

Recording

Track 2 from Evasion’s three-song demo EP. Original CD-version MP3 from my archive.