Gibson Custom Shop Collectors Choice #6 1959 Les Paul "Number One" Aged
Item: GBHB546C039
Gibson Custom Shop Collectors Choice #6 1959 Les Paul "Number One" Aged
Item: GBHB546C039
Guitars in the Collector's Choice™ series by Gibson Custom bring players and collectors closer to owning a specific, existing vintage Les Paul than anything else available on the market. Through exacting study and measurement of the original instrument, precise digital scanning of the woods, and the unparalleled skill of the luthiers of Gibson Custom—all with the generous and unrestricted cooperation of the subject guitar's current owner—each Collector's Choice™ guitar represents a detail-perfect recreation of the look, feel, tone, and vibe of a particular original "burst."
Gibson Custom is proud to announce the release of Collector's Choice™ #6 1959 Les Paul #9-1918. This rare and highly prized 1959 Les Paul Model is an extremely clean original example, and exhibits many of the most desirable traits of 1958-1960 Les Pauls. "I call it my 'Number One' or 'Desert Island' guitar because it's by far the best guitar I've ever owned, held, or heard," says Mike Slubowski, owner of the original 1959 Les Paul. Collector's Choice™ #6 1959 Les Paul #9-1918 is being made available in a limited run with a maximum of 300 examples, with the availability of qualifying materials ultimately determining the final number.
To complete the sonic accuracy of Collector's Choice™ #6 1959 Les Paul #9-1918, Gibson Custom carefully measured the pickups in Mike Slubowski's original guitar and recreated a set of Custom Buckers wound to precisely the same specs. Details include Alnico III magnets and 42 AWG enamel-coated wire wound around distinctive "zebra coil" bobbins, which are hidden by gently aged nickel-plated covers. These pickups' renowned blend of depth and clarity is complemented by the traditional pairing of a traditional ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge and lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece, both nickel plated and aged appropriately, and a set of gently aged nickel reissue green-key tuners.
Serial# 39
Weight 8lbs 2.5oz.
Gibson Custom Shop Collectors Choice #6 1959 Les Paul "Number One" Aged
Features:
- Non-Filtered Tobacco Burst Finish
- Historic "Vintage" Aniline Dye Back and Sides
- Hand-Selected Eastern Maple Top
- 1-Piece Hand-Selected Lightweight Genuine Mahogany Body
- 1-Piece Genuine Mahogany Neck with CC#6 Profile
- Rosewood Fretboard
- 24-3/4" Scale Length
- Reissue Fret Wire
- Tortoise Side Dots
- "Original Style" Cellulose Trapezoid Inlays
- Custombucker Alnico 3 Neck Humbucker,
- Custombucker S Bridge Humbucker
- Vintage Single-Band Green Key Tuners
- ABR-1 Bridge with Stopbar Tailpiece
- Nickel Hardware
Includes:
- Gibson Hardshell Case
- Certificate of Authenticity