Back in January, guitar YouTube favorite Rick Beato announced that he and Gibson had teamed up to create a new signature guitar based on his beloved TV Yellow Les Paul Special DC.
Now, on Instagram, Beato has given the world a first look at the instrument.
“Here’s my new Rick Beato signature Gibson LP Special in Pelham Blue,” he wrote. “This is the first one off the line! I am at the Gibson factory and got to see the guitars in progress. Totally cool!”
In January, during a New Year's Eve livestream, Beato revealed how the guitar came about, saying at the time “About a year ago, I was approached about having a signature Gibson by Cesar [Gueikian, CMO at Gibson] – a very good friend of mine who [asked], ‘If I were to have a signature guitar what would it be?’
“And I said […] I would like to have a Les Paul Special DC, like my TV Yellow one. And so I am now a Gibson endorser as of a few weeks ago.”
At the time, Beato said the guitar would be released this summer, and that he'd donate all proceeds from the sale of the instrument "to a music charity that I will talk about later on as we get closer to it.”
We'll be sure to let you know the full details of the instrument as soon we know them.
For more on Beato, follow him on YouTube.
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