60th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

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60th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

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Celebrate the 60th anniversary of one of the world's most revered guitars.

The '59 Gibson Les Paul Standard is nothing if not a pure icon of some of the world's great guitarists across multiple genres. It was one of the key elements in defining the sound of late 20th-century popular music and a favored tool of many of the most revered artists in rock history This very special 60th Anniversary Standard is a painstaking replica of that hallowed original. Gibson went as far as carefully laser scanning original instruments and analyzing, then recreating chemical formulas for period plastics and other materials to make sure that, without a time machine, this is as close as you can ever come to buying a brand new '59. Includes deluxe lacquered hard case.

Features

Nitro-finished lightweight 1-piece mahogany body with 2-piece figured maple top
24.75"-scale long-tenon mahogany neck with 22-fret, 12"-radius rosewood fingerboard
Gibson Custom Shop Alnico III CustomBuckers, 3-way switch
ABR-1 wireless tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, Kluson Deluxe single-band tuners

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60th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Specifications:

Body

Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Top wood: Figured Maple
Body wood: Lightweight Mahogany
Body finish: Lacquer Nitrocellulose
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: 1959 Les Paul Medium-C
Neck wood: Mahogany
Joint: Set-in long tenon
Scale length: 24.75 in.
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Lacquer Nitrocellulose

Fingerboard

Material: Rosewood
Radius: 9.5 in.
Fret size: Reissue
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Aged Cellulose Trapezoid
Nut width/material 1.687 in. (42.8 mm) Nylon

Pickups

Configuration: HH
Neck: CustomBucker Alnico III
Bridge: CustomBucker Alnico III
Brand: Gibson Custom
Special electronics: CTS Pots, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors

Controls

Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, tone 1, tone 2
Pickup switch: 3-way

Hardware

Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: ABR-1
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Tuning machines: Kluson deluxe
Color: Nickel

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: True Historic Parts
Case: Hardshell case
Country of origin: United States

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