Product Overview
Just in, this is a Gibson Custom Shop limited edition 1959 reissue. Hand Picked by Dave Carpenter. the guitar was collector owned and in excellent condition. Includes original case and all materials.
NOTE: the pickups were changed to the OX4 Duane Allman alnico 5s. Originals are not included.
Guitar weighs 8.2lbs
This limited run of the Gibson Historic 1959 Les Paul Reissue features raw materials hand selected by the experts at Private Reserve Guitar. The figured maple top, and mahogany body and neck blanks were selected based on visual beauty, grain structure, density, and potential tonal quality. This very small quantity of very special 59 Les Paul's includes a TonePros bridge and tailpiece hardware with deep studs. Also featured are the specially designed Gibson humbucker pickups, based upon the original from 1957, that offer magical magnet/winding combinations for transparent and "live" tonality.Features
- Carved maple top
- Unburst finish
- Solid, non-weight relieved mahogany back
- Single-ply cream binding
- Thin toggle switch washer and jackplate
- Nickel hardware
- ABR-1 bridge and stopbar tailpiece
- 1-piece mahogany neck with long tenon
- 22-fret rosewood finger board
- Acrylic trapezoid inlays (accurate shape and color)
- Single-ply cream binding
- 1959 rounded neck profile
- 24-3/4" scale
- 1-11/16 nut width
- Vintage tulip tuners
- BurstBucker pickups
- CTS pots and bumblebee capacitors
- 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector
- Gibson hardshell case and certificate of authenticity
