Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Iced Tea Burst
Gibson's Custom Shop has gone to great lengths to clone the original 1959 Les Paul, including exact dimensions, authentic materials and accurate colors. Gibson refers to these recreations as, "the best representation of the 1959 Les Paul Standard since the Gibson Custom Shop began making Historic Reissues over twenty-five years ago."
This one is a great example, featuring one of the best looking tops we've seen along with the classic Iced Tea Burst nitro finish. This guitar is also as much of a joy to play as it is to look at coming in at 8.8lbs which is stellar for a maple capped, solid mahogany body guitar. If you want one of the best looking, feeling, and playing Les Paul's out there, then look no further.
Features
- Top 2-piece figured Maple, Hide Glue fit
- Body 1-piece lightweight Mahogany
- Finish Iced Tea Burst nitrocellulose lacquer VOS (Vintage Patina)
- Binding Single ply cream Royalite
- Neck Solid mahogany, authentic '59 "C" shape
- Fingerboard Indian Rosewood, hide-glue fit
- Frets 22 historic medium-jumbo
- Inlays Aged cellulose nitrate Trapezoids
- Scale/Radius 24.75” scale, 12” radius
- Nut 1.69” Nylon
- Pickups 2 x Custombucker Alnico III (unpotted)
- Controls 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 3-way Switchcraft toggle CTS 500K potentiometers
- Knobs Gold Butyrate Top Hats
- Hardware Nickel
- Bridge/Tail ABR-1 Tune-o-matic no-wire/ Aluminum Stop Bar
- Tuners Kluson Single Line single-ring
- Pickguard Cream
- Weight 8.8 lbs
- Case Gibson Hardshell included