Gibson Custom Standard Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Gloss (Antique Gold, Natural Back)

#18305

Product discontinued

Gibson Custom Standard Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Gloss (Antique Gold, Natural Back)

#18305

Product discontinued

Gibson Custom Standard Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Gloss (Antique Gold, Natural Back) Overview

Gibson Les Paul 1957 Product Overview

If you were to visit a guitar store in 1957 this is the closest you will get to what you'd be have been pulling of the rack all those years ago. No ageing- just a beautiful, shiny Goldtop.

By 1957, Gibson's evolving Les Paul Model guitar had already undergone several key modifications that would remain as the foundation of the iconic version known around the world today as the Les Paul Standard. But while the addition of the new ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece one year earlier had greatly improved the overall functionality of the Les Paul, nothing would compare with the addition of Gibson's pioneering new PAF humbucker in 1957, the pickup that truly made the Les Paul a legend. 

In addition to its foundation of a solid, lightweight mahogany body with carved maple top and a glued-in, quarter-sawn mahogany neck with long-tenon neck joint, the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue benefits from Gibson Custom's Standard Historic Specifications. These include a one-piece rosewood fingerboardKluson "Deluxe machine headshot-hide neck and fingerboard gluea Historic Truss Rod assembly with no tubingre-engineered truss rodtruss rod washer, and anchor, accurate body and fingerboard binding colour, Custom Buckers created in the image of the original PAFs, and period-correct Gold top and mahogany back/neck finish colours. In every other detail the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue remains true to its inspiration, too, including the chunky, rounded '50s neck profile that not only feels great in the hand, but transmits added string vibration from neck to body for enhanced resonance and sustain. 

At the direction of legendary Gibson President Ted McCarty, Gibson engineer Seth Lover began working on a pickup with hum-cancelling capabilities sometime in 1954, applying for a U.S. design patent, hence the name "Patent Applied For," or "PAF"'on June 22, 1955. By early 1957, the standard double-coil version of the humbucker pickup had begun to appear on Gibson ES-175s and ES-350Ts, and eventually on the Les Paul Model Goldtops of the same year. Gibson Custom's fantastic Custom Bucker pickups accurately recreate the original PAFs of the late '50s, using Alnico III magnets and unequal turns of 42 AWG wire in each coil for that characteristic PAF "bite." These pickups clean up beautifully at the guitar's volume controls, while Bumble Bee tone caps assist in that warm, singing "woman tone" when you roll back the tone controls. Vintage CTS potentiometers and bumble bee capacitors complete the deal.

To top it all off, the 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue plays superbly right out of its Custom Shop hardshell case thanks to a trip through one of Gibson's state-of-the-art Plek machines before it leaves the Custom Shop floor. Every guitar includes a Certificate of Authenticity, an owner's manual and adjustment literature, and coverage by Gibson Custom's two year warranty and 24/7/365 Customer Service.