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."
Features
- Top 2-piece figured Maple, Hide Glue fit
- Body 1-piece lightweight Mahogany
- Finish Dirty Lemon Burst nitrocellulose lacquer VOS (Vintage Patina)
- Binding Single ply cream Royyalite
- 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 8lbs 15oz
- Case Gibson Hardshell included