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Les Paul Standard "Kraken" Art

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Release the Kraken!

Both an True Historic '57 Les Paul reissue and a work of fine art that you can play, this hand-painted Gibson Custom Shop guitar has a seafaring bent with custom anchor inlays and artwork of the legendary Kraken. A one-of-a-kind instrument that will be the showpiece of your collection, it comes with custom backplate and trussrod cover and a lightly-aged case to match its finish.

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Features

Custom "Kraken" painting on figured maple top and lightweight mahogany body
24.75"-scale mahogany neck with 22-fret hickory fingerboard
Dual Gibson CustomBuckers, 3-way switch
ABR-1, no-wire tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, Kluson tuners

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Les Paul Standard "Kraken" Art Specifications:

Body

Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Top wood: Figured Maple
Body wood: Lightweight Mahogany
Body finish: Hand-painted Kraken Graphic Nitrocellulose
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: 1958 Les Paul
Neck wood: Mahogany
Joint: Set-in
Scale length: 24.75 in.
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: VOS Nitrocellulose

Fingerboard

Material: Hickory
Radius: 10 in.
Fret size: Medium jumbo Gold fretwire
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Custom Harpoon
Nut width/material 1.69 in. (43 mm) Nylon

Pickups

Configuration: HH
Neck: CustomBucker
Bridge: CustomBucker
Brand: Gibson Custom
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Parallel

Controls

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

Hardware

Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: ABR-1 No-wire
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Tuning machines: Kluson
Color: Gold

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Certificate of Authenticity, Kraken switch plate
Case: Hardshell case
Country of origin: United States

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