Mirador’s Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin obviously have their go-to Gibson electrics – Kiszka his 1961 Les Paul (the one most people would more casually identify as an SG) and Turpin his stripped, Bigsby-equipped 1970 Les Paul Custom that started life as a Black Beauty.
But there’s more to Mirador’s gear pie chart – including a pair of recently acquired, one-off custom black Martin 00 12-fret guitars. Both instruments – which were heavily featured when Kiszka and Turpin shot some video over at Guitar World HQ in mid-May – have Adirondack spruce tops and highly figured Wild Grain East Indian rosewood backs and sides.
Both of these Martin guitars feature slotted headstocks, V-neck profiles, pyramid bridges, Golden Era bracing, low-gloss finish and hide-glue construction. Each guitar also was uniquely aged to Kiszka and Turpin’s specs.
Last but not least, each guitar has the Mirador logo inlaid in abalone pearl; on Kiszka’s guitar, the logo spans the 14th to 19th frets on the fingerboard; on Turpin’s guitar, it appears under the Martin logo on the headstock.
- Mirador is available to pre-order now via Universal.
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