Gibson Custom Standard Historic Hand-Picked1959 Les Paul Standard with Bigsby VOS (Antique Dark Tea Burst)

Gibson Custom Standard Historic Hand-Picked1959 Les Paul Standard with Bigsby VOS (Antique Dark Tea Burst) Overview

Gibson 1959 Les Paul Product Overview by GAK

One of our purchasing team was lucky enough to visit Gibson's Nashville Custom Shop recently. Whilst there we sorted through literally hundreds of Maple tops to select the finest available for a special run of one-off custom-made guitars, of which this is one. It is simply one of the finest reissues available- not only are the Maple tops handpicked but so too are the solid Mahogany backs (for extra-light weight and resonance) and solid one-piece, extra-dark Rosewood fingerboards. 

This guitar is a Standard Historic spec 1959 Reissue with Long Neck Tenon. The Antique Dark Teaburst finish beautifully compliments the incredible figuring on the top. The guitar is fitted with a Bigsby and loaded with eBucker Pickups. It sounds and plays as good as it looks!

While all 1958-'60 Les Pauls are among the most sought-after electric guitars ever made, the '59 Burst is often considered among aficionados to be the créme de la créme of the range. They are also exceedingly rare, with only 635 guitars shipped that year. With sales of the Les Paul declining every year since 1953, the year after its release, Gibson decided in 1958 to update the look of the model with an elegant Cherry Sunburst finish. Guitars from that first year of the Burst's production often had relatively plain maple tops, but through the course of 1959, Gibson's craftsmen built Les Pauls with tops that displayed more and more highly-figured grains, making these among the most collectible of the breed today. The 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue from Gibson Custom accurately recreates the original hallowed '59 Burst in every detail.

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