Gibson Custom Historic 1959 Les Paul Standard VOS, Honey Lemon Fade, SN 982310 Overview
Gibson Custom Historic 1959 Les Paul Product Overview by GAK
There's just something about a Custom Shop 1959 Reissue Les Paul Standard. It has long been the pinnacle of Gibson's guitar range and has even disappeared occasionally only to resurface again triumphantly! No other guitar creates the same level of eager anticipation when it arrives at the guitar store and everybody gathers round to open the case for the first time.
So the '59 Les Paul is up there as pretty much one of a very small number of truly benchmark guitars. Its legacy has inspired countless thousand players and indeed, instruments, in the decades since its introduction. And the remarkable reissues produced by Gibson's Nashville Custom Shop continue to be refined with breathtaking accuracy and resources that technology and craftsmanship combined allow. For instance, the adhesives used to connect the finest timbers of the 2018 Historic '59 Les Paul Standard are back to the old Hot Hide glues, despite it being smelly and much more difficult to work with! And on the other end of the spectrum, detailed modern chemical analysis of the plastics used in the original instruments has led to the development of new, far more authentic, reissue parts. And the slightly-slimmer than previous reissue '59 neck profile is taken directly from a genuine 1959 guitar.
So the Gibson Custom 2018 Historic '59 Les Paul Standard really is the holy grail! Available with either a choice of nitrocellulose lacquer finishes- either a shiny gloss or a vintage patina VOS, the 2018 spec Historic '59 Les Paul Standard is as close as you can get to an original.
- Body: Lightweight Solid Mahogany Body, 2 Piece Figured Maple Top, Hide Glue Fit
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck: Solid Mahogany, Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
- Neck Profile: Authentic '59 Medium C-Shape
- Scale Length: 24.75", 62.865cm
- Fingerboard: Solid Rosewood, Hide Glue Fit
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Number of Frets: 22
- Frets: Historic Medium-Jumbo
- Nut: Nylon
- Nut Width: 1.687", 42.85mm
- End of Board Width: 2.240", 56.89mm
- Inlays: Cellulose Trapezoid
- Truss Rod: 50's Tubeless
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: ABR-1
- Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum
- Tuning Machines: Single Band Kluson Deluxe
- Pickguard: Replica Laminated Acrylic
- Control Knobs: Replica Butyrate Gold Top Hats
- Switch Tip: Replica Catalin
- Switchwasher: Replica Acrylic
- Jack Plate Cover: Replica Laminated Acrylic
- Neck Pickup: Custombucker
- Bridge Pickup: Custombucker
- Controls:
- -2 x 500K CTS Volume Pots
- -2 x 500K CTS Tone Pots
- -Hand-Wired Harness with Bumblebee Capacitors
- -Switchcraft Toggle Switch
- Strings: 10-13-17-26-36-46
- Case: Brown/Pink Lacquered 50s Replica Case
- Also includes: Die-Cast Switch Plate Medallion (with extra Black Plastic Cover in the Case), Gibson Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity