Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Reissue Vintage Red VOS
Item: GBHB236C
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Reissue Vintage Red VOS
Item: GBHB236C
Gibson's Les Paul Standard model from 1959 is the most highly acclaimed, widely recognized solid body electric guitar in the entire world, coveted by both players and collectors as the ultimate example of playability, attractiveness and tone among all six-stringed instruments. In an industry filled with imitations and replicas, the iconic 1959 Les Paul Standard simply has no equal.
Sometime in 1968 Eric Clapton gave George Harrison a 50's Les Paul Gold Top that had been re-finished in Cherry Red that George put to use on the demos for "Not Guilty" and other White Album tracks. He named this guitar "Lucy" (after Lucille Ball) and always treasured this particular guitar. George used it on the "White Album", "Let It Be"and "Abbey Road." Gibson has just released a very limited amount of 1959 Historic Reissues in lovely "Lucy" Cherry Red finish. This particular Les Paul has a beautiful flamed maple top.
Serial # 90973
Weight 9lbs
Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Reissue Vintage Red VOS
Features:
The 1959 Les Paul Standard reissue produced today by Gibson Custom is true to all of the original instrument’s features and characteristics, including Gibson’s traditional hand-carved “figured” maple top and solid, non-weight relieved mahogany body. The headstock is made from Holly head veneer, as opposed to fiber, just like it was in 1959, and the vintage-style tulip tuners are mounted in a straight line, also as they were on the original. The 24 ¾-inch scale length neck is made from one solid piece of mahogany, and attached to the body using a long neck tenon — one of the Les Paul’s more distinguishing characteristics of the 1950s.
The neck is topped by a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard outfitted with acrylic trapezoid inlays matching the size and color of the originals. Of course, two of Gibson’s legendary Burstbucker pickups deliver all the subtle variations of true, classic “Patent Applied For” humbucker tone by using historically “unmatched” bobbin windings and Alnico II magnets.
Other historical appointments include CTS potentiometers, bumble bee capacitors, rolled crème-colored fingerboard binding, single-ply crème-colored binding around the body, and a period-correct thin toggleswitch washer and jackplate.
Specifications:
- Neck Wood: 1-piece mahogany with long neck tenon, holly headstock veneer
- Neck Shape: 1959 rounded neck pofile
- Top Wood: Carved figured maple top
- Body Wood: Solid, non-weight relieved mahogany
- Machine Heads: Vintage tulip tuners
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- No. of Frets: 22
- Scale Length: 24-3/4
- Position Markers: Acrylic trapezoid inlays (accurate shape and color)
- Pickups: 2 BurstBucker (rhythm and treble) pickups,
- CTS pots and bumble bee capacitors
- Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-way selector
- Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1 bridge, lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
- Hardware: Nickel, thin toggleswitch washer and jackplate
- Limited Edition Cherry Red Finish
Includes:
- Gibson Hard Shell Case
- Certificate of Authenticity